FND Tasks

Foundations

Psychological Science 

• Read (or listen to) Stangor textbook chapter 2 "Psychological Science" (in four parts). Read it online or download Download download
  to print.
• Psychological Science (Chapter Introduction)
• Psychologists Use the Scientific Method
• Psychologists Use Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental Research Designs
• You Can Be an Informed Consumer of Psychological Research

The Brain

• Watch video lecture 2, "The Brain" (in five parts). A transcript Links to an external site. (html) is provided for notes and review. Answer the (5) questions following each video.
• The Brain, the Mind, and Dualism
• The Scientific Consensus Against Dualism
• The Basic Building Blocks of Thought
• The Different Parts of the Brain
• Mechanist Conception and the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Brains, Bodies, Behavior

• Read (or listen to) Stangor textbook chapter 3 "Brains, Bodies and Behavior (in five parts). Read it online or download Download download
  to print.
• Brains, Bodies and Behavior (chapter introduction)
• The Neuron is the Building Block of the Nervous System
• Our Brain Controls Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior
• Putting It All Together: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System

Sigmund Freud

• Watch video lecture 3 "Sigmund Freud" (in eight parts). A transcript Links to an external site. is provided for notes and review. Answer the (6) questions following each video.
• Sigmund Freud in a Historical Context
• Unconscious Motivation: The Id, Ego and Superego
• Personality Development and Psychosexual Development
• Defense Mechanisms, the Aims of Psychoanalysis, Dreams
• Question and Answer on Freud's Theories
• Controversies and Criticisms on Freud's Theories
• Examples of the Unconscious in Modern Psychology
• Further Question and Answer on Freud

Learning

• Read (or listen to) Stangor textbook chapter 7 "Learning" (in six parts). Read it online or download Download download
  to print.
• Learning (chapter introduction)
• Learning by association: Classical Conditioning
• Changing Behavior Through Reinforcement and Punishment: Operant Conditioning
• Learning by Insight and Observation
• Using Principles of Learning to Understand Everyday Behavior
• Participate in Reading Response discussion.

B. F. Skinner

• Watch video lecture 4 "Skinner" (in seven parts). A transcript Links to an external site.is provided for notes and review. Answer the (6) questions following each video.
• A Brief Review on the Unconscious
• B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism
• Habituation: The Very Simplest Form of Learning
• Classical Conditioning: Associating Stimulus
• Operant Conditioning: Operating on the Environment
• Question and Answer on Behaviorism
• Controversies and Criticisms on Behaviorism

• Participate in the discussion on programmed learning.
• Complete the module assessment quiz at the end of this module.