Fall, 2009 syllabus in pdf format

Fall, 2009 Psych 100 calendar in pdf format

Demographic Information sheet (please turn in with your syllabus quiz or ASAP)

Syllabus Quiz (due Wednesday, Sept 23)

Plagiarism Tutorial Certificate (due Monday, Sept 28)

Critical thinking/Research Assignment (pdf format) (due Oct 9)

Concept Application paper (pdf format)

Developmental Psychology paper (pdf format) (due Oct 28)

Extra credit 6 hour D assignment (due Oct 8)

Handouts from the Psychology Writing Center at the Univ. of Wash.

How to avoid "the 6 hour D"

Lots of studying handouts

Study Skills Self Help (Virginia Tech)

1. How to recognize and avoid plagiarism

2. Alverno College's information on establishing authorship (tips on when to quote and when NOT to quote in papers, also)

Relevant Course Links

click on the following for a:
Mental health quackery check

website for the textbook

For the Research Methods module:

Tutorials on all phases of Research Design

For the Neuroscience modules:

Neuroscience for Kids (even though it says "for Kids" it is useful for anyone who wants an introduction to neuroscience)

Some fun Sensation/Perception exercises (may not work in all browsers; works in Mozilla)

This is a link to information on drugs and addiction (and genetics & the brain)

For the learning and memory modules:

Practice with Positive reinforcement (examples of what is and is not positive reinforcement & a practice quiz)

Practice with Negative Reinforcement (will take you to another website; it's VERY slow with dial up connection)

Practice with reinforcement, punishment, and extinction

San Francisco's Exploratorium Website on Memory

Developmental image:

Dominant & Recessive genes

Punnett's squares (dominant & recessive genes)

and working out Punnett square problems

probability of inheritance

More Psychology information (learning,biopsych, etc)

Try out the Personality Jeopardy Game.
may need to go to "slide show" menu and click on "view show" Click on the "answer" after you have guessed the question, to get to the next slide with the "question"