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Introduction to Psychology - PSY150/2 Fall 2025
Course
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Simone Weissenberger
See Syllabus in Resources
Here is the course outline:
1. W1.1: Course Overview, Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science and Historical Origins
Sep 1 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Course Overview and introductions. Introduction to Psychological Science |
2. W2.1:Historical Schools of Psychology and Their Influence
Sep 6 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Historical Schools of Psychology |
3. W2.2.: Research Methods in Psychology
Sep 8 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Research methods of modern psych |
4. W3.1.: Reading Presentations
Sep 18 11:59pm .. 1:14am, 2.18
Submit reading presentations |
5. W3.2.: Brain Body Monism
Sep 22 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Neurobiological basis of behavior |
6. W4.1.: Development and Aging
Sep 20 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
The biological perspective |
7. W4.2.: Body Monism - Quiz Review
Sep 22 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Review of quiz 1 |
8. W5.1.: Eriksonian Psychosocial Stages
Sep 27 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Development stages and their ties to personality |
9. W5.2.: Consciousness and Dreams
Sep 29 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Consciousness and Dreams |
10. W6.1.: Altered States of Consciousness
Oct 4 9:45am .. 10:45am, 2.18
Drugs, trances and the human experience. |
11. W6.2.: Learning and Condition
Oct 6 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Pavlov, Skinner and Mind Control |
12. W7.1.: Memory
Oct 11 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Implicit vs. Explicit Memory and Forgetting: The role of Interference |
13. W7.2:: Homeostatic System aka Endocannabinoid System
Oct 18 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Intro to Endocannabinoid science and motivational theories |
14. W8.1.: Nutrition, Biome and ECS
Oct 16 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
The impact of nutrition on health and psychology from an endocannabinoid system focused approach |
15. W8.2:: Midterm Review
Oct 20 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Midterm Review Q and A |
16. W8.2. : Take Home Exam
Nov 1 9:45am .. 10:45am, 2.18
Midterm Exam Open Book - No Class Meeting |
17. W9.1.:Intelligence Theories
Nov 3 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Theories of Intelligence and Intel Testing |
18. W9.2.: Intelligence and the Psyche Part2
Nov 8 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Practical application of WISC and other types of intelligences. |
19. W10.1.: Emotions
Nov 10 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Theories of Emotion |
20. W10.2.: Emotional Theories Across Cultures
Nov 13 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Ekman |
21. W11.1.: Presentations
Nov 17 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Student Presentations |
22. W11.2.: Presentations 2
Nov 22 9:45am .. 10:45am, 2.18
Presentations |
23. W12.1: Presentations 3
Nov 25 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Presentation in person |
24. W12.2.: Theories of Personality 1
Dec 1 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Persona |
25. W13.1.: Personality theories 2
Dec 6 9:45am .. 11am
What is Personality, Basic Theories of Personality, Personality Measurement |
26. W13.2: Abnormal Psych
Dec 8 9:45am .. 11am
Definition of Abnormal Behavior, Mental Illness, Classification and Diagnostics of Mental Disorders: DSM-V |
27. Final Exam
Dec 13 9:45am .. 11am, 2.18
Final Exam |