DATE

DAY

CHAP

TOPIC

ARTICLE PRESENTERS

Jan 10

Tues

Introduction

Jan 12

Thurs

1

Some Basic Assumptions

Jan 17

Tuesday

1

The use of animals

Jan 19

Thurs

1

Learning and memory:  Overview

Jan 24

Tues

2

Foundations of Classical Conditioning

Jan 26

Thurs

2

Excitatory and Inhibitory Conditioning

Phenomena

Jan 31

Tues

2;  3

Limitations;  Contiguity vs. Contingency

Feb 2

Thurs

3

Applications of Classical Conditioning

Feb 7

Tues

3

Principles and Applications…

Bree McCusker

Feb 9

Thurs

3

Principles and Applications…

Rachel Ward

Feb 14

Tues

3

Catch-up and review

Feb 21

Tues

1 - 3

EXAM 1 DUE

DATE

DAY

CHAP

TOPIC

ARTICLE PRESENTERS

Feb 16

Thurs

5

Feb 21

Tues

5

Instrumental Conditioning Basics

Schedules of Reinforcement

Feb 23

Thurs

5

Stimulus Control

Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation

Feb 28

Tues

5

Motivation

Dave Centineo

Mar 2

Thurs

6

Applications of Reinforcement

Cora Taylor

Mar 7

Tues

6

Harmful effects of reinforcement

Mar 9

Thurs

7

Punishment

Mar 11-

 Mar 19

SPRING BREAK

Mar 21

Tues

7

Punishment

Tinsel Carico

Mar 23

Thurs

7

Competency Assessment Test

Mar 28

Tues

Punishment

Jenness Huff

April 4

Tues

5 – 7

EXAM 2 DUE

DATE

DAY

CHAP

TOPIC

ARTICLE PRESENTERS

Mar 30

Thurs

8

Animal cognition

Apr 4

Tues

10

Sensory and Working Memory

April 6

Thurs

10

Attention

Apr 11

Tues

10

Sensory and Working Memory

Sara Craddock

Apr 13

Thurs

11

Theories of semantic memory

Apr 18

Tues

12

Retrieval

Rachael Morrisette

Apr 20

Thurs

12

Retrieval

Apr 25

Tues

12

Retrieval

Apr 27

Thurs

13

Explaining everything:  Learning, memory, language…

May 3

Wed

10, 12, +

EXAM 3 DUE:   11 am – 1 pm