PSY 220: Dynamic Course Calendar

Date	Lecture Topics	Readings	Assignments
Unit 1: Introduction and the First Two Years
M 1/8	Syllabus, Introduction
W 1/10	Methods, Genes	1
M 1/15	*No Class*		MLK Day
W 1/17	Heredity & Environment	2, 3
M 1/22	FAS, Postpartum Depression	4
W 1/24	Breastfeeding, Crying	5
M 1/29	Freud	6
W 1/31	Emotion	7
M 2/5	Start next unit
Unit 2: Play and School Years
W 2/7	Take exam	8	Exam #1
M 2/12	Guest Speaker: PCIT
W 2/14	Child Psychopathology	9, 10
M 2/19	Guest Speaker: Deb Poole		Paper #1
W 2/21	Assessment of Children	11, 12
M 2/26	Peer Status	13
W 2/28	Take exam		Exam #2
Unit 3: Adolescence and Early Adulthood
M 3/5	*No Class*		Spring Break
W 3/7	*No Class*		Spring Break
M 3/12	Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Writing	14
W 3/14	Risk-taking	15
M 3/19	Parent Monitoring	16
W 3/21	Adult Psychopathology	17	Paper #2
M 3/26	Performance Pressure	18
W 3/28	Love	19
M 4/2	Take exam		Exam #3
Unit 4: Middle and Late Adulthood
W 4/4	Health	20
M 4/9	IQ	21
W 4/11	Personality	22
M 4/16	Gerontology	23
W 4/18	Discuss SRCEE Assignment	24, 25	Rewrites, SRCEE
M 4/23	Happiness
W 4/25	Take exam		Exam #4
M 4/30	Take exam (optional), 2pm		Final Exam