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NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY The City University of New York Division of Liberal Arts Department of Social Science PSY 1101-D864-89018: Introduction to Psychology (3 class hours, 3 credits) Prerequisite: Certification in CUNY English and Writing Fall 2013 Instructor: Nancy Jeudy, M.A. Office Address: Namm, Room 600 Mailbox: Namm Room 611 email: [email protected] Office Phone: (718) 260-5080 Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00 – 1:30pm. (or by appointment) Required Materials Text: Wood, Samuel E., Wood, Ellen Green, and Boyd, Denise G. Mastering the World of Psychology,5th Edition, Pearson. ISBN: 13-978-0-205-96808-4. Course Information COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide a broad overview of methodology, history and theories of psychology, brain and behavior, neuropsychology, socialization, motivation, emotion, perception, learning, thinking, intelligence, personality and the adjustment processes, and social psychology. CONTENT-RELATED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Demonstrate an understanding of classic and contemporary theories of psychology. ASSESSMENT Short written assignment/or quiz, class discussion, and in-class exam. Demonstrate an understanding of the different research methods that psychologists use to study overt and covert behaviors. Demonstrate an understanding of the different areas within psychology, along with their terms and concepts. Demonstrate an ability to apply psychological concepts to real world situations. Research Project assignment which is due on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Short written assignment/or test, class discussion, and approximately ¼ of in-class exam dedicated to material found in this chapter. Short written assignment/or quiz, group discussions, and in-class exam. GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT: LEARNING OUTCOMES KNOWLEDGE: Develop an introductory knowledge of psychology methodology and concepts SKILLS: Develop and use the tools needed for communication, analysis and productive work INTEGRATION: Work productively within and across disciplines VALUES, ETHICS, AND RELATIONSHIPS: Understand and apply values, ethics, and diverse perspectives in personal, civic, and cultural/global domains ASSESSMENT Exam items, assignments, in-class discussion, inclass activities, Discussion Board Exam items, assignments, in-class discussion, inclass activities, Discussion Board Exam items, assignments, in-class discussion, inclass activities, Discussion Board Exam items, assignments, in-class discussion, inclass activities, Discussion Board 1 COURSE POLICIES Exams and Make-up Policy: There will be 4 exams. Two exams, a midterm, and a cumulative final will be given this semester. All of your grades will be computed and averaged out. The lowest grade will not be dropped. Therefore it is in your best interest to do well in all of your exams. Each exam will cover the assigned readings, lectures, and demonstrations covered in class. No make-up exams will be given, unless your reason to miss the exam is due to a dire circumstance, such as a grave illness or a loss. Please note that you must take the mid-term and final exams. Late students will not be admitted to the class-room once an exam is in progress, so please be on time. In-class Group Discussions: You will be assigned to a group of 5 or 6 students per group. You will debate one of the following leading psychologists’ ideas: Mary Ainsworth, Bandura, Bowlby, Erickson, Freud, Galton, Gardner, James, Kolhberg, Pavlov, Rogers, Wundt, Watson, Skinner, Vygotsky, and/or any other theorists discussed in class. You may feel free to discuss one of the psychological disorders and their treatment discussed in class. You will be able to analyze data that you learn in the course and also from your own research. You will provide a working idea of how Psychologists develop their theories and submit a research document according to your findings. RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT – Due on December 5, 2013 The research mentioned above will be 4 pages in length and must be typewritten, and don’t forget to include your sources. Please try to stay away from Wikipedia, about.com and other sources that are not credible. In addition, the paper must be submitted on time or on the day of your scheduled discussions. Failure to complete this assignment on time will result in a reduction of your final grade. Class Participation: Students are expected to participate in class discussions. Class participation means coming to class prepared, listening to others, respecting differing viewpoints, keeping an open mind, and taking chances. The nature of the course and subject matter require a great deal of conversation so