Mondays:  11:00 – 3:00 (C1105); 2:30 – 6:00 (D3109)               

Thursdays: 11:00 – 2:00 (C1107); 2:00 – 5:00 (D3107)

TEXTS:
We have only 3 texts that cost under $150 (total). However, you should budget an additional $20 for photocopies for handouts for your presentations or more for your supplies if you are going to do an art or music project.

1. Psychology 5th edition (Nairne; be sure to get the 5th edition)
There are 3 versions – (1) a hardback text, (2) a soft bound text, and (3) a looseleaf version.  All are identical.  The bookstore will order the least expensive (looseleaf), but if you are considering a career in psychology or social sciences, you might want to order the softback (paperbound) or hardback copy.
ISBN: 0- 495-506125    (this is the looseleaf text that the bookstore will order)

2. How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life (H.H. Dalai Lama)
Atria books ISBN-13:  978-0-7434-5336-0 (Pbk)

3. Train your Mind, Change your Brain: How a New Science Reveals our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves (Begley)
2007  Ballantine Books  ISBN: 978-1-4000-6390-1

CREDITS: 
8 –  Introductory Psychology
4 – Contemplative Practices
4 – Research:  Your topic such as Cognitive Psychology or Mythology.  Your choice  but consult with Don
OR   4 – Creative practice:  Your topic such as Painting, Poetry, Music – consult with Don & Sean

Date/Day        Lecture Topic (chapters in Nairne)    Reading   (Read this before class)
3/31  M    1    Ch. 1: Preface and Introduction to Psychology    How to Practice     Part I & page 223
4/3  Th        Ch. 2:  Observing and Predicting Behavior    Part I and II

4/7   M    2    Ch. 3:  Brain, Hormones, Genes    Part III   
4/12  Th        Ch. 5:  Sensation and PERCEPTION    Part IV

414  M    3    Quiz 1 on Chapters 1, 2, & 3
Ch. 5:  Sensation and PERCEPTION    Parts  V and VI
4/17     Th        Ch. 6:  Consciousness   Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Foreword, Preface, Chapter 1: Challenging the Dogma of the Hardwired Brain?
4/20   Sun        Dave Stringer Kirtan; changting as biofeedback (evening in CRC 316)

4/21     M    4    Chanting and biofeedback  CRC 316 time TBD
Ch. 6:   Dreams    Ch. 2 and 3:  Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis
4/24     Th        Ch. 7:  Learning and Behavior    Ch. 4: Neuroplasticity

4/28     M    5    Ch. 8:  Memory and Cognitive Psychology    Ch. 5: Sensory Experience Changes Our Brain
4/29    Tu        Neil deGrasse Tyson Unsoeld lecture time TBD   
5/1       Th        Quiz 2 on Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8
Ch. 9:  Language and Thought    Ch. 6: Mental Experience Changes Our Brain

5/5       M    6    Presentation Preparation Day – no class   
5/8       Th        Ch. 10: Intelligence    Ch. 7: Turning on Genes in the Brain

5/12      M    7    Ch. 11 Motivation and Emotion    Ch. 8:  Rewired for Compassion
5/15     Th        Ch. 12: Personality    Ch. 9: Challenging the Happiness “Setpoint”

5/19     M    8    Exam – bring portfolio    Ch. 10: Now What
5/22     Th        Presentation Preparation – no class   

5/26    M    9    Presentation Preparation – no class   
5/28     W           6 – 8 p.m. Shan-Tung Hsu  Feng Shui & science   
5/29    Th        Presentations  11 a.m. – 6 p.m.    Papers due -  except for today’s presenters

6/2       M    10    Presentations  11 a.m. – 6 p.m.    Papers due for presenters of 5/29 Thursday
6/5       Th        Presentations  11 a.m. – 6 p.m.   

6/11-6/13        EVALUATIONS     Stay through Thursday, June 12th

We may meet several Tuesday evenings during the quarter with the Contemplative Studies program

Information about the Dalai Lama's Visit to Seattle April 11-15 [1]