Module 1: The Major Issues in Biopsychology: General Introduction
Mon Jan 13
Class 01: General Introduction to Course NOTES [OUTLINE] for First Day of Class
Wed Jan 15
Class 02: The Biological Approach to Behavior NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Jan 17
Class 03: The Genetics of Behavior NOTES [OUTLINE]
Module 2: Nerve Cells and Impulses
Mon Jan 20
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday/Inauguration Day No Class Wed Jan 22 Cells of the Central Nervous System PPT (ppt slides 11 pgs.)
Fri Jan 24
Neural Impulse (a) PPT (ppt slides 7 pgs.) Mon Jan 27 Neural Impulse (b) NOTES [OUTLINE]
Module 3: Synapses Wed Jan 29 The Concept of the Synapse NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Jan 31 Chemical Events at the Synapse NOTES [OUTLINE] Mon Feb 03
Synapses, Drugs, & Addiction (Substance Abuse) NOTES [OUTLINE]
- Additional, not in text: Unmyelinated fibers (axons), C-fibers, and shape of the axon (pdf, 3 pp.)
Module 4: Anatomy of the Nervous System
Wed Feb 05
Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 07
The Cerebral Cortex (a) NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 10 The Cerebral Cortex (b) Complete
Module 5: Research Methods
Wed Feb 12 Research Methods in Bio/Neuropsychology NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 14
Complete Research Methods...
Mon Feb 17 All classes cancelled due to snow storm
Wed Feb 19 Test #1 on Modules 1-4 (but NOT Module 5)
Module 6: Brain Development
Fri Feb 21 Development of the Brain NOTES [Outline] Mon Feb 24 Plasticity after Brain Damage NOTES [Outline] Wed Feb 26 Wellness Day No Class
Module 7: Vision Fri Feb 28 Visual Coding NOTES [Outline] Mon Mar 03
Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex
- Full NOTES (pdf format)
- [Outline]
- Summary (pdf format)
Wed Mar 05
Test #2 on Modules 5-7
Module 8: Wakefulness & Sleep Fri Mar 07 Rhythms of Waking and Sleeping NOTES [Outline] Mon Mar 10 Stages of Sleep & Brain Mechanisms; Sleep Disorders NOTES [Outline] Wed Mar 12 Why Sleep? Why REM? Why Dreams? NOTES [Outline]
Module 9: Reproductive Behaviors Fri Mar 14 Sex and Hormones NOTES [Outline]
Spring Break: March 17-21 No Class Mon Mar 24 Class cancelled
Wed Mar 26
Variations in Sexual Behavior NOTES [Outline]
Module 10: Emotional Behaviors
Fri Mar 28
What is Emotion? NOTES [Outline]
Mon Mar 31 Attack and Escape Behaviors NOTES [Outline]
Wed Apr 02
Stress & Health NOTES [Outline]
Module 11: Learning & Memory, Language Fri Apr 04
Learning, Memory & Memory Loss; Alzheimer's Disease NOTES [Outline]
Mon Apr 07
Test #3 on Modules 8, 9, & 10 (Module 11 will be on Test #4)
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