Undergraduate Programs
Syllabi 100 Level
General Psychology
830:101:07
Fall 2005
| Lecturer: | Dr. Alba Rossi-George | |
| Office & Office Hours: | Tillett 303, Friday 10-11am | |
| E-mail: | albarg@rci.rutgers.edu |
| Textbook: | Psychology concepts & connections (9th edition), S.A. Rathus; Thomson, 2005 | |
| Exams: | There will be three exams. The format of all exams will be multiple choice; however, I reserve the right to include questions that require short essay answers. |
NO MAKE-UP EXAMS will be given without a documented excuse, which must be validated by the dean of your college. However, it is your responsibility to contact me either prior to or within 24 hours of the missed exam. All make-up exams will be in essay format - No exceptions!
Class Attendance: Regular class attendance is expected of all students. Some of the material on which I will lecture in class may not be found in your textbook.
LECTURE TOPICS
| Date | Topic | Reading |
| Thu 9/1 | Introduction to Psychology | Ch. 1 |
| Tue 9/6 | History of Psychology | Ch. 1 |
| Thu 9/8 | Research Methods | Ch.1 |
| Tue 9/13 | Cells of the Nervous System and their products | Ch.2 |
| Thu 9/15 | Structures of the Nervous System | Ch.2 |
| Tue 9/20 | Development | Ch.3 |
| Thu 9/22 | Development | Ch.3 |
| Tue 9/27 | Sensation and Perception | Ch.4 |
| Thu 9/29 | Movement | Ch.4 |
| TUE 10/4 | EXAM I | |
| Thu10/6 | Sleep and Drugs | Ch.5 |
| Tue 10/11 | Learning | Ch.6 |
| Thu 10/13 | Memory | Ch.7 |
| Tue10/18 | Forgetting and disorders of memory | Ch.7 |
| Thu 10/20 | Language | Ch.8 |
| Tue 10/25 | Intelligence | Ch. 9 |
| Thu 10/27 | Reproductive Behavior | Ch. 12 |
| TUE 11/1 | EXAM II | |
| Thu 11/3 | Emotional Behavior | Ch. 10 |
| Tue 11/8 | Aggression | Lecture Notes |
| Thu11/10 | Personality | Ch. 11 |
| Tue11/15 | Freud | Ch.11 |
| Thu11/17 | PNI: Stress and the Immune System | Ch.13 |
| Tue11/22 | NO CLASS | |
| Thu11/24 | Thanksgiving - NO CLASS | |
| Tue11/29 | Abnormal Psychology | Ch.14 |
| Thu12/1 | Abnormal Psychology | Ch.14 |
| Tue12/6 | Therapies | Ch.15 |
| Thu12/8 | Therapies | Ch.15 |
| Tue12/13 | Social Psychology | Ch.16 |
| 12/16 | FINAL EXAM |