Psychology 101
Introduction to Psychology
T-Th 1:00 - 2:20, Sewall Hall 309
Rice University, Spring 2008
Instructor: James R. Pomerantz, pomeran@rice.edu
Teaching Assistants: Daniel Glaser ,
dsglaser@sbcglobal.net
Katie O'Brien, ko2@rice.edu
3 credits, CRN 21595
Textbook:
Exam Statistics: Exams 1 and 2
This semester's exams: Exam 3 with answers; Exam 1; Exam 2
Final Exam from Spring 2006, with answers
Updated Schedule :
Finals: Degree Candidates - Sat. April 26, 2 - 5 pm, Sewall
309
All others - Thur. May 1, 2 - 5 pm, Keck Hall 100.
Links:
Research requirements, Rights and Responsibilities
RUSP (Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program, Rice's University-wide Honors Program)
Experimetrix (scheduling experiments)
American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science
Note: PSYC 102 is a 1 credit discussion seminar which meets on Monday evenings 7:00 - 8:30, for which you register separately. It has a different instructor, and its focus is on discussion of controversial issues in modern psychology.
Lecture notes (links will be activated as the semester progresses):
Section 1, Introduction to Psychology
Steve Pinker on the evolutionary psychology of moralitySection 2, Research Methods and Statistic
Section 3, Brain and Behavior, Broca's Aphasia
Section 4, Sensation and Perception
Section 5, Consciousness (Koch vs. Greenfield debate)
Section 7, Memory
Section 8, Language and Thinking, Natural categories 1, 2, CDS.
Section 9, Intelligence
Section 10, Emotion and Motivation
Section 11, Personality
Section 12, Developmental Psychology
Harlow's monkeys, Jean Piaget, conservation experimentSection 13, Stress, Coping, and Health
Section 14, Psychological Disorders; Dr. Burnett's lecture
Schizophrenia in the news: Genetic basis, DrugCompanies, 9/11 terrorist Zacarias MoussaouiSection 15, Treatment
Section 16, Social Psychology; Dr. Schneider's lectures.
Last updated April 21, 2008
