PSY 341 Learning
Fall 2010 Syllabus
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Week 1 |
August 24 Class 1 - Friend's Dilemma & Naturalistic Observation Lab:
Syllabus & Course Overview CyberRat & Textbook Registration Catania Ch 1 & 2 (due 8/26) |
August 26 Class 2 - Three Subjective Intrusions Lab:
CyberRat Overview Catania Ch 3 (due 8/31) Assignment: CyberRat #1 (due 8/31)
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Week 2 |
August 31 Class 3 - Elicitations & Kinematics Lab:
Literature Review Projects Tutorial
Overview Catania Ch 4 (due 9/2) Tutorials Ch 1 - Learning: An Overview (Certification due 9/6) 40 pts |
September 2 Class 4 - Laws of Reflex Lab: 3 Articles Due on Assigned Topic Lab: Concept Mapping Catania Catania Ch 5 & 7 (due 9/7) Assignment: CyberRat #2 (due 9/7)
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Week 3 |
September 7 Class 5 - Reinforcement & Behavioral Change Lab Report #1 Due (40 pts) Lab: Live Animal Lab Orientation Catania Ch 6 (due 9/9) Tutorials Progress on Ch 2- Operant Conditioning: An Overview -- First 5 topics (Ch Certification due 9/22) 40 pts Assignment: CyberRat #3 (due 9/9)
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September 9 Class 6 - Avoidance Paradigms Lab: Live Animal Habituation Assignment: CyberRat #4 (due 9/14) Tutorials Progress on Ch 2- Operant Conditioning: An Overview Topics through Shaping (plus Appendix) (Ch Certification due 9/22) 40 pts |
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Week 4 |
September 14 Class 7 - Successive Approximations Lab: Live Animal Shaping: Magazine Training Catania Ch 8 & 9 (due 9/16) Assignment: CyberRat #5 (due 9/16)
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September 16 Class 8 - Test # 1 (160 pts) Lab: Live Animal Shaping: Successive Approximations Catania Ch 10 & 11 (due 9/21) Progress on Tutorials Ch 2- Topics through Interval Schedules (Ch Certification due 9/22) 40 pts Assignment: CyberRat # 6 (due 9/21)
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Week 5 |
September 21 Class 9 - Stimulus Control & Generalization Lab: Live Animal Shaping Catania Ch 13 (due 9/23) Tutorials Ch 2 Certification due 9/22 (40 pts)
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September 23 Class 10 - Reinforcement Scheduling Lab: APA Reference List Due Lab: Live Animal Extinction
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Week 6 |
September 28 Class 11 - "Skinner: A World of Difference" video Lab: Live Animal Extinction & Data Analysis
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September 30
Class 12 - Test #2 (166 pts) Lab: Data Analysis
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Week 7 |
October 5 Class 13 - Applications of Beh Principles to Teaching Start Progress on Tutorials Ch 3- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 10/20) 40 pts Lab: CyberRat & Live Animal Project Q & A
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October 7 Class 14 - Task Analysis of Student Behaviors Lab Report #2 Due - CyberRat & Live Animal (60 pts) Lab: TBA |
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Week 8 |
October 12 Fall Break! No Class/Lab
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October 14 Class 15 - Operationalizing Student Behavior Lab: Workshop I on Peer Reviewing - Presentations Continue Progress on Tutorials Ch 3- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 10/20) 40 pts
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Week 9 |
October 19 Class 16 - Contract Negotiations Lab: Contract Accounting Catania Ch 12 (due 10/21) Tutorials Ch 3- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 10/20) 40 pts
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October 21 Class 17 - Intro to Classical Conditioning
Start Progress on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 11/08) 40 pts Lab: Workshop II on Peer Reviewing - using a Rubric and Comments
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Week 10 |
October 26 Class 18 - Classical Conditioning Therapies All Topic Papers Due Lab:
Blaisdell
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October 28 Class 19 - Systems Analysis: Structural & Functional Continue Progress on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 11/08) 40 pts
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Week 11 |
November 2 Class 20 - Systems Analysis: Operations Topic Paper Feedback & Peer Review Due Lab: Topic Project Review Certification on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 11/08) 40 pts |
November 4
125th Anniversary Celebration No Class/Lab
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Week 12 |
November 9 Class 21 - Test #3 (166 pts) All Topic Presentations due! Lab: Topical Presentations 1-3 Catania Ch 14 & 15 due 11/11
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November 11 Class 22 - Language Functions Skinner's Linguistic Categories Oral Participation on Chapters 14 & 15 Lab: Topical Presentations 4-6 Catania Ch 16 due 11/16
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Week 13 |
November 16 Class 23 - Language Structure Oral Participation Ch 16 Three Bears Kinematics Catania Ch 17 due 11/18 Lab: Topical Presentations 7-9
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November 18 Class 24 - Linguistic Constraints Oral Participation on Ch 17 CVC's Meaningfulness and Serial Position Catania Ch. 18-20 Due 11/23 Lab Report #3- CVC Meaningfulness & Kinematics due 11/30 Lab: Topical Presentations 10-12 |
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Week 14 |
November 23 Class 25 - The Evolution of Cognitive Psychology Information Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Problem Solving, Computers as Psychology Catania Ch 21 Due 11/30 Oral Participation on Ch. 18-20 Lab: Topical Presentations 13-15
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November 25 Thanksgiving Recess No Class/Lab
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Week 15 |
November 30 Class 26 - Course Overview/Review More on the Cognitive Revolution Oral Particiation on Ch 21 Lab Report #3 (40 pts) due in Class Lab: Topical Presentations 16-18
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December 2 Class 27 - Last Day of Class Test #4 (166 pts) Lab: Contract Audit
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Final Exam Friday
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