Pschology Course Outline PDF

Preview

Summary

Course Outline...

Description

Course Syllabus PS101 Introduction to Psychology I Wilfrid Laurier University Instructor: Dr. Diano Marrone Email: [email protected] Online Office Hours: I am available via email or through zoom either Mondays 4-5, or by appointment (Monday to Friday, with 24 hours notice) Class time: 7-10pm Thursdays Teaching Assistant: Ceilidh Harrison Email: [email protected] Calendar Description Methods for understanding human and animal behaviour are introduced. This course introduces psychology and its history, and shows how the different areas of psychology are integrated. Topics such as research methods, biological bases, learning, consciousness, personality, disorders, and treatment are surveyed. 0.5 Credit Exclusions: PS100 Communication Policy Please email me at [email protected] and I usually respond promptly if the email is sent during my office hours. Please do NOT use myls email me because I cannot easily reply. Generally, I do not respond on weekends or holidays. Before emailing please check for an answer to your question on the course syllabus, course roadmap, and the News area of MyLS. Please do not email asking me to confirm dates of tests or to provide you with other details, course information and test dates are all clearly posted. If the information is clearly stated in the syllabus or posted on the News page, I will not email you back. Please also do not ask me to about posting grades, I also post grades as soon as they are available. If you have questions about MyLS itself (e.g., you can't access something, you're having trouble logging in, trouble with test-taking software etc.) please contact [email protected] It is your responsibility to read what is posted on your course website. Course Overview and Approach/Framework A primary objective of any "introductory" course is simply that: to introduce you to the subject matter of the discipline and to familiarize you with the vocabulary and concepts. Psychology is the study of human experience: the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that we experience as we interact with our world. You already have several years of experience in psychology based on your own observations and knowledge about yourself and your environment. This course, PS101, is one of the two junior credits required to major in psychology and to take 2nd year courses. It includes, as does PS102, a sample of the many theories, orientations, and perspectives of psychologists and researchers in psychology. As such, you will see how research has been applied to test intuitive assumptions about

human life (as both courses include the chapter on research). You will find that many common beliefs about the nature of human existence are scientifically supported; but you will also find many beliefs are refuted by the evidence. Course Goals and Learning Outcomes The broad goals of this course are: 1. Acquire a knowledge base in psychology 2. Develop critical thinking skills 3. Professional development The more specific course goals are: · Recognize the link between efforts in self-management and achievement · Accurately self-assess performance quality by adhering to external standards (e.g., deadlines) · Incorporate feedback from educators and mentors to change performance · Describe self-regulation strategies (e.g., time-management, study skills) · Follow instructions, including timely delivery, in response to project criteria · Anticipate where potential problems can hinder successful project completion Learning Outcomes By the end of this course you should be able to: · Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology · Recognize and identify psychology's content domains · Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena · Apply knowledge of content to new situations · Interpret basic psychological research and statistical findings · Recognize the value and application of research and problem-solving skills in providing evidence beyond personal opinion to support proposed solutions Course Tools and Learning Materials The required textbook is: Comer, R., Ogden, N., Boyes, M., & Gould, E. (2018). Psychology around us (3rd Canadian edition). Toronto, ON: Wiley. Please note that the texts for PS101 and PS102 are the same. Combined, the two courses cover all chapters of the text. Course notes are meant only to highlight common themes in psychology, not be an exhaustive indication of the necessary content. Helpdesk: Problems with the course Web pages (i.e. links/postings): [email protected] Hardware/Software problems with your computer: CCS Help Desk at [email protected] Student Evaluation Discussions Term test 1 Term test 2 Term test 3 Final Exam PREP Total Extra credit:

