Thursday, March 22, 2012

Aplia Course Key

Hi everyone

When try to register for Aplia, will need the Aplia Course Key for your course to register.

This Course is YZY9-YQR2-GZKC

Regards
Ian

Test Venues

Hi Everyone

There appears to be some confusion with regars to the test venues. Here are the correct venues.

If you are in the E-Slot, the venue is Flower Hall and you need to be there by 08h00.
If you are in the B-Slot, the venue is CB Exams hall and you need to be there by 14h00.

Good luck for the test.

Regards
Ian

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Please Note

Hi Everyone

I have changed the format of the slides so that there should be no problems viewing them as there previously was. I have also added the revision lecture slides. Good luck for Friday.

Regards
Ian

Friday, February 17, 2012

Interesting Links

In the section below, you will able to find most of the videos we viewed in class as well as other links that may be of interest.

Fa'afafine - Samoa's third gender [click here]

Clive Wearing - 30 second memory [click here]

Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiment - [click here]

Stanford Prison Experiment [click here]

Correlations [click here]

Phineas Gage [click here]

Pavlov's Dogs [click here]

Operant Conditioning - The Big Bang Theory [click here]

Phobias and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [click here]

Interview with John Nash and his son [click here]

Schizophrenia - The case study of Gerald [click here]

A Personal Story of OCD [click here]

Howie Mandel talks about OCD [click here]

Army Generals talk about PTSD [click here]

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Useful Documents

Book Busary Form [click here]

APA Referencing Guide 6th Edition [click here]

Lecture Notes for Block One

All of your lecture slides for the first block of the year will be posted below. Please make sure that your regularly check for new postings.

Week 1 - Introduction to Psychology [click here]

Week 2 - Perspectives in Psychology cont. [click here]

Week 3 - Experimental and Non-Experimental Research [click here]

Week 4 - Classical and Operant Conditioning [click here]

Week 5 - An Introduction to Psychopathology [click here]

Week 5 - Schizophrenia [click here]

*New* Week 6 - Anxiety and Personality Disorders [click here]

*Note* I have reuploaded the anxiety and personality disorder slides to inlcude the end of that section. You will also find the next few slides for the psychotherapy section.

*New* Revision Lecture [click here]

Welcome to Psyc 1009

This section involves an introduction to Psychology as the study of human behaviour. Firstly, we look at the science of psychology, examining the importance of the scientific method in psychology, historical and contemporary perspectives in psychology and how knowledge in psychology is generated through various research methods. Secondly, we will investigate various theories concerning how human behaviour is acquired through the process of learning. In the third component of the course, we will introduce the concept of abnormal behaviour, examining Schizophrenia and other psychological disorders, whilst the final section covers various therapeutic approaches aimed at treating such behaviour...[click here to see the rest of the course outline]

*Note: Your assignment for this block can also be found by following the link above