1st Quarter Topics

Point Distribution

2 tests 30 pts each 60 points
2 projects 10 pts each 20 points
1 book report .......... 20 points
TOTAL  POINTS .................
100 Points

Topics

Topic 1 Syllabus explained
Definition of psychology
Topic 2 Methods of psychological study
Psychoanalysis
Topic 3 Hypnosis
Instinct
Topic 4 Principles of learning
Classical conditioning 
Topic 5 Operant conditioning
Insight
Topic 6 Latent learning
Motivation
Topic 7 Massed and distributed practice
Whole learning and part learning
Topic 8 Mnemonic devices
Over Learning 
Topic 9 Remembering
Forgetting
Topic 10 The process of thinking
Uncritical thinking
Topic 11 Reasoning
Measuring personality
Topic 12 Book report assignment
Personality continued
Topic 13 Emotional development
Anger, fear
Topic 14 Biological influences on behavior
The brain
Topic 15 The nervous system
Reaction time
Topic 16 Glands
Effects of external factors on behavior
Topic 17 Sleep.  Sight.  Color. 
Topic 18 Hearing
Other sense fields
Topic 19 Advertising
Creativity
Topic 20 Adjusting to the social environment
Creativity
Topic 21 Responding to conflict and frustration
Creativity
Topic 22 Name value
Creativity

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