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Assignments:

First Day -- Obtain book from bookstore and register for my study group at the following site: http://www.cengage.com/login. This registration process enables you to have access to the online segment of the study. It is in addition to the registration process you have already completed to be enrolled in this study at ESC. Familiarize yourself with the Cengage site and resources. Have Chapter 1 read by the time of the first class meeting.

For Week 2 –Read Chapter 2
Complete at least one quiz (Take as many as you like; highest grade will count)

Week 3 -- Read Chapters 3
Complete at least one quiz on each chapter

Week 4—Read Chapter 4
Complete at least one quiz
Submit WRITTEN paragraph describing the final project you will present to the study group. Your oral presentation on a topic of special interest to you in biological psychology can be as creative as you wish to make it. I need to know in advance if you will be needing audio/visual equipment. It must include handouts for your groupmates that will enable them to pursue their own learning in the area of your presentation. This link may be helpful in developing your oral presentation: http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm

Week 5—Read Chapters 5 and 6
Complete at least one quiz

Week 6—Read Chapters
Complete at least one quiz

Week 7—Read Chapter 8
Complete at least one quiz

Week 8—Read Chapter 9 & 10
Complete at least one quiz

Week 9—Read Chapter 11
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 10a —Read Chapter 12; Week 10 b covers Chapter 13
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 11—Read Chapter 14
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Week 12—Read Chapter 15
Complete at least one quiz
Presentations

Submit thoughtful, reflective written commentary on what you learned in this study, what were the study’s strengths and weaknesses, what it helped you to understand about the field of biological psychology.