Welcome to the homepage for General Psychology section A, taught by Dr. Carothers. Check here for lecture outlines throughout the semester.

Class Syllabus (.doc)

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Lecture Outlines

• Week 1
  • 1/9
    Link of the day:
    Marky Lloyd's Careers in Psychology page
  • 1/11
    Links of the day:
    James Randi
    The Critical Thinking Community's Web site
  • 1/13
    Links of the day:
    Neurosciences on the Internet
    Neuropsychology Central
• Week 2
  • 1/16
    Link of the day:
    The Whole Brain Atlas
  • 1/18
    Link of the day:
    Exploratorium Memory Exhibition
  • 1/20
• Week 3
  • 1/23
  • 1/25 - Exam 1
  • 1/27 - Class is cancelled - SPSP Convention
• Week 4
  • 1/30 - Class is cancelled - Instructor Interview
  • 2/1
    Links of the day:
    Human Behavior & Evolution Society
    Evolutionary Psychology for the Common Person
    And for a bit of fun, The Darwin Awards, honoring "those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it.
  • 2/3
• Week 5
  • 2/6
    Links of the day:
    Vision Science
    The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book
    Blindsight
  • 2/8
    Links of the day:
    World of Escher Want a poster of nifty visual illusions? Get Escher's artwork here.
    Visual Illusions
  • 2/10
    Link of the day:
    National Sleep Foundation
• Week 6
  • 2/13
    Link of the day:
    Center for Online and Internet Addiction
  • 2/15 - Exam 2
  • 2/17
• Week 7
  • 2/20
    Links of the day:
    Dr. P's Dog Training Library. Not really about dog training, but a good list of links about operant conditioning.
    Clickertraining.com. A remote control for your dog?
  • 2/22
    Links of the day:
    Chat with ALICE, an on-line Artificial Intelligence.
    Here's a log of Dr. Carothers' chat with ALICE.
    Tower of Hanoi
  • 2/24
• 2/27, 3/1, 3/3 Mardi Gras Break
• Week 8
  • 3/6
    Links of the day:
    Queendom.com A slew of inventories. (Some more fun than others.)
    Mensa International
  • 3/8
  • 3/10
• Week 9
  • 3/13
    Link of the day:
    The Kinsey Institute
  • 3/15
    Link of the day:
    Human Motivation Program at the University of Rochester
  • 3/17 - Exam 3
• Week 10
  • 3/20
  • 3/22
  • 3/24
• Week 11
  • 3/27
  • 3/29
    Links of the day:
    Personality and Consciousness Bookstore
    Personality Online
    Personality Tests
    Queendom.com
  • 3/31
• Week 12
  • 4/3 - Exam 4
  • 4/5
    Links of the day:
    Internet Mental Health
    Mental Help Net
  • 4/7
    Link of the day:
    Crazy Meds! The Good, Bad, & Funny of Neurological Medications. Written by folks who are actually on most of this stuff, so take that for whatever it's worth. Both educational and entertaining.
• Week 13
  • 4/10
    Link of the day:
    ABCs of Internet Therapy
  • 4/12
• 4/14, 4/17 Easter Break
• Week 14
  • 4/19
  • 4/21
    Link of the day:
    Social Psychology Network
• Week 15
  • 4/24
  • 4/26
• Exam 5: Tuesday, May 2 at 9 AM

Some links of interest:

American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society