you are strongly encouraged not only to ask questions, but to add your own experiences and views to the class. Students must be present and active in order to maximize the value of the course. In addition, if you are absent or have an emergency on your paper’s due date, your paper should be sent via email to: [email protected] before midnight of the due date. No papers will be accepted after midnight of the paper’s due date. GRADING: Your performance in the course will be evaluated in the following manner: The Midterm exam will count as 25% of your grade, the Final exam will count as 25%, Research Paper will count as 15% and 20% for 2 other exams, in class or take home short written assignments and participation 15%. Final grades will be based on the following scale: NUMERICAL GRADE RANGES 93-100 A 90-92.9 A87-89.9 B+ 83-86.9 B 80-82.9 B1 time/week 77-79.0 C+ 70-76.9 C 60-69.9 D 59.9 and below F 2 Incomplete policy: An “Incomplete grade” will only be given at the discretion of the instructor to a student who has not completed all course work but has taken the final, is in good standings, and is passing the course. ** Please note, failure to complete this assignment will result in a reduction of your final grade. In addition, points will be taken off late papers. Also, an “Incomplete grade” will only be given at my own discretion. COLLEGE POLICY ON ATTENDANCE/LATENESS Students are expected to attend all classes and are responsible for all class materials, class assignments, and any announcements made in class. In case of absence, students should notify me as soon as possible. Excessive absences of 3 or more will result in the reduction of your final grade and 2 latenesses will count for an absence. A student may be absent without penalty for 10% of the number of scheduled class meetings during the semester as follows: Class Meets Allowable Absence 1 time/week 2 classes 2 times/week 3 classes 3 times/week 4 classes REVISED CUNY ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. Please note that CUNY’s revised policy on Academic Integrity went into effect on July 1 2011. 1. As required by the Policy, the College will implement the full use of an electronic plagiarism detection device. 2. There are additional due process protections for students in some circumstances. 3. The procedure now requires faculty to report, using the official form, any incident of academic dishonesty that is serious enough to affect a student’s final grade. 4. In cases where there is a “substantial” violation, the College Academic Integrity Officer is directed to seek disciplinary sanctions, as well as academic sanctions. Students enrolled in programs leading to professional licensure should be aware that ANY violation on their part may be considered a substantial violation. (by Dr. Bonne August, Provost) The complete policy is posted on the website at htt=://www.citytech.cuny.edu/aboutus/docs/policies/CUNY_ACADEMIC_INTEGRITY_6-2=11.pdf Audio-Visual Materials: Videos and other course related media may be selected as they have a definite instructional value and are expected to generate class discussions. Electronic Devices: Electronic devices: cellular phones, Ipods, and Iphones, Galaxies must be turned off during class, unless it is a case of an emergency. If you are expecting an important call, please put your device on vibrate, and excuse yourself from the class and go answer your call outside of the room for a brief moment. Texting while in class will definitely affect your final grade at the end of the semester. COURSE OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE: Week One: Introduction To The History of Psychology Thurs., August 29, 2013 & 3 1. Psychology defined as a biosocial behavioral science Tues., Sept. 3, 2013 2. Modern scientific psychology's history briefly outlined. Leading psychologists (Galton, Wundt, James, Freud, Watson, Skinner, Piaget, Wertheimer, Watson) 3. Systems and movements: (Structuralism, Functionalism, Associationism, Behaviorism, Gestalt, Psychodynamics, Psychobiology, Psychophysics, Cognitive) 4. Major theories: (Psychoanalytic, Social and Cognitive Learning Theories, Learning, Cognitive, Humanist, Sociocultural, Evolutionary, Neuroscience.) The student should be able to define psychology and demonstrate an understanding of what is the field of study in each of the major sub-areas of psychology. Week Two: Psychological Research and Research Methods Tues., Sept. 10, 2013 & 1. Methods of gathering data Thurs., Sept. 12, 2013 2. Observational techniques 3. Correlational studies 4. Experimental approaches 5. Analyzing data 6. Sampling, probability and statistical inference. 