9% 18% 18% 18% 34% 3% 100%

Three assigned Quizzes (in WileyPlus): 3% Supplemental Instruction: 3%

Discussions (9%) Due Dates Vary, see weekly schedule One of the things you miss out on when doing an online course is class discussion. The benefit of discussion is that students get the opportunity to learn from peers. This can help tremendously since you are learning the same information for the first time together and you understand where difficulties arise and this makes it easier for you to share information with your classmates. Knowing this, 6 lessons are designed to include a discussion question. Generally, you'll be required to submit a post that is no longer than 200 words by 11:59 pm on Wednesday of the lesson's week, and respond once to someone else's post that is no longer than 150 words by 11:59pm Friday of that week. There are 6 graded discussions and 1 non-graded introductory post that you are responsible for. You will receive 1.5% of your total grade for your contributions to each Discussion. Each post you make will receive a mark of either 0 “unsatisfactory post” or 1 “satisfactory post” (see below for further details). Activity* Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Points __ / 1 Initial discussion post The post displays little The post displays or no understanding of excellent understanding the course material; the of the course material, post paraphrases what connects the course material to personal someone else has experiences, current already posted and contributes nothing newevents in the media, other literature (and in the case of media or literature, provides references, web links, etc.) Response Post

The post explains, The post does not guides and provides explain or provide information for others toconnecting information (from the textbook or learn other sources) that should fully help the original poster in their understanding of the material

__ / 1

Quality of writing, netiquette, and proofreading

The post is The post is very well unorganized or written.M The post is contains inappropriate clear, concise, content or is filled with comments are easy to spelling errors, poor read and understand, sentence structure, etc. free of grammatical or spelling errors

__ / 1

* You must earn 1 point from each activity category in the above rubric in order to earn 1% for each discussion. This is an ACADEMIC discussion board. As such, postings should be made in complete sentences, with punctuation, etc. (however it’s not an English class, so no need to go overboard with linguistic formalities). Please do not write as though you are texting - there are no participation marks for postings that read like they have been texted. Posts that are derogatory, insulting (etc.) will be given a grade of zero and will be removed from the Discussion Board. Term tests (18% each) The midterm dates will be posted on MyLS the first week of class. Term test 1 will cover chapters 1 and 2 (History of Psychology, pp. 1-13 i.e., up to "Twentieth Century Approaches, and Research Methods), midterms 2 will cover chapters 3 and 6 (Neuroscience and Consciousness), while term test 3 will cover chapter . All term test will take place online, be 15 minutes in duration and will consist of approximately 30 multiple choice questions. There will not be questions from the Appendix on the exam. You will find it under ‘Quizzes’. The midterm questions will be drawn randomly from a very large pool of questions and therefore each student writes a different test. When you are ready, you may access the Midterm by selecting “quiz” at the top of your MyLS page and then selecting the appropriate exam. You must use the RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN and RESPONDUS MONITOR applications to do the tests. See below for more information on the required practice quiz and information on when to contact your instructor. Final (worth 32%) The final is cumulative, with equal emphasis across all the covered chapters.M Details about the final exam will be posted on MyLS near the end of the term. The test will be comprised of approximately 60 multiple choice questions and will be 30 minutes in duration. The final exam is scheduled by the Examinations office, BUT WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE and require the same software as the midterms. See below for more information on the required practice quiz and information on when to contact your instructor. When you are ready, you may access the Exam by selecting “quiz” at the top of your MyLS page and then selecting the appropriate exam. You MUST write the final exam during the exam time posted, it cannot be started late or early. If you need to defer the final you must apply to Office of the Dean of Science. Respondus Lockdown and Respondus Monitor Please see the document “Student information for webcam-proctored online tests” posted on MyLearningSpace for full details. You must do the Practice Quiz prior to the first term test. You will not be able to access the term test until the practice test has been completed. If you have any technical difficulties during the test, such as a computer freeze, or the software isn’t working, etc., contact me IMMEDIATELY at [email protected]. During the online exams you may NOT use online resources of any kind, you cannot consult your textbook or any other printed reference / notes, you cannot use scrap paper or a calculator, and you

