Instructor Updates

December 2015 Module Edits

Posted December 17, 2015

The following modules have been updated with minor edits to improve readability and clarity of difficult concepts for students.

 Culture and Emotion

  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts
  • Two new terms added to vocabulary section

Drive States

  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts
  • Text box added discussing APA/CIA torture controversy
  • One new term added to vocabulary section

Memory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval) 

  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts
  • Changed some US-centric examples to more internationally recognized ones

Motives and Goals

  • Updated intro paragraph (expansion of original paragraph)
  • Expanded conclusion
  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts

Social Cognition and Attitudes

  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts

Therapeutic Orientations

  • Minor sentence/paragraph level edits for greater clarity
  • Added examples to better illustrate difficult concepts