PSY 341 Learning

Spring 2008 Syllabus

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Week	Tuesdays	Thursdays
Week 1	January 15 Class 1 - Friend's Dilemma & Naturalistic Observation Lab: Syllabus & Course Overview Catania Ch 1 & 2 (due 1/17)	January 17 Class 2 - Three Subjective Intrusions Lab: No Lab Catania Ch 3 (due 1/22) Tutorials Ch 1 - Learning: An Overview (Certification due 1/23) 40 pts
Week 2	January 22 Class 3 - Elicitations & Kinematics Lab: Literature Review Projects Catania Ch 4 (due 1/24)	January 24 Class 4 - Laws of Reflex Lab: 3 Article Due on Assigned Topic Lab: Concept Mapping Catania Catania Ch 5 & 7 (due 1/29) Tutorials Progress on Ch 3- Operant Conditioning: An Overview -- First 5 topics (Ch Certification due 2/13) 40 pts
Week 3	January 29 Class 5 - Reinforcement & Behavioral Change Lab Report #1 Due (40 pts) Lab: CyberRat Assignment 1 Catania Ch 6 (due 1/31) Tutorials Progress on Ch 3- Operant Conditioning: An Overview Topics through Shaping (plus Appendix) (Ch Certification due 2/13) 40 pts	January 31 Class 6 - Successive Approximations Lab: Live Animal Habituation Lab: CyberRat Assignment 2
Week 4	February 5 Class 7 - Avoidance Paradigms Lab: Live Animal Shaping: Magazine Training Lab: CyberRat Assignment 3 Catania Ch 8 & 9 (due 2/7)	February 7 Class 8 - Test # 1 (160 pts) Lab: Live Animal Shaping: Successive Approximations Lab: CyberRat Assignment 4 Catania Ch 10 & 11 (due 2/12) Progress on Tutorials Ch 3- Topics through Interval Schedules (Ch Certification due 2/13) 40 pts
Week 5	February 12 Class 9 - Stimulus Control & Generalization Lab: Live Animal Shaping Lab: CyberRat Assignment 5 Catania Ch 13 (due 2/14) Tutorials Ch 3Certification due 2/13 (40 pts)	February 14 Class 10 - Reinforcement Scheduling Lab: APA Reference List Due Lab: Live Animal Extinction Lab: CyberRat Assignment 6
Week 6	February 19 Class 11 - "Skinner: A World of Difference" video Lab: Live Animal Extinction & Data Analysis Start Progress on Tutorials Ch 2- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 3/5) 40 pts	February 21 Class 12 - Test #2 (166 pts) Lab: Data Analysis
Week 7	February 26 Class 13 - Applications of Beh Principles to Teaching Lab Report #2 Due - CyberRat (40 pts) Lab: No Lab Continue Progress on Tutorials Ch 2- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 3/5) 40 pts	February 28 Class 14 - Task Analysis of Student Behaviors Lab: Workshop I on Peer Reviewing - Presentations
Week 8	March 4 Class 15 - Operationalizing Student Behavior Lab: Contract Accounting Catania Ch 12 (due 3/6) Tutorials Ch 2- Classical Conditioning Overview (Certification due 3/5) 40 pts	March 6 Class 16 - Contract Negotiations Lab: Workshop II on Peer Reviewing - using a Rubric and Comments
Week 9	March 11 Sprink Break No Class/Lab	March 13 Sprink Break No Class/Lab
Week 10	March 18 Class 17 - Intro to Classical Conditioning Lab: Oral Q & A on Live Animal Labs I (50 pts) Start Progress on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 3/26) 40 pts	March 20 Class 18 - Classical Conditioning Therapies Lab: Oral Q & A on Live Animal Labs II (50 pts) Continue Progress on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 3/26) 40 pts
Week 11	March 25 Class 19 - Systems Analysis: Structural & Functional Lab: No Lab Certification on Tutorials Ch 4- The Cognitive Perspective (Certification due 3/26) 40 pts	March 27 Class 20 - Systems Analysis: Operations Lab: Topical Presentations 1-3 Blaisdell's pdf articles (due 4/1)
Week 12	April 1 Class 21 - Blaisdell's Pigeon Cognition Lab: Topical Presentations 4-6 Blair's pdf articles (due 4/3) Reviews on Presentations/Papers 1-3 Due	April 3 Class 22 - In-class Workshop on Blaisdell's Research Lab: Topical Presentations 7-9 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 4-6 Due
Week 13	April 8 Class 23 - Test #3 (166 pts) Lab: Topical Presentations 10-12 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 7-9 Due	April 10 Class 24 - Blair's Place Cells and Fear Conditioning Lab: Topical Presentations 13-15 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 10-12 Due
Week 14	April 15 Class 25 -In-Class Workshop on Blair Lab: Topical Presentations 16-18 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 13-15 Due	April 17 Class 26 - Catch Up & Review Lab: Topical Presentations 19-21 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 16-18 Due
Week 15	April 22 Class 27 - Course Review Lab: Topical Presentations 22-24 Reviews on Presentations/Papers 19-21 Due	April 24 Class 28- Reviews on Presentations/Papers 22-24 Due
Week 16	Last Day of Class Class 29 - Test #4 (166 pts)	May 5 (Monday) Final Exam 8:00-10:00 AM