Psychology 101 (Section 001)



Psychology 101 (Section 001)

Introductory Psychology

Dr. Sparky Sundevil

PSYCHOLOGY 101 --Introductory Psychology - 3 credits, no prerequisites. A broad survey of psychological principles.

SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

This is an introductory psychology course and its goal is to introduce the student to basic psychology. Students will be presented with material which will give them a broad base of understanding of psychology. Both classical research and contemporary issues will be discussed in attempting to relate theory and research to the world around us.

INSTRUCTOR, OFFICE, AND OFFICE HOURS

I am an experimental psychologist with special interests in perception. My office is in Room 224 Barnwell and I will be there immediately before this class. If you want to see me on a particular day or time, please let me know during or immediately after class; I can then arrange a time for a conference. My office phone is 777-4263.

TEXT

There is one text required, available at the bookstores. Lefton, L.A. (1993) Psychology (5th ed). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

COURSE GOALS

The aim of the course is to expose students to the field of psychology. In doing so, students will be presented with a diverse body of information about the field of psychology. Being a survey course, no specific area will be emphasized to a great extent, but, rather psychology will be presented as a discipline with many facets.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE

Information is presented both in the classroom and through the text. Classroom meetings will be in a lecture format such that the instructor will lecture on important material to be learned. He will not make an attempt to cover all aspects of the text. Rather, he will focus on difficult areas, particularly interesting areas, or on topics of special interest. While the class meetings are relatively structured lectures, there is a substantial amount of time set aside for questions and answers. Students are encouraged to ask questions and to interrupt the lecturer for points of information, clarification, or general interest.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students are expected to fulfill three obligations: 1) attend class, 2) take all exams, and 3) fulfill the Psychology Department human participant obligation.

• Classroom Attendance: Classroom attendance is mandatory; attendance will be taken on a semi-random schedule. In accord with University guidelines, absences will be excused for incapacitating illness,

• Examinations: There will be four examinations given through the semester. These exams will consist of approximately 60 multiple choice items and 20 fill-in-the-blank items. Students are expected to arrive in class on time with two No. 2 pencils. Approximately 80% of the items will come directly from the text; the remaining items will be taken from material covered in class.

• Human Participant Obligation: All students taking Psychology 101 are required to serve as a human participant in the Department's Human Psychological Pool. This means that the student will volunteer, at a time to be arranged, to participate in a psychological experiment.

GRADES

There are four examinations. The lowest grade from Exams 1, 2, or 3 will be dropped. The final exam grade (test #4) will not be dropped. Thus, your grade will be based on the two highest grades of the first three and the final exam. There-are three scores (2 tests, 1 final) and all count equally in determining your final grade.

There are no make-up exams; if you miss an exam from the first three, you will receive a zero.

A student's semester grade is determined by the total number of points achieved on each of the course components. Thus a letter grade on any one component only shows a student his or her relative standing.

|DATES |READING ASSIGNMENTS |CLASS TOPICS |

|August 31 |Syllabus |Syllabus |

|September 2 |Chapter 1, Modules I & 2 |What is Psychology |

|September 7 |Appendix: pp. 654 |History/Statistics: |

|September 9 |Appendix: pp. 654 |Statistics |

|September 14 |Chapter 2, Modules 3 & 4 |Biology: Genetics |

|September 16 |Chapter 2, Modules 3 & 4 |Biology: Anatomy |

|September 21 |Chapter 4, Module 7 |Biology: Sleep |

|September 23 | |EXAM I |

|September 28 |Chapter 5, Modules 9 & 10 |Learning: Classical Conditioning |

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