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COURSE SYLLABUS
1. TITLE OF COURSE: General Psychology I: GT-SS3
PREFIX/NUMBER: PSY 101 CREDIT HOURS: 3
2. PREREQUISITE: REA 090
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: TBA
SUPPLIES:
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Focuses on the scientific study of behavior including motivation, emotion, physiological psychology, stress and coping, research methods, consciousness, sensation, perception, learning, and memory.
This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-SS3
5. COURSE GOAL:
The student should be able to learn the scientific study of behavior including motivation, emotion, physiological psychology, stress and coping, research methods, consciousness, sensation, perception, learning, and memory
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, students will:
I. Describe the discipline of psychology, its history, and how it is practiced today.
II. Demonstrate the basic rules of research in psychology and be able to evaluate their application.
III. Identify the biological influences on behavior.
IV. Describe consciousness and factors that may influence it.
V. Discuss motivation in terms of inborn and learned determinants.
VI. Analyze emotion and its relationship to physiology and cognition.
VII. Define the principles of sensation and perception.
VIII. Demonstrate the principles of learning and its application to behavior.
IX. Discuss memory and forgetting and the application of memory skills to life.
X. Identify the factors involved in stress and effective strategies for management of stress.
XI. Write and speak clearly and logically in presentations and essays about topics related to psychology.
XII. Demonstrate the ability to select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems or compile information in the study of psychology.
XIII. Read, analyze, and apply to new situations written material related to the study of psychology.
7. COURSE OUTLINE
I. Introduction to the Discipline
A. The Goals of Psychology
B. Professional Roles and Activities
C. History of Discipline
D. Theoretical Perspectives
E. Research Methods in Psychology
F. Basic Research and Statistical Methods
G. Basic vs. Applied Science
H. Evaluation of Psychological Research
I. Ethics in Research
II. Physiological Psychology
A. Genetics
B. Heredity vs. Environmental Influences
C. Endocrine System
D. The Nervous System
III. Consciousness
A. The Nature of Consciousness
B. Sleep and Dreams
C. Altered States of Consciousness
IV. Motivation
A. Basic Drives
B. Theories of Motivation
C. Learned Motives
D. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motives
V. Emotion
A. The Physiology of Emotion
B. Theories of Emotion
C. The Development and Expression of Emotion
D. Cognition and Emotion
VI. Sensation and Perception
A. Principles of Sensation
B. The Senses
C. Principles of Perception
VII. Learning
A. Classical Conditioning
B. Operant Conditioning
C. Observational Conditioning
D. Cognitive learning
VIII. Memory
A. Theories of Memory
B. Theories of Forgetting
C. The Physiology of Memory
D. Memory Disorders
E. Effective Studying
IX. Stress and Coping
A. Physiological Components of Stress
B. Psychological Components of Stress
C. Stress Management
8. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
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