cannot receive help from anyone. Academic misconduct will be handled in accordance with the Wilfrid Laurier University Student Code of Conduct and Discipline. Invalidation of Exams All exams are recorded through the student’s webcam and microphone by Respondus Monitor, and are later reviewed by me. In the event that there is an issue with the recording (examples of issues are found below) the results of the midterm will be deemed invalid. In this event, the student will be alerted by email and their midterm will be re-opened in MyLS. The student will then have 24 hours to re-write the midterm. Any student that does not write the midterm within this 24 hour window will receive zero. The student will then receive the lower grade from their 2 attempts. This ensures that students cannot benefit from the extra practice that rewriting provides. Examples of reasons that exams may be invalidated include (but are not limited to): - Too much time spent looking away from the monitor (most common reason) - Lost or obscured camera or microphone signal during the exam. - Incomplete environment scan before the exam. - The student not being visible for the entire exam period. PREP (Psychology Research Experience Program) (worth 3%): To understand the process of research it is helpful to understand the process, experientially. You can earn course grades by learning what it is like to be a research participant. (see Prep Start up guide for instructions). You can get a maximum of 3 prep credits for this course. You may see a maximum of greater than 3 on the prep website however this is your maximum in total, across courses. Your limit for PS101 is 3. **Note: I cannot answer questions about your grade status for research or availability of studies – you’ll have to email [email protected]** If you prefer not to participate in research, alternative assignments such as writing critical article review will be made available to you. The set of instruction and assignments is available in the content folder called ‘PREP information’ on MLS and in the PREP system. You can follow up on this option with the PREP program coordinators at [email protected]. All completed alternative written assignments are to be emailed to [email protected] (and not to me) by the last day of the semester. Extra Credit: WileyPlus Quizzes: Three online quizzes in WileyPlus have been assigned with specific due dates (shown in the weekly schedule below). Each quiz is worth 1% and consists of 25 multiple choice questions. Each quiz will allow 2 attempts and the grade received will be based on the best score out of the two attempts. Since the quizzes will be available for a prolonged period of time, no late submission will be accepted under any circumstance, it is the student’s responsibility to get these done with enough time to spare to accommodate technical difficulties. To access these quizzes, go to MLS, click on chapter 3 (as an example), click on the link ‘Chapter 3 – Extra Credit Quiz 1’. Do the same for chapter 7 and 15. Note that there is a practice quiz in the remaining chapters for your test and final exam preparation but they will be ungraded. Hence, they do not contribute to the course grade component.

Supplemental instruction (SI): Supplemental Instruction provides co-curricular academic support, to all students enrolled in Psychology 101. Weekly peer-facilitated study sessions are led by trained, senior undergraduate psychology students known as "SI Leaders", who've successfully completed PS101. SI sessions are specifically designed to help students navigate challenging course requirements. At its core, the SI model helps students integrate what to learn with how to learn. For more information visit: https://students.wlu.ca/academics/support-and-advising/study-skills-and-course-support/peer-ledsupport.html SI Session Access: All registered students in PS 101 may sign into a weekly remote SI session, through Zoom with the following link: PS-101 A/B Supplemental Instruction (SI) | Fall 2020 Within MyLS, go to the Zoom Meetings tab, and scroll down to join a session, by date and time. Please plan to sign in 5 minutes early, as sessions will begin on time. You are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible, yet only one SI session per week (Sunday through Saturday) will count for the 0.5 bonus mark, to a maximum total of 3.0 bonus marks (6 sessions) in the Fall term. To qualify for the bonus participation marks students must be punctual for attendance and participate in the sessions. Mere attendance at the session is not sufficient and full attendance (begin and end each session within the designated time) is necessary to receive the bonus. Exam review sessions outside of the regular remote SI schedule do not count toward the bonus marks. You may track your attendance through the student success student portal: https://web.wlu.ca/studentsuccess/portal/M

Other than those specified in the Course Evaluation section, no other extra credit assignments will be provided, regardless of circumstance.

