SYLLABUS FOR INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Term: Summer, 2000 (993) (May 1 - August 5, 2000)

E-mail: jkovach@ccsj.edu

Course Time: Video Assisted

This course surveys the field of Psychology. Fundamental concepts of the discipline drawn from experimentation and research are stressed. Social psychology, personality, abnormal psychology, development, learning, memory and perception are studied to provide the student with a basis for further study of psychology and for applying the tools and methods of psychology to everyday living.

Textbooks: Coon, Dennis. Introduction to Psychology: Exploration and Application, 8^th ed.

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After the last day for class changes has passed (see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with the Registrar. Written request for withdrawal must be received by the Registrar by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund schedule when withdrawing from courses. The request is forwarded to the faculty member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the request is honored, the student will receive notification of official withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is disallowed. Note: Degree Completion Division (DCD) students should consult the DCD Student Handbook for information on DCD withdrawals.

An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see Refund Schedule).

It is the student's responsibility to attend all class meetings and to acquire the necessary assignments. Attendance will be taken according to federal guidelines and reported for financial aid purposes only.

Read the appropriate text material BEFORE the class. Spend your time in class completing your notes, ideas, and asking questions.

 Course Objectives:

Students in this course will:

• Be introduced to a wide range of experience known as psychology
• Will be introduced to the discipline from a developmental-historical perspective
• be applied to understand why people do what they do

Exams (4 to 5 Quizzes) ____100___% of grade

Students must take announced tests within the week of its posted date. Otherwise it will cost you $$$$$ and a grade. Tests taken seven (7) days after the posted date will be dropped one (1) full grade. Example, if your tested grade is "A", your assigned grade will be "B". A grade drop will occur for each week that the test is not taken until a grade of "F" is assigned for that test. To clarify--

Test date and for 7 days -- test grade, highest grade -"A"

1-2 weeks after posted date 1 grade drop, highest grade -"B"

2-3 weeks after posted date additional grade drop, highest grade -"C"

3-4 weeks after posted date additional grade drop, highest grade -"D"

4 weeks after posted date, assigned grade -"F"

Students taking tests on dates other than the posted dates must make arrangement with the divisional secretary. Her phone extension is 295, room 500. These make-up test will be at her convenience and NO later than one (1) hour before her office closes. A fee, according to college rules and regulations, for taking the test later will also we affixed.

A: A-: B+: B: B-: C+:

C: C-: D+: D: D-: F:

Those students wishing extra credit can complete the optional workbook. Exercises from this optional text are to be turned in on a timely manner, at the time of each test.

The following chapters are cited under each program:

Program 1: Past, Present, and Promise *

Chapter 1

Program 2: Understanding Research *

Chapter 2

Appendix A

Program 3: The Behaving Brain *

Chapter 3

Program 4: The Responsive Brain *

Chapter 3

Program 5: The Developing Child *

Chapter 4

Program 6: Language Development

Chapter 4

Program 7: Sensation and Perception

Chapter 6

Program 8: Learning *

Chapter 9 ALL

Program 9: Remembering and Forgetting *

Chapter 10 ALL

Test II Week 7, week of February 20th

Program 10: Cognitive Processes *

Chapter 11

Program 11: Judgment and Decision Making *

Chapter 11

Program 12: Motivation and Emotion *

Chapter 13, partial

Program 13: The Mind Awake and Asleep *

Chapter 8 ALL

Program 14: The Mind Hidden and Divided *

Chapter 8

Program 15: The Self *

Chapter 16

Program 16: Testing and Intelligence *

Chapter 12, partial

Test III Week 10, week of March 12th

Program 17: Sex and Gender *

Chapter 15, partial

Program 18: Maturing and Aging *

Chapter 5

Program 19: The Power of the Situation Chapter 20

Program 20: Constructing Social Reality

Chapter 21

Program 21: Psychopathology *

Chapter 17 ALL

Chapter 18, partial

Program 22: Psychotherapy *

Chapter 19

Program 23: Health, Mind and Behavior *

Chapter 14

Chapter 13, partial

Program 24: In Space, Toward Peace

Chapter 22

Program 25: A Union of Opposites

Chapters 1-22 (review)

Program 26: New Directions

Chapters 1-22 (review)

Test IV - LAST Week of Classes, week of April 3rd

Special study efforts should be given to those units asterisked (*). Questions from unasterisked (*) units will be based on video material ONLY.

Read the appropriate text material BEFORE watching the video materials.

DO NOT assume the video materials will provide all the data you will need to succeed in this class. IT DOES NOT!!

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