Schedule of Classes and Assignments
Last Updated: April 28, 2024
All
assignments listed on the right are from Kalat’s (2019, 13th
edition) text
| Week |
Day |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment |
| Module
1: The Major Issues in Biopsychology:
General introduction |
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| 1 |
Wed |
Jan 17 |
General
Introduction to Course |
Syllabus |
| Fri |
Jan 19 |
The Biological
Approach to Behavior |
Introduction•
pp. 4-8 |
|
| 2 | Mon |
Jan
22 |
The Genetics of
Behavior |
Ch.
4.1 •pp. 104-114 |
| Module
2: Nerve Cells and Impulses |
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| Wed |
Jan
24 |
Cells of the
Central Nervous system [ppt] |
Ch.
1.1 • pp. 18-26 |
|
| Fri |
Jan
26 |
Neural Impulse
(a) [ppt] |
Ch.
1.2 • pp. 28-38 |
|
| 3 | Mon |
Jan
29 |
Neural Impulse
(b) [ppt] |
|
| Module
3: Synapses |
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| Wed |
Jan
31 |
The Concept of
the Synapse |
Ch.
2.1 • pp. 42-48 |
|
| Fri |
Feb
02 |
Chemical Events
at the Synapse |
Ch.
2.2, pp. 50-61 |
|
| 4 | Mon |
Feb
05 |
Synapses, Drugs,
& Addiction (Substance Abuse) |
Ch.
14.1 • pop. 460-466 |
| Module
4: Anatomy of the Nervous System |
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| Wed |
Feb
07 |
Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System | Ch 3.1 • pp. 68-80 | |
| Fri |
Feb
09 |
The Cerebral Cortex (a) | Ch. 3.2, pp. 82-89 | |
| 5 | Mon |
Feb 12 | The Cerebral Cortex (b) Complete |
|
| Module 5: Research Methods | ||||
| Wed | Feb
14 |
Research Methods in Bio/Neuropsychology | Ch. 3.3 • pp. 91-99 | |
| Fri | Feb 22 | Complete Research
Methods... |
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| 6 | Mon | Feb 19 | Test #1 on Modules 1-4 (but not Module 5) |
| Wed |
Feb 21 |
Wellness Day: No Class | |
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| Module 6: Brain Development | ||||
| Fri |
Feb
23 |
Development of the Brain | Ch. 4.2 • pp. 117-133 | |
| 7 | Mon |
Feb
26 |
Plasticity after Brain Damage | Ch. 4.3 • pp. 136-143 |
| Module 7: Vision | ||||
| Wed | Feb
28 |
Visual Coding | Ch. 5.1 • pp. 148-159 | |
| Fri |
Mar 01 | Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex | Ch. 5.2 • pp. 162-174 | |
| Module 8: Wakefulness & Sleep | ||||
| 8 | Mon | Mar 04 | Rhythms of Waking and Sleeping | Ch. 8.1 • pp. 258-266 |
| Wed | Mar 06 | Test #2 on Modules 5-7 | ||
| Fri |
Mar 08 |
Stages of Sleep & Brain
Mechanisms; Sleep Disorders [Mid-Term
Grades due]
|
Ch. 8.2 • pp. 268-278 |
| March 11-15 Spring Break |
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| 9 |
Mon |
Mar
18 |
Complete:
Stages of Sleep & Brain Mechanisms: Sleep Disorders |
|
| Wed |
Mar 20 |
Why Sleep? Why REM? Why Dreams? | Ch. 8.3 • pp. 280-285 | |
| Module 9: Reproductive Behaviors | ||||
| Fri |
Mar
22 |
Sex and Hormones | Ch. 10.1 • pp. 322-334 | |
| 10 |
Mon |
Mar
25 |
Variations in Sexual Behavior | Ch. 10.2 • pp. 337-347 |
| Wed |
Mar
27 |
TBA |
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| Fri |
Mar 29 | Good Friday: No Class |
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| 11 | Mon |
Apr 01 | Easter Monday: No Class | |
| Module 10: Emotional Behaviors | ||||
| Wed | Apr 03 | What is Emotion? | Ch. 11.1 • pp. 352-360 | |
| Fri | Apr 05 | Attack & Escape Behaviors | Ch. 11.2 • pp. 362-373 | |
| 12 | Mon |
Apr
08 |
Stress & Health | Ch. 11.3 • pp. 376-380 |
| Wed |
Apr
10 |
Review for Test #3 | ||
| Module
11: Learning & Memory, Language |
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| |
Fri |
Apr 12 |
Learning Memory & Memory Loss; Alzheimer's Disease | Ch. 12.1 • pp. 384-392 |
| 13 | Mon |
Apr 15 |
Test #3 on Modules 8-10 | |
| Wed |
Apr
17 |
The
Hippocampus & the Striatum |
Ch.
12.2 • pp. 395-403 |
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|
Fri |
Apr
19 |
TBA | |
| 14 | Mon |
Apr
22 |
Lateralization of Function | Ch. 13.1 • pp. 424-429 |
| Wed | Apr 24 | McGilchrist's Master and His Emissary (The Divided Brain) | Notes from Instructor | |
| Fri |
Apr 26 | Evolution & Physiology of Language | Ch. 13.1 • pp. 430-438 | |
| Module 12: Psychological Disorders | ||||
| 15 | Mon |
Apr
28 |
Diagnosing Mental Disorders |
Notes from Instructor |
|
|
Wed |
May
01 |
Schizophrenia Spectrum
Disorders & Psychosis |
Ch. 14.3 • pp. 480-489 |
| Fri |
May
03 |
Mood Disorders | Ch. 14.2 • pp. 468-477 | |
| 16 |
Mon |
May
06 |
Mood Disorder (cont'd) |
|
| • Section
01 (11 AM Class) Test #4 Monday, May 13, @ 12
pm in GH 207 • Section 02 (12 Noon Class) Test #4 Friday, May 10, @ 12 pm in GH 207 Note this is NOT a cumulative Final Exam. Rather it is Test #4 covering materials in Modules 11 & 13. It will take the same format as the previous three tests and will take you one hour to complete. |
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