SS/PY-101 General Psychology

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Course title: SS/PY101 General psychology
Campus: National Campus	Initiator: Delihna Ehmes	Date: September 24, 2018
Course description: General Psychology is a general overview of the concepts, theories and research behind the study of human thought, emotion and behavior. This course will introduce the students to the scientific study of psychology and prepare them to read and understand, to better enable them to analyze and write about psychology at a college proficiency level.

COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:

	Hours per Week		No. of Weeks		Total Hours		Semester Credits
Lecture	3	x	16	x	48/16	=	3
Laboratory		x		x		=
Workshop		x		x		=
			Total Semester Credits				3

PURPOSE OF COURSE:

[X] Degree requirement (LA)

[X] Degree elective

[ ] Certificate

[ ] Other

PREREQUISITES: EN 110 Advanced Reading.

PSLOs OF OTHER PROGRAMS THIS COURSE MEETS:

PSLO#	Program
PSLO3 Demonstrate basic knowledge in the following areas: art, communication, technology, humanities, language, literature, science, and social sciences.	Pre-teacher prep
PSLO3 Describe health career and allied professions and gain experiences working effectively in groups with health professionals to address human life sciences and health problems. PSLO4 Discuss, analyze, and interpret fundamental and current issues relevant to human life sciences and health problems, and communicate information in a critical, scientific, and technologically advanced manner.	HCOP

CAC Chair signatures_________ Date recommended:__________

VPIA signature:_____________ Date approved:_____________

1. INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

[ ]	1. Effective oral communication:capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.
[X]	2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.
[X]	3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.
[ ]	4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.
[ ]	5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.
[ ]	6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.
[ ]	7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning:purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.
[ ]	8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (PSLOs): The student will be able to:

Enrich and deepen self-knowledge by exploring different academic experiences.
Articulate and understand their experiences through effective writing, reading, speaking, and various modes of artistic expression.
Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and basic skills appropriate to their personal and professional goals in their chosen area of specialization.

COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (General): The student will be able to:

Describe the field of psychology: its research methods, perspectives, and its relation to other social and natural sciences.
Demonstrate an understanding of the biological processes that underlie human thinking, emotion, and behavior.
Describe the major concepts and theories used to explain the human developmental processes and their interrelations.
Demonstrate understanding in psychological approaches that are used to identify behavioral disorders and their therapies.

COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (Specific): The student will be able to:

CSLO (General) 1: Describe the field of psychology: its research methods, perspectives, and its relation to other social and natural sciences.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
1.1 Define psychology.
1.2 Identify the major perspectives and theories in psychology	2,3	1,2,3	Small group work on major theories in psychology, scored with a checklist.
1.3 Explain the relationship between psychology and other disciplines in both the social and the natural sciences	2	2	Written assignment: problem-based case scenario, scored with a checklist. A unit exam, scored with a rubric.
1.4 Identify and explain the research methods in psychology	2	2,3	Quiz, scored with a rubric
1.5 Explain how the study of psychology can be used in their professional and personal lives	2,3	2	Unit exam, scored with a rubric
CSLO (General) 2: Demonstrate an understanding of the biological processes that underlie human thinking, emotion, and behavior.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
2.1 Explain the biological perspective on behavior, emotion, and thinking.	2,3	2,3	Written assignment: problem-based case scenario, scored with a checklist. Unit exam, scored with a rubric.
2.2 Explain the neurological influence on behavior, emotion, and thinking.	2*,3	2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
2.3 Explain the physiological influence on behavior, emotion, and thinking.	2,3	2,3	Unit exam, scored with a rubric
2.4 Explain the genetic influence on behavior, emotion, and thinking.	2,3	2,3	Small group work on major theories in psychology, scored with a checklist. Unit exam, scored with a rubric
CSLO (General) 3: Describe the major concepts and theories used to explain the human developmental processes and their interrelations.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
3.1 Identify how the respective roles of nature (biology) and nurture (environment) shape human development.	2,3	1,2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
3.2 Cite developmental theories to explain human developmental processes (i.e., cognition, personality, and moral conscience) across the lifespan.	2	1,2,3	Small group work on major theories in psychology, scored with a checklist. Unit exam, scored with a rubric
3.3 Identify developmental stages and changes across the lifespan.	2,3	2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
3.4 Relate how developmental theories and studies are relevant to real-life success and challenges.	2	1,2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
3.5 Describe the processes of learning and their influence on human development.	2	2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
3.6 Explain how individuals perceive and interpret information about themselves and others.	2	2,3	Unit exam, scored with a rubric
CSLO (General) 4: Demonstrate understanding in psychological approaches that are used to identify behavioral disorders and their therapies.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
4.1 Identify the criteria for behavior to be described as abnormal.	2	3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
4.2 Describe the different theoretical approaches (psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, biological, and cognitive) currently used by psychologists to deal with abnormal behavior and its causes.	3	1,2,3	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
4.3 Explain the nature and issues underlying suicide.	3	2	Written assignment: Problem-Based case scenario, scored with a checklist.
4.4 Describe the main concerns of health psychology.	3	1,3	Unit exam, scored with a rubric

COURSE CONTENTS
Introduction to psychology
Biological psychology
Sensation and Perception
Learning
Memory & cognition
Human Development
Personality and motivation
Abnormal psychology

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION

[X] Lecture [X] Cooperative learning groups

[ ] Laboratory [X] In-class exercises

[X] Audio visual [X] Demonstration

[X] Other (guest speaker)

REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS:
Feist, G. and Rosenberg, E. (2020) Fundamentals of Psychology: Perspectives and Connections (1st ed.). USA: McGraw Hill.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:
None

INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS:
None

EVALUATION:
Summative assessment includes a comprehensive final exam. Must pass with a grade of C or better.

CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
None

SSPY 101 General Psychology

Approved by VPIA: 04/08/22

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