Saturday, February 9, 2008

Sc B-62 Wk 2

Tuesday, February 5 & Thursday, February 7: Major Approaches.
Psychoanalysis (Freud); Behaviorism (Skinner). Components of the modern
approach: Cognition; computation; neuroscience; evolution.
Gray: Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 15, pp. 558-563; Chapter 3, pp. 59-62;
Chapter 17, pp. 632-637, 649-653; Chapter 4, pp. 91-117, 124-131.
(HTMW: Chapter 1, pp. 21-44; 2, pp. 59-69.)
*First mini-assignment will be handed out on Thursday.

Gray: Chapter 1;

Chapter 2;
  • e.g. 1. Clever Hans, horse answering questions
  • e.g. 2. Alberto DiMascio, treatments for depression
  • e.g. 3. Diana Baumrind: correlational method of the rel btw parents' disciplinary styles and childrens' development
  • Research Designs (Descriptive studies, correlational studies, and experiments)
  • Research Settings (field, laboratory)
  • Data-Collection Methods (self-report, observation)
  • the above three combine to 3 x 2 x 2 = 12 kinds of studies

Chapter 15, pp. 558-563;


Chapter 3, pp. 59-62;


Chapter 17, pp. 632-637, 649-653;


Chapter 4, pp. 91-117, 124-131.

(HTMW: Chapter 1, pp. 21-44; 2, pp. 59-69.)


*First mini-assignment will be handed out on Thursday.

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