7. Measures of central tendency and dispersion 8. Interpreting statistics and the null hypothesis The student should be able to acknowledge scientific method and the various research methods and models used by psychologists. The student should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the methods listed below by obtaining passing grades in objective or essay exams. 1. The scientific method including (a) observation of phenomena (b) Formulating an hypothesis and (c) collecting data for or against what the hypothesis proposes. 2. The research methods of psychology including naturalistic observation, surveys, case studies, sampling procedures, correlational research, longitudinal vs. cross-sectional approaches, and experiments. 3. Ethical issues and principles involved in contemporary psychological research. Descriptive Research Methods Correlational Research Methods Experimental Research Methods The students should be able to explain and properly apply the use of the research methods: The students should understand and properly apply ethical principles in the creation of research and understand the use and difference between longitudinal and cross-sectional designs. Week Three: Fields of Specialization in Psychology 1. Clinical, counseling, and community Tues., Sept. 17, 2013 & 2. Personality and Social Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013 3. Educational and school 4. Experimental and physiological 5. Developmental 6. Industrial and organizational The student should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the field of specialization their roles in society and helpful they are to mankind. Week Four: Behavioral Neuroscience Tues., Sept. 24, 2013 & 1. Stimulus and Response Thurs., Sept. 26, 2013 1st exam 2. The interactive effects of hereditary and environmental factors in determining behavior 3. Hereditary Factors a) Evolution b) Genetics c) Ethology d) Growth, Maturation and Development 4. The Neurons, 5. The Brain 6. The Nervous System 7. The endocrine System 4 The student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of each of the following on essay or objective tests. 1. The brain 2. The central nervous system 3. The peripheral nervous system 4. The neurons 5. The eyes 6. The ear 7. The nose 8. Emotions 9. Psychophysics 10. Getstalt principles Week Five: Foundations of Behavior Tues., Oct 1, 2013 & Learning and Cognition Thurs., Oct. 3, 2013 Definition of learning Types of learning 1. Classical condition reflexes, US CS, UR, CR acquisition and extinction of CRs spontaneous recovery higher order conditioning 2. Operant Conditioning 3. The Law of Effect Trial & Error Learning Behaviorism Reinforcement and Punishment Shaping Schedules of Reinforcement 4. Social Learning Observation and Imitation of Models Vicarious Punishment Vicarious Reinforcement The student should learn the definition of the terminologies listed above and will be able to apply them on a research study. Week Six: General Principles of Learning and Memory Tues., Oct. 8, 2013 & 1. Stimulus generalization Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013 2. Stimulus discrimination 3. Extinction 4. Spontaneous Recovery 5. Theories of forgetting 6. Short vs. long-term memory factors 7. Proactive and retroactive interference 8. Metamemory 9. Forgetting The Student should demonstrate knowledge of the principles of learning. The capacity of memory, shortterm memory and long-term, proactive and retroactive interference, memory techniques, and metamemory and forgetting. Week Seven: Thinking and Problem Solving Tues., Oct. 15, 2013 (Mon. Schedule) 1. Divergent and convergent thinking Thurs., Oct. 17, 2013 2. Problem-solving strategies . 3. Impediments to problem-solving 4. Computer models of thinking The student should be able to demonstrate, on objective or essay tests, knowledge of how behavior is a function of hereditary and environmental factors. Included in this area is knowledge of genetics, evolution and ethology. Week Eight: Human Development Tues., Oct. 22, 2013 & Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013 (2nd Exam) 5 1. Prenatal and Neonatal Development 2a) brain development b) sensory and perceptual abilities c) the beginnings of cognition and memory 2. Cognitive Development 3. Human sexuality 4. Adolescence The student should be able to demonstrate through passing objective and/or essay tests an understanding of the major concepts, theories, and research findings in the following areas. 1. The concept of development as a combination of growth, maturation and learning 2. The stages of prenatal development 3. The reflexes, sensory abilities and temperamental and social interaction of the neonate. 4. Cognitive development, including Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of the cognitive processes of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. 5. Basic features and theories of human language development. The student should be able to demonstrate, on objective or essay tests, knowledge of how behavior is a function of hereditary and environmental factors. Included in this area is knowledge of genetics, evolution and ethology. 