PSYCH 101 Syllabus

Here is the syllabus for College Psych. We will try to follow it as closely as possible. Any changes will be done through in-class announcements and postings here.

COURSE OUTLINE/SYLLABUS

COURSE TITLE & NO:
PSY 101001 General Psychology I
PREREQUISITES: None
SEMESTER: Spring 2009
CREDIT HOURS: 3
DAYS TAUGHT: Monday-Thursday
TIME TAUGHT: 8:00 – 8:51 AM
BEGINNING DATE: January 12, 2009
ENDING DATE: May 14, 2009


INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Dawn James
PHONE EXT. 438-2214
OFFICE: EHS 106
E-MAIL ADDRESS: dawn.james@eads.k12.co.us


COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the scientific behavior including motivation, emotion, physiological psychology, stress and coping, research methods, consciousness, sensation, perception, learning and memory.


COURSE OUTCOMES:

This survey course covers the discipline of psychology in terms of its development and application. Because of taking this course, students should be conversant with the basic rules of research in psychology, the biological influences of behavior, consciousness, motivation, emotion, principles of sensation and perception, principles of learning, memory and forgetting, and the factors involved in stress and effective strategies for management of stress.

LCC GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES: (Those assessed in this class are in boldface)
Communications
Math Literacy
Aesthetic Responsiveness/Craftsmanship
World Awareness
Scientific Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Interpersonal Skills

INTEGRATION OF CRITICAL SKILLS: (Check all that apply)
Integration Activities are included for the following competiences:

_X_ Critical Thinking
___ Technology
___ Mathematics
_X_ Reading
_X_ Written Communication



CLASS MEETING REQUIREMENT:

· Students are expected to attend all sessions of each course in which they enroll. When circumstances make regular attendance impossible, students should report such absences to the instructor as soon as possible and make up assignments as the instructor requires. The instructor has the option of setting guidelines for attendance in determining grades. However, each instructor shall inform students verbally and/or in writing of his/her specific attendance requirements and students have the responsibility for knowing the attendance policy. All class sessions will be held in order to meet credit and contact hour requirements.
SPECIAL NEEDS NOTIFICATION:
Students enrolled in this course with a diagnosed disability must indicate this to the course instructor by the third class meeting. This will permit the course instructor to make federally protected accommodations possible .


MEETING DATES/COURSE OUTLINE:

Date
Topic
Assignment

Jan. 5-8
Intro and Overview
Read Ch. 1

Jan 12-15
Intro to Psychology
Read Ch. 2

Jan. 19-22
Test on Jan. 21, Ch 1-2
Perception
Study for test, Begin Ch. 6

Jan. 26-29
Sleep & Dreams
Read Ch. 7

Feb. 2-5
Test, Feb. 5, Ch 6-7
Read Ch 8

Feb. 9-12
Hypnosis & Drugs
Read Ch 9

Feb. 16-19
Classical Conditioning
Test, Feb. 19, Ch 8-9
Study for Test

Feb 23-26
Types of Memory
Read Ch 11

March 2-5
Remembering & Forgetting
Read Ch 12

March 9-12
Intellegence
Test, Mar. 12, Ch. 11-13
Read Ch. 13
Study for test

March 16-19
Spring Break @ Eads

March 23-26
Motivation
Read Ch 15

March 30-April 2
Emotion
Read Ch 16
Study for Test

April 6-9
Test, April 7, Ch 15-16
Infancy & Childhood
Read Ch 17

April 13-16
Adolescence & Adulthood
Read Ch 18
Study for Test

April 20-23
Test, April 21, Ch 17-18
Freud
Read Ch 19

April 27-30
Social Theories
Test, April 30, Ch 19-20
Read Ch 20
Study for Test

May 4-7
Anxiety Disorders
Read Ch 22

May 11-14
Mood Disorders
Test, May 14, Ch 22-23
Read Ch 23


METHODS OF CONDUCTING THE CLASS:
Lecture, class discussion, learning groups multi-media, research, paper to meet attached requirements


ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES: (Check all that apply)
_X_ Essay Tests
_X_ Fill in
_X_ Written Papers
_X_ Definition of Terms
_X_ Multiple choice
_X_ Oral presentations
_X_ Other (please explain)

Class Participation = 25%; Major Exams = 36% (12%X3); Final Exam = 14%; Homework = 15% Readings = 10%

Homework: Homework given during class session shall be due the next class meeting, unless otherwise specified.


TEXT AND MATERIALS NEEDED:
Introduction to Psychology 7th ed. By Rod Plotnik


Academic Dishonesty Policy: See LCC's handbook (http://www.lamarcc.edu/pdf/_degreeplans/AASFeedlot.pdf%20-%20page%2028) for questions regarding what constitutes plagiarism and academic dishonesty.

Any student who intentionally plagiarizes or cheats on an assignment will be given an F in the course for college credit and therefore be required to reimburse the school for tuition. The student will also receive an F on the assignment for the high school grade in the class, but he or she will be allowed to continue in the class for high school credit only.

Welcome to 2nd Semester

It's hard for me to believe we are already half way through the year!! I will attempt to enter the 21st century and communicate sometimes through this blog. I will post the syllabi for my college classes-Psych and Reg. Geography here as soon as we finalize the plagiarism question. Along that line, I would like to direct your attention to the following article:

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113001906.html?

This discusses a survey finding concerning cheating and dishonesty among students. In our society, full of cynicism and "out for number one", it is sometimes easy to say, "Why shouldn't we? Everyone else does it." I encourage all of you to read this and ask yourself-why should people be expected to do the right thing only when it's easy? Don't fall back on the excuses of being too busy or too tired. Step up and do the best work you can do. We teachers are not interested in reading a copy of the latest Wikipedia information instead of what you think about the topic!