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An Activity for Demonstrating the Concept of a Neural Circuit
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Kreiner, David S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2012
College students in two sections of a general psychology course participated in a demonstration of a simple neural circuit. The activity was based on a neural circuit that Jeffress proposed for localizing sounds. Students in one section responded to a questionnaire prior to participating in the activity, while students in the other section…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Psychology, College Students, Questionnaires
Design and Implementation of an Undergraduate Laboratory Course in Psychophysiology
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Thibodeau, Ryan – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
Most psychology curricula require the completion of coursework on the physiological bases of behavior. However, delivery of this critical content in a laboratory format is somewhat rare at the undergraduate level. To fill this gap, this article describes the design and implementation of an undergraduate laboratory course in psychophysiology at a…
Descriptors: Psychophysiology, Laboratories, Undergraduate Students, Objectives
Speak up! Mini Cases in Language
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Miller, Antoinette R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
This is a series of short cases useful for a variety of courses, including physiological psychology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuropsychology/neuroscience. Each of these cases depicts a breakdown in language that may be traced to damage in an area or areas that are related to language processing, and…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, Psychophysiology, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology
Cognitive Development: An Advanced Textbook
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Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.; Lamb, Michael E., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lamb's Developmental Science, 6th edition along with new introductory material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history and systems, methodologies, and measurement and…
Descriptors: Psychophysiology, Genetics, Journal Articles, Motor Development
"Being Responsible": Students' Perspectives on Trust, Risk and Work-Based Learning
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Clouder, Lynn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Taking on responsibilities associated with a professional role is an important aspect of experiential learning for undergraduate students on work-based placements. However, responsibility is a complex concept that is connected to issues of trust and risk in the placement context. This paper presents students' perspectives that illustrate that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Trust (Psychology), Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning
The Chronopsychological Aspects of College Students' Academic Progress
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Barbarash, N.; Chichilenko, M.; Tarasenko, N.; Dvurechenskaia, G.; Kuvshinov, D. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
The idea of the human "individual year" (IY) refers to the span of time from one birthday to the next and provisionally divided into trimesters: the first trimester consisting of months one through three from the date of birth, the second consisting of months four through six, the third consisting of months seven through nine, and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Age