1) Jan 8: Introduction to Class (Chapter 1)
SURVEY RESULTS FROM FIRST DAY OF CLASS
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 Chapters)
REVIEW SESSION FOR EXAM #1:
Time: 4-6pm
Day: Wednesday, January 30th,
Place: York Hall Room 2622
THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS EXAM. IF YOU MISS IT, YOU GET A ZERO
**NOTE:
For Exam #1, don't worry about remembering every detail from
this guest lecture.
You will not be expected to identify pictures
of brain damage.
Just study the main points from the lecture.
8) Jan 31: EXAM #1 GRADES (Material from Lectures 1 - 7)
9) Feb 5: Development & Evolution of the Brain (Chapters 4 & 5)
10) Feb 7: Vision (Chapter
6)
11) Feb 12: Vision, continued, (Chapter 6)
12) Feb 14: Audition (Chapter 7)
13) Feb 19: The Mechanical Senses: Vestibular and Somatosensation (Chapter 7)
REVIEW SESSION FOR EXAM #2:
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 (sorry there was only a 1 hour block available, but the session
can continue outside after that)
Day: Wednesday Feb 20th
Place: Center Hall 109
THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS EXAM. IF YOU MISS IT, YOU GET A ZERO
14) Feb 21: EXAM #2 GRADES (Material from Lectures 9 - 13)
15) Feb 26: Hormones & Sexual Behavior (Chapter 11, and parts of Chapter 3)
16) Feb 28: Emotional Behaviors:
Fear, Anxiety, Aggression (Chapter 12)
Lecturer: Lisa Williams, MA, Dept. Psychology, UCSD
17) Mar 4: Autonomic Nervous
System and Health (Chapter 12, and parts of Chapter 3)
18) Mar 6: Learning and Memory (Chapter 13)
19) Mar 11: Learning & Memory: Neural Mechanisms (Chapter 13)
20) Mar 13: Hemispheric Lateralization & Language (Chapter 14)
REVIEW SESSION FOR EXAM #3 (final exam):
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Day: Monday March 17
Place: Center Hall room 119
THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS EXAM. IF YOU MISS IT, YOU GET A ZERO
FINAL: EXAM #3 GRADES (Material from Lectures 15-20)
Tuesday, March 18th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, Location:
SOLIS 107
