Course Plan Essb 2173_sept2013_kaa

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COURSE PLAN: ESSB 2173 – INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Leader:

Mr.Al Mahd

Course Code/Title:

ESSB 2173 – I!"r#d$%"#! T#

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Semester/Year:

)$!*2+1,

Office:

Faculty of Education and SocialSciences, UNITAR InternationalUniversity,

3-01, Level 11, in! ", Tierra#rest, $alan SS%&3 'elana $aya,()130 *etalin! $aya, Selan!or+

Telephone:+1--+/,20/

Email:ahd$!"ar.'

Course Plan:Version 1

MAIN TETWade, Carole Ta!ris, Carol "#$11%& Ps'cholo(' "1$th Ed&%& Pearson Education&

RE4ERENCESCiccarelli, Saundra )& White, *& +oland "#$1#% Ps'cholo(' "rd Ed&%& Pearson Education&Lahe', -en.amin -& "#$1$%& Ps'cholo(': n 0ntroduction "1$th Ed&%& Pearson Education&Coon, ennis 2itterer, *ohn& O& "#$$3%& 0ntroduction to Ps'cholo(': 4ate5a's to 2ind and -eha!ior&Wads5orth Pu6lishin(&)alat, *ames& C& "#$$7%& 0ntroduction to Ps'cholo('& Wads5orth Pu6lishin(&

ADDITIONAL READINGS0ndi!idual efforts 8 n' related and rele!ant materials from 0nternet 5e6sites 5hich carr'authentic authorships&

COURSE ASSESSMENT

• +on8co(niti!e ssessment "9orum, Participation% 1;

• Course5or< "Continuous ssessment i&e& ssi(nments and in8class e=ercises% ;

• 9inal E=amination $;

COURSE5ATTENDANCE POLICY Students are re>uired to a6ide 6' the ?ni!ersit'@s cademic Ae(ulations pertainin( to all matters durin(

their course of stud'& Students are also ad!ised to ta<e note that class attendance is !er'important&



STUDY GUIDE

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MEETING6EE TOPICS READINGS 5

ASSIGNMENTSREMARS

1

INTRU#TIN T *S.#/L.

• Why study psychology?

• What are the diferent approaches to

psychology?

2

*art 1 *S.#/L. A S#IEN#E

• The nature o psychology

• The history o psychology

• Subelds o psychology

• How psychologists view behavior

• Methods used by psychologists to study

behaviour

3

*art 2 *S.#/L. A S#IEN#E

• Psychology’s perspectives

• euronal structure

• !rgani"ation o the central nervous syste#

• !rgani"ation o the peripheral nervous syste#

• Methods o studying the brain and nervous

syste#

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EEL*4ENTAL *S.#/L.

• Theories o develop#ent$ Piaget% &ri'son% (reud )

*ohlberg

• Prenatal develop#ent

• +nancy and childhood

• ,dolescence

• ,dult develop#ent

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*art 1 #NITIN INTELLIEN#E,LEARNIN 5 TESTIN

• !ther species and language

• -asics o language

• .anguage develop#ent and theories o language

develop#ent

The linguistic relativity hypothesis% concepts and

words

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*art 2 #NITIN INTELLIEN#E,LEARNIN 5 TESTIN

• Proble# solving

• +ntelligence

• What is learning?

• /lassical conditioning

• !perant condition

• S'inner and reinorce#ent

• Schedules o reinorce#ent

7 4TIATIN&E4TIN T/ERIES F*ERSNALIT.

• Motivational theories

• &#otion and theories o e#otion

• 0o#antic love in western and eastern culture

• Personality and personality theories

• Psychoanalytic perspective

• Trait% social and hu#anistic perspective



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• Measure#ent o personality

4id Se6ester "rea7

8

S#IAL *S.#/L.

• ,ttitudes

• Social perception

• +nterpersonal attraction

• !bedience to authority

• 1roup behavior

• /onor#ity

• &nviron#ental psychology

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4E4R.

• Short ter# and long ter# #e#ory

• (actors afecting learning

• The biology o #e#ory

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*art 1 "ILI#AL "ASES F"E/AIR, SENSATIN 5 *ER#E*TIN

• eurons% the brain2s building bloc's

• ervous syste#s

• Parts o the brain

• &ndocrine syste#

• Sensation vs3 Perception

• 4ision 5 structure and unction o the eye

• Theories o color vision

• 6epth perception

• Principles o perceptual organi"ation

• 4isual illusions

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*art 2 "ILI#AL "ASES F"E/AIR, SENSATIN 5 *ER#E*TIN

• Hearing and structure and unction o the ear

• Theories o hearing

• S#ell% taste and touch

• *inesthetic and the vestibular sense

• &7tra5sensory perception

12

STATES F #NS#IUSNESS

• ature o consciousness

• Stages% unctions o sleep and drea#s

• Sleep disorders

• Meditation and hypnosis

• ,lcohol and its efects

• /auses o alcoholis#

• Treat#ent o alcoholis#

• 6rug states

13 STRESS, A"NR4AL *S.#/L.AN TREAT4ENTS

• 6enition o stress

• Type , behavior vs3 Type - behavior



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• 1eneral adaptation syndro#e

• &fects o chronic stress and coping techni8ues

• 6ening and classiying abnor#al behavior

• ,n7iety% dissociative% so#atoor#% #ood%

schi"ophrenic% personality ) psychose7ualdisorders

• Suicide

• 6SM54

• Psychoanalysis

• -ehavioural group% biological and cognitive

therapy

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1, FINAL E8A4INATIN 9:0;<

COURSE ASSESSMENT

• +on8co(niti!e ssessment "9orum1 and # 1;

• Course5or< ;

Ta&9 1 ,

Write a one or t5o para(raph introduction to 'ourself& 0nclude some idea 5h' 'ou are ta<in( this course, 'our tentati!e ma.or, and

after loo<in( o!er the te=t, list the or more topics 'ou mi(ht 6e most interested in at this point& "18# pa(es t'ped pa(es or email%& Sa' 5hether 'ou ha!e ta<en a pre!ious ps'cholo(' course&

Ta&9 2 ,

escri6e one 5a' in 5hich 'ou thin< 'our o5n de!elopment has 6een uni>ue in comparison 5ith the common patterns of humande!elopment&

A&&(!*!" 2,A& ;*r &*;ara"* &h**" a""a%h*d.

• 9inal E=amination $;

Prepared by: Approved by:



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Course Leader Dean Faculty Of Education And Social Science

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