Psychology 2 - General Psychology
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Study Guides:
Exam #1
Exam #2
Exam #3
Final Exam
Homework Assignments:
Homework Guidelines
Chapter 1 (What is Psychology?) Homework
Improving Your Study Skills
Improving Your Test-taking Abilities
Current Perspectives of Psychology
Chapter 2 (How Psychologists Do Research) Homework
Critical Thinking
Chapter 4 (The Brain: Source of Mind & Self) Homework
Brain Parts & Functions
Neurotransmitters 101
Handout on Erik Erikson's 8 Psychosocial Stages of Development
Chapter 7 (Learning & Conditioning) Homework
Systematic Desensitization
Operant Conditioning
Chapter 14 (Personality) Homework
Freud's 5 Psychosexual Stages of Development
Chapter 15 (Psychological Disorders) Homework
Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 16 (Approaches to Treatment & Therapy) Homework
View of Therapy & Related Questions
Chapter 8 (Behavior in Social & Cultural Context) Homework
Handouts and Links:
How the Human Brain Works - University of Bristol (6:45)
Eyewitness Memory - CBS "60 Minutes" television episode
Using Testing to Improve Learning & Memory (Roediger, McDermott, & McDaniel) article
Creating False Memories (Loftus) article
Planting False Childhood Memories in Children: The Role of Events Plausibility (Pezdek & Hodge)
Recommended book on Memory
= Schacter, D.L. (2001). The seven sins of memory: How the mind forgets and remembers. New York: New York, Houghton Mifflin Company.
5 Elements of Classical Conditioning
Hopefully Helpful Handout on Classical Conditioning
Why We Do The Things We Do: Reinforcement Explained
Reinforcement vs. Punishment (2 X 2 grid)
Myths & Facts About Mental Health
Psychology Jeopardy website
Signs of Stress
Suggestions for Sleep Hygiene
Phineas Gage link
Big 5 Trait Theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness
Dr. Philip Zimbardo link
Extra Credit Options
Reaction Paper Format for Extra Credit Presentations
Extra Credit Assignment on Personality