PSY 1010 PBC
PSY 1010鈥擥eneral Psychology
Three Semester Hours
JG 9/18
Prerequisites
None
Course Overview
This course is an introduction to psychology. It is a survey of topics in experimental and clinical psychology, including physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, human development, social processes, personality, and abnormal behavior.
Methods of Course Instruction
All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail.
E-Print Option
In this course, an option exists to use e-mail to submit your lesson assignments. Your assignment will be returned to you either as an e-mail attachment or as a hard copy sent through the postal mail, depending on the preferences of the instructor and/or program.
Textbook
Coon, Dennis, John O. Mitterer, and Tanya Martini. Psychology: Modules for Active Learning. 14th ed. Cengage Learning, 2018. [ISBN: 97811305964181]
Number of Lessons
The course has seven lessons, including three examinations. These lessons include:
- Lesson 1
- Part A鈥擳he Psychology of Reflective Studying
- Part B鈥擯sychology, Critical Thinking, and Science
- Part C鈥擯sychology Then and Now
- Part D鈥擨nformative Literacy
- Part E鈥擜pplied Psychology
- Part F鈥擬emory
- Lesson 2
- Part A鈥擳he Psychology Experiment
- Part B鈥擭onexperimental Research Methods
- Part C鈥擝ehavioral Statistics
- Part D鈥擝rain and Behavior
- Part E鈥擧uman Development
- Lesson 3: First Examination Information
- Lesson 4
- Part A鈥擲ensation and Perception
- Part B鈥擲tates of Consciousness
- Part C鈥擟onditioning and Learning
- Part D鈥擟ognition and Intelligence
- Part E鈥擬otivation and Emotion
- Part F鈥擧uman Sexuality
- Lesson 5: Second Examination Information
- Lesson 6
- Part A鈥擯ersonality
- Part B鈥擧ealth Psychology
- Part C鈥擯sychological Disorders
- Part D鈥擳herapies
- Part E鈥擲ocial Psychology
- Lesson 7: Final Examination
Types of Writing Assignments
Each lesson contains the assigned readings and a written assignment for you to complete and submit to the eCampus office.
For each writing assignment, you will:
- READ the pages assigned in the textbook;
- TEST your ability to accurately answer the 鈥淪urvey Questions鈥 for each textbook module assigned. (You may want to write out a summary of the answers to the survey questions to use as a study guide for the exam.)
Grading Criteria
The final grade will be computed on the following basis:
- Written Assignments 鈥 25%
- Exam One 鈥 25%
- Exam Two 鈥 25%
- Exam Three 鈥 25%