WINTER 2019
1) Jan 8: Introduction to Class (Book Intro)
2) Jan 10: Major Issues of Biological Psychology (Chapter 1)
3) Jan 15: Nerve Cells & Nerve Impulses (Chapter 2)
4) Jan 17: Synapses & Drugs (Chapter 3). Save “Hormones” section for later in the course
5) Jan 22: Anatomy of the Nervous System (Chapter 4)
6) Jan 24: Investigating how the Brain Works (Chapter 4 and throughout the book)
7) Jan 29: Development & Evolution of the Brain (Chapters 4 and a bit from 3)
REVIEW SESSION, Wed, Jan 30th, 7 – 8 pm, McGill Hall room 1350
8) Jan 31: EXAM #1 (Material from Lectures 1 – 7): GRADES POSTED ON TED
THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS EXAM. IF YOU MISS IT, YOU GET A ZERO
10) Feb 7: Vision, continued, (Chapter 5)
11) Feb 12: Audition (Chapter 6)
12) Feb 14: The Mechanical Senses: Vestibular and Somatosensation (Chapter 6)
13) Feb 19: Circadian Rhythms & Sleep (Chapter 8). Guest Lecturer: Dr. Liz Harrison
14) Feb 21: EXAM #2 (Material from Lectures 9 – 13): GRADES POSTED ON TED
THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS EXAM. IF YOU MISS IT, YOU GET A ZERO
15) Feb 26: Hormones & Sexual Behaviors (Chapter 10, and parts of Chapter 2 and 3)
16) Feb 28: Emotional Behaviors (Chapter 11)
17) March 5: Autonomic Nervous System and Health (Chapter 11, and parts of Chapter 2)
18) March 7: Learning and Memory (Chapter 12)
19) March 12: Learning and Memory: Neural Mechanisms (Chapter 12)
20) March 14: Hemispheric Lateralization & Language (Chapter 13)
FINAL (Exam #3): T, March 19th 8 am, Location TBD (Material from Lectures 15 – 20):
GRADES POSTED ON TED