Fall 2006
PSYC 370	Theories of Learning	Schedule
update 8/31
All readings are in Morgan text, unless otherwise specified
Date	Topic	Read	Due
29-Aug	Intoduction and overview	ch. 1
	approaches to learning
	historical background
5-Sep	Learning as adaptation
	Classical conditioning	ch. 2
12-Sep	Classical conditioning cont'd	ch. 3	hw. 1
	review
19-Sep	Exam #1
26-Sep	Operant conditioning	ch. 4
3-Oct	Operant conditioning cont'd	ch. 5	hw. 2
		Morisse et al.
10-Oct	Social learning theory	ch. 6
17-Oct	Skinner video
24-Oct	Social learning theory cont'd		hw. 3
	review
31-Oct	Exam #2
7-Nov	Language	ch. 9	Paper
14-Nov	Memory	ch. 7	hw. 4
21-Nov	Piaget and cognitive development	Piaget	hw. 5
28-Nov	Biology, learning, and cognition	ch. 10
5-Dec	Brain development and plasticity		Paper rewrite
	review