ALS

As you may know, ALS is a heartbreaking neurological disorder. The following article is about a tragic situation- A neuroscientist whom was studying it and then developed it.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/im-a-scientist-studying-brain-illnesses-now-im-a-lock-in-living-with-one-of-them-lou-gehrigs-disease/2019/03/01/32a31100-3625-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ca518b92b2d

SNOW DAY MAKEUP WORK-MONDAY/WEDNESDAY CLASSES

The following assignments are to makeup the missed class due to a snow day on Monday, March 4th.

Psy 215H, 8:00am- We will not cover BiPolar Disorder as part of the Mood disorders-class should cover the slides reading, and videos associated with the Diagnosis, Etiology and Treatment of BiPolar Disorder. This material will not be covered in class and will be on Midterm!

ALSO, SECOND QUIZ WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH ON ANXIETY DISORDERS

Psy 201H, 9:30am- We will cover Dopamine and Addiction- The class will be responsible for covering the rest of the Neurotransmitters

ALSO, SECOND QUIZ WILL BE MONDAY MARCH 11TH ON THE SYNAPSE AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS

Please let me know if there are any questions! 

Psy 215 Tuesday/Thursday Classes

As I mentioned above, Thursday March 7th classes will be cancelled. Also, the college is closed Tuesday March 12th. Given that we will be missing two classes, the following assignment will make up for those classes.

For the Mood Disorders, we will NOT be covering the following topics in class but you need to cover them as they will be on Midterm:

Slides 9-13- MDD Specifiers to Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis

All slides related to etiology/treatment of Bipolar Disorder

(We will not cover Bipolar Disorder so you will cover Diagnosis/Etiology/Treatment of Bipolar Disorder)

Also, the slides on Suicide (37-40)

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!!!!

ALL CLASSES CANCELLED MARCH 7

ATTENTION ALL TUESDAY/THURSDAY STUDENTS- CLASSES WILL BE CANCELLED ON MARCH 7TH! 

Unintended consequences and technology in science

We have talked a bit about the influence of genetics in class. The following article which was submitted by a student in Brain and Behavior talks about the issue of unintended consequences in some of these complex experiments....

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/

PSY 215 TUESDAY/THURSDAY, 11:00AM

Just wanted to let you know someone left their case studies book behind. I do have it and will bring it to class on Tuesday or you can come to my office and pick it up.

VIDEO GAMES AND KIDS

There is a great deal of controversy over the impact of video games on children. We will be covering this issue from a few different perspectives in our courses. The following article is written from a practical perspective for parents whom are trying to manage the issue with their children.....


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/6-ways-parents-can-help-kids-strike-a-balance-between-screen-time-and-the-real-world/2019/02/11/09e941f8-1a87-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?utm_term=.46a958facf10