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​Note: All reading assignments should be done in the online e-text or hard copy of the textbook. Unless noted as “recommended” or “optional,” all assignments are required.

Getting Started
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Before you begin your assignments, please complete the Academic Integrity Form.
  2. Optional: Complete the World Campus Canvas Orientation if you are new to Canvas or the World Campus. 
  3. Complete the Honorlock Practice Quiz (required but not graded).
  4. Watch the Getting Started lecture presentation. 
  5. Recommended: Watch the Making Things Memorable video. 
Unit 1: Introduction to Psychology
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 1 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 1 lecture presentation. 
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 1 core assignments:
      1. Read and take notes on the introduction to Chapter 1 and Chapter 1, Module 1.
      2. Complete the History of Psychology video activity.
      3. Read and take notes on Chapter 1, Module 2.
      4. Complete the How Would You Know If There Is a Hot Hand in Basketball? activity.
      5. Complete the How Would You Know If There Is a Hot Hand in Basketball? activity.
      6. Recommended: Complete the Research Methods video activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 1 Digging Deeper quiz.
  5. Watch the Unit 1 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 2: Nature and Nurture
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 2 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 2 lecture presentation
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 2 core assignments
      1. Read and take notes on the introduction to Chapter 4 and Chapter 4, Module 11.
      2. Complete the Behavioral Genetics video activity.
      3. Complete the How Would You Know If Personality Runs in Our Genes? activity.
      4. Read and take notes on Module 12.
  4. Complete at least two Unit 2 Digging Deeper assignments.
  5. Watch the Unit 2 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 3: Developmental Psychology
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 3 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 3 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 3 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 13.
    2. Read and take notes on Module 14.
    3. Complete the Cognitive Development video activity.
    4. Complete the How Would You Know If Having Children Relates to Being Happier? activity.
  4. Complete at least two Unit 3 Digging Deeper assignments (at least one from Group A and one from Group B).
  5. Watch the Unit 3 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 4: Friendship, Love, and Emotion
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 4 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 4 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 4 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Chapter 11, Module 35.
    2. Read and take notes on Chapter 13, Module 44.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 35.
    4. Complete the What is Emotion? video activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 4 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 4 Penn State Connections video.
Exam 1
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Review the Exam 1 Study Guide.
  2. Complete Exam 1.
Unit 5: Social Psychology
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 5 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 5 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 5 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 40.
    2. Read and take notes on Module 41.
    3. Complete the Asch Conformity Study video activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 5 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 5 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 6: Sensation and Perception
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 6 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 6 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 6 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 17.
    2. Complete the Attention video activity.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 18.
    4. Complete the Vision: How We See video activity.
  4. Complete at least two Unit 6 Digging Deeper assignments.
  5. Watch the Unit 6 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 7: Learning
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 7 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 7 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 7 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 20.
    2. Complete the Classical Conditioning: Pavlov and His Legacy video activity.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 21.
    4. Complete the Operant Conditioning: Learned Behaviors video activity.
    5. Read and take notes on Module 22.
    6. Complete the How Would You Know If People Can Learn to Reduce Anxiety? activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 7 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 7 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 8: Memory
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 8 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 8 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 8 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 23.
    2. Complete the Models of Memory video activity.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 24.
    4. Read and take notes on Module 25.
    5. Complete the Human Factors in Wrongful Convictions video activity.
  4. There are no Digging Deeper assignments for this section.
  5. Watch the Unit 8 Penn State Connections video.
Exam 2
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Review the Exam 2 Study Guide.
  2. Complete Exam 2.
Unit 9: Sleep and Dreams
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 9 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 9 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 9 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 8.
    2. Complete the How Would You Know If Sleep Deprivation Affects Academic Performance? activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 9 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 9 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 10: Personality
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 10 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 10 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 10 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 44.
    2. Read and take notes on Module 45,.
    3. Complete the How Would You Know If Astrologers Can Describe People’s Personality? activity.
    4. Read and take notes on Module 46, “Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self.”
  4. Complete at least one Unit 10 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 10 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 11: Psychological Disorders
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 11 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 11 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 11 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 47.
    2. Read and take notes on Module 48.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 49.
    4. Complete the Teen Depression and Brain Studies video activity.
  4. Complete at least two Unit 11 Digging Deeper assignments.
  5. Watch the Unit 11 Penn State Connections video.
Unit 12: Psychological Therapies
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Complete the Unit 12 class activity.
  2. Watch and take notes on the Unit 12 lecture presentation.
  3. Go to Achieve and complete the Unit 12 core assignments:
    1. Read and take notes on Module 53.
    2. Complete the Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies video activity.
    3. Read and take notes on Module 55.
    4. Complete the How Would You Know How Well Antidepressants Work? activity.
  4. Complete at least one Unit 12 Digging Deeper assignment.
  5. Watch the Unit 12 Penn State Connections video.
Exam 3
Assignments:

Complete the following assignments in the order listed below:

  1. Review the Exam 3 Study Guide.
  2. Complete Exam 3.

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