Video Clip Links
Sept. 12 M – Critical thinking and scientific research
fMRI research on divided attention
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Sept. 14 W – The neuron; how neurons communicate
** Video clip 1 @ Slide #5: Action potential animation
** Video clip 2: The action potential
**Video clip 3: The action potential
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Sept. 19 M– Organization of the nervous system
Sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
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Sept. 26 M– Overview of sensory systems
Tour of the electromagnetic spectrum
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Sept. 28 W - Sensation and Perception
Long video clip: Discovering Psychology: Sensation & Perception (Zimbardo)
Shorter video clip: Change Blindness
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Oct. 3 M - Life Span Development (physical and cognitive)
** Video clip @ Slide #33: Harlow’s monkeys
** Video clip @ Slide #34: The Strange Situation (Ainsworth)
** Video clip: Psychology of Affection
Piaget - Stage 1 - Sensorimotor - Object Permanence
Piaget - Stage 2 - Preoperational - Lack of Conservation
Piaget - Stage 3 - Concrete - Reversibility
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Oct. 5 W - Life Span Development: Morality and Personality
** Video clip @ Slide #4: ‘The Moral Life of Babies’
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Oct. 26 W - Cognition: Learning: Animal models; human learning
** Video clip @ Slide #27: Schedule of reinforcement
** Video clip @ Slide #45: Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment
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Oct. 31 M - Cognition: Memory
** Video clip @ Slide #35: LeDoux on replacing fear memories
Schiller and Phelps on erasing fear memories
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Nov. 2 W - Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
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Nov. 7 M - Motivation and Emotion
** Video clip @ Slide #22: Damasio on FORA.tv, Chapter 4 (How Emotion Affects Decision-Making)
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Nov. 5 W - Social psychology: Thinking About Others
** Video clip @ Slide #22: Asch conformity experiment
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Nov. 30 W - Health: Stress and coping:
** Video clip @ Slide #19: Sapolsky on stress (stop @ 5:06 )
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Dec. 5 M - Childhood Disorders: ADHD, Autism ** No PowerPoint today
** Video clip: Autism Every Day
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Dec. 14 W – Treatment for psychological disorders