Weekly Schedule Week/ Topic / Theme / Unit Lesson # 1 Sept 14 – 18 Psychology: yesterday & today (intro chapter)

Assessment

2 Sept 21 – 25 Psychology as a science, Appendix B

Week 2 discussion (post by Wed 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday)

3 Sept 28 – Oct 2

Psychology as a science, Appendix B

Week 3 discussion (post by Wed 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday)

4 Oct 5 – 9

Neuroscience

5 Oct 12– 16

Fall break

6 Oct 26 – 30

Neuroscience

7 Nov 2 – 6

None Ice-breaker discussion (mandatory, but not graded) to be completed by 11:59 Sept 18

Term test 1 (Ch 1 & 2) Thurs. Oct 8, 7pm None

*Bonus Quiz #1 (on Chapter 3: Neuroscience) due at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct 31

Consciousness Term test 2 (Ch 3 & 6) Thurs. Nov 5, 7pm

8 Nov 9 – 13

Learning

Week 8 discussion (post by Wed 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday)

9 Nov 16 – 20

Learning

Week 9 discussion (post by Wed 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday)

Personality

Week 10 discussion (post by Wed 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday)

10 Nov 23 – 27

*Bonus Quiz #2 (on Chapter 7: Learning) due at 11:59 p.m., Fri, Nov 27 11 Nov 30 – Dec 3 12 Dec 7 – 9

Psychological Disorders Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Term test 3 (Ch 7 & 12) Thurs. Dec 3, 7pm

Week 12 discussion (post by Tues 11:59 pm and respond no later than 11:59 p.m. Wed) *Bonus Quiz #3 (on Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders) due at 11:59 p.m., Wed., Dec. 9

Important Information, Policies and Resources for Students

New Course Drop Dates 2020/2021: Please refer to the Undergraduate Academic Calendar - Academic Dates 2020-2021 – For details of course add/drop dates, etc. Final Examinations: The Academic Date section of the Calendar (Academic Dates 2020-2021) clearly states the examination date period for each semester. Students must note that they are required to reserve this time in their personal calendars for the examinations . The examination period for the Fall Term: December 12 – 23. Students who are considering registering to write MCAT, LSAT or GMAT or a similar examination, should select a time for those examinations that occurs outside the University examination period. For additional information that describes the special circumstances for examination deferment, consult the University calendar. Accessible Learning Office: Students with disabilities or special needs, are advised to contact Laurier’s Accessible Learning Office for information regarding its services and resources. The center provides tutoring assistance, learning strategy and assistive technology support, exam accommodation and alternate-format course materials. Students are encouraged to review the Calendar for information regarding all services available on campus. Located at the Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC) 2 nd floor of the Peters Building. Academic and Research Misconduct: Academic misconduct is an act by a student, or by students working on a team project, which may result in a false evaluation of the student(s), or which represents a deliberate attempt to unfairly gain an academic advantage, where the student either knew or ought reasonably to have known that it was misconduct. Please refer to the University Calendar Web Site for further clarification of academic and research misconduct. Plagiarism Detection Software: Wilfrid Laurier University uses software that can check for plagiarism. Students may be required to submit their written work in electronic form and have it checked for plagiarism. Academic Advising and Support: Enhance your success at Laurier through professional one-on-one, online and peer-to-peer resources. Student success programs support and improve your academic experience throughout your time at Laurier. These services include assistance with learning, mathematics, study skills and writing development. Most of these services are delivered in small groups and individual consultation settings and are designed to encourage the sharing of ideas and peer learning. Located at the Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC) 2 nd floor of the Peters Building. To further your academic and professional success, academic advising is offered in the faculties and departments of your program. Contact your faculty to discuss the type of academic advising you need.

Classroom Use of Electronic Devices: State your classroom practice and any consequences for student failure to comply - see Policy 9.3 (Approved by Senate March 8, 2012) Sample syllabus statements are available online. Late Assignment Policy: Specify any penalties that will be assessed when deadlines for the completion of course components are not met (Approved by Senate May 23, 2012). Refer to the Handbook on Undergraduate Course Management for more information. Laurier Email Account: Students ...