1. Psychoanalytic 2. Behavioral and Social Learning Theory 3. Cognitive Theories 4. Biological Theories 5. System Theories Week Nine: Personality and Its Measurement Tues., Oct. 29, 2013 & 1. Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013 2. Behavioristic, Humanistic and Trait Theories of personality 3. Psychological Assessment 4. Stress and adjustment to Stress The student should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following: Theories of personality including those of Freud, Erikson and the Neo-Freudians, the behaviorists, trait theorists, and humanistic theorists including personality assessment including projective tests and objective inventories. Week Ten: Intelligence Tues., Nov. 5, 2013 & Intelligence Tests Thurs., Nov 7, 2013 The Standford-Binet The Wechsler Scales Group Aptitude Tests Are Intelligence Tests Accurate? Or Biased? The Nature of Intelligence Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence Sternberg Triarchic Theory Giftedness Mental Retardation Autism or Autistic Spectrum Disorders The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of Intelligence, how human can have more than one intelligence. Develop understanding of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence and Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence. Movie on Multiple Intelligence will be viewed and discussed in class. Week Eleven: Psychological Disorders and Treatments 1. Theories of Abnormality 2. Disorders and Their Treatment Major classifications of mental disorders. Anxiety Disorders OCD 6 Tues., Nov. 12, 2013 & Thurs., Nov. 14, 2013 Somatoform Disorders Dissociative Disorders Mood Disorders Schizophrenic Disorders Personality Disorders Movies on OCD and Multiple Personality disorders will be viewed and discussed in class. Case studies on psychological disorders will be assigned as discussion topics and homework. The student should know the definitions and theories of abnormality including both psychogenic and somatogenic approaches, and also demonstrate knowledge and description of major psychological and mental disorders. Week Twelve: Psychological Treatment Tues., Nov. 19, 2013 & Psychological Therapies Thurs., Nov. 21, 2013 Midterm. Psychoanalytic Therapies Behavioral Therapies Cognitive Therapies Does Psychotherapy Work? Medical Intervention Drug Therapies Perspectives on Drug Therapy The Student should demonstrate knowledge of the terminologies related to Psychological treatment and disorders. What are the best psychological therapies and why? Approaches to treatment including psychotherapies, drugs and other physical approaches and relaxation techniques, and Group presentations Week Thirteen: Motivation Tues., Nov. 26, 2013 & What Motivates us? Thurs., Nov. 28, 2013 (Holiday) General Theories of Motivation The Pyramid of Human Motivation Hunger and Eating Sexual Motivation Social Motives Belongingness and Esteem Motives Motivating People at Work The student should demonstrate knowledge of the following emotional and motivational concepts and theories by passing essay and/or objective tests: The student should demonstrate knowledge of the following emotional and motivational concepts and theories by passing essay and/or objective tests: need, drive, drive reduction, incentives, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, motives, and need Achievement. Week Fourteen: Emotion Tues, Dec. 3, 2013 & The Physiological Component of Emotion Thurs., Dec. 5, 2013 Brain Centers of Emotion Generalized Autonomic Arousal Specific Patterns of Arousal The Expressive Component Nonverbal Communication The student should demonstrate knowledge of the following emotional and motivational concepts and theories by passing essay and/or objective tests: Consciousness, the James-Lange Theory, the CannonBard Theory, homeostasis Week Fifteen: Social Psychology Tues., Dec. 10, 2013 & Thurs., Dec. 12, 2013 7 Attitudes and Attitude Change b) Person Perception and Interpersonal Attraction c) Social Influence and Social Groups d) Conflict and Cooperation The student should demonstrate knowledge of the following of the following topics. 1. Attitudes, their nature and openness to influence. 2. Interpersonal and intergroup attitudes and behaviors 3. Social influence, social conformity and obedience to authority 4. Prosocial and antisocial behaviors. 5. Environmental psychology. The student should be able to demonstrate knowledge of group behavior, attitudes, diffusion of responsibility, obedience, group influence, cognitive dissonance and the power of persuasion. Group Presentations and Review for final exam Tues., Dec. 17, 2013 FINAL EXAM Thurs., 19, 2013 Final GOOD LUCK FOR THE FALL 2013 SEMESTER!!! 8