Psyche Overview 1
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This document outlines the course description, objectives, content, and requirements for an introductory psychology course. The course aims to provide an overview of the basic principles and concepts of human behavior from a scientific perspective. It will cover topics like biological bases of behavior, human development, sensation and perception, learning and memory, intelligence, motivation and emotion, personality, psychological disorders, and various psychotherapy approaches. Students will be evaluated through class participation, oral presentations, exams, a project, and a term paper. The course objectives are to help students understand and apply psychological principles to improve behavior and adjustment.
Psyche Overview 1
- 1. COURSE DESCRIPTION An intensive study of basic principles of and issues in psychology from the point of view of scientific method. As a survey of the entire field of Psychology, it attempts to unify all areas that deal with the basic principles and concepts of human behavior.
- 2. COURSE OBJECTIVES A. GENERAL OBJECTIVES: 1. Stimulate interest and develop insight in understanding better, how and why people behave as they do through acquiring knowledge, and understanding of the psychological concepts and principles governing human behavior. 2. Apply knowledge of psychology to the solution of problems, create a more fulfilling social and physical environment, and help people adjust to the demands of their changing world.
- 3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: 1. Orient them on the biological and sociocultural principle governing human behavior. 2. Acquire knowledge of the dynamics of human growth and development. 3. Gain an appreciation of human motives, abilities and interest so as to improve interpersonal relationships. 4. Promote personal and social efficiency in handling the problems of everyday living.
- 4. COURSE CONTENT: A. Background of Psychology 1. Beginnings of Psychology 2. Conflicting Schools Psychology 3. Fields of Psychology 4. Research Methods in Psychology
- 5. B. Biological Bases of Human Behavior 1. Individual Differences a. Heredity b. Environment 2. Neurological Bases of Behavior a. Nervous System b. Endocrine System (Glands) c. Muscles and Joints
- 6. C. Human Development 1. Developmental Processes a. Growth, Development and Maturation b. Factors Governing Development c. Motor development d. Cognitive Development e. Personality and Social Development f. Moral Development 2. Stages of Human Development a. Infancy b. Childhood c. Adolescence d. Adulthood e. Aging PRELIM EXAMINATION
- 7. D. Sensation and Perception 1. Sensation a. The External Sense Organs b. The Internal Senses 2. Perception a. Characteristics of Perception b. Organization in Perception c. Factors Influencing Perception d. Types of Perception, Errors in Perception and Extrasensory Perception 3. Attention
- 8. E. Intelligence and Measurement of Intelligence 1. General characteristics of Intelligence 2. measurement of Intelligence 3. Levels of Intelligence a. Mental Retardation - custodial, profound/severe - trainable, moderate - educable, mild b. Average (low, average, above average) c. Mentally Gifted 4. Mental Retardation (DSM IV Classification) a. Characteristics b. Causes c. Treatment/Prevention 5. Mentally Gifted a. Genius b. The Prodigy 6. Emotional Intelligence
- 9. F. Learning, Thinking, Remembering 1. Learning a. How Learning Takes Place b. Types of Learning c. Laws of Learning d. Factors Influencing Learning e. Laws of Forgetting 2. Thinking a. Meaning and Importance of Thinking b. Types of Thinking c. Theories of Thinking 3. Memory a. Types of Long-Term Memory and Short-Term Memory b. Improving Memory
- 10. G. Motivation and Emotion 1. Motivation a. Origin of Motives b. Classification of Motives c. Theories of Motivation 2. Emotion a. Difference Between Emotion and feeling b. Types of Emotion c. Theories of Emotion d. Effects of Emotion e. Control of Destructive Emotions MID-TERM EXAMINATION
- 11. H. Personality 1. Personality a. Aspects of Personality b. Components of Personality c. The Measurement of Personality d. Theories of Personality I. Frustrations, conflicts, Stresses, and mental Health 1. Mental Health a) Differences Between Frustration, Conflict, and Stress 2. Adjustment Mechanisms and Mental Health
- 12. J. Personality Disorders and Maladjustments 1. Anxiety Disorders 2. Psychoses a. Functional b. Organic 3. Behavior Disorders 4. Anti-Social Behavior Disorder
- 13. K. Psychotherapy and Psychotherapeutic Procedures 1. Hypnotherapy 2. Psychoanalysis 3. Humanistic Psychotherapy 4. Group Therapy a. Family Therapy 5. Behavior Therapy 6. Cognitive Therapy FINAL EXAMINATION
- 14. 1. Active classroom participation Oral recitation, group discussion 2. Oral reporting of assigned topic Reporting will be from volunteers only 3. Prelim, Mid-Term and Final Exam Oral quiz 4. Project 5. Term Paper
- 15. 1. What is Psychology? 2. When did it start as a science? 3. What are the different schools of Psychology? Who are its advocators? Explain what each school believe in. 4. List down the different branches of Psychology. 5. Name some methods of psychological research and describe each. 6. What are the objectives of psychology?