1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course is designed for students of non-psychology major. It aims to provide students with a broad introduction to the field of psychology and its basic concepts, theories, and contributions to the understanding of human behaviors and mental processes. Topics include sensation and perception, learning, memory, language, thought, motivation, personality, psychological theories and principles of human behaviors. This knowledge will allow students to evaluate psychological claims and assumptions in popular media. Throughout the course, students will have the chance to test psychological findings through experiments. The course also includes activities to help business students apply psychological concepts into business.
2. COURSE CONTENT
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar… |
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1 |
Introduction & Research methods |
1.5 |
1 |
5.5 |
1,4,5 |
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2. |
Key perspectives in psychology |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,7 |
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3 |
Sensation & Perception |
1.5 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,6,7 |
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4 |
Language & Thought (part 1) |
1.5 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,4,5,6,7 |
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5 |
Language & Thought (part 2) |
1.5 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,4,5,6,7 |
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6 |
Memory |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,6,7 |
|
7 |
Motivation & Emotion |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
1,2,7 |
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8 |
Learning |
1.5 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,4,5,7 |
|
9 |
Social behavior |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,3,6,7 |
|
10 |
Personality |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,4,7 |
|
11 |
Stress & Health |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
|
12 |
Big project presentations |
2 |
1 |
5.5 |
3,6 |
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13 |
Big project presentations (cont.) |
2 |
2 |
5.5 |
3,6 |
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14 |
Psychological disorders |
1.5 |
2 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
1,4,5,7 |
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15 |
Review |
2 |
5.5 |
1 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
22.5 |
82.5 |
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
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The number of attendances in lesson |
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5% |
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Individual assignment |
4 assignments: – Edgy veggies: video project about eating healthy experiment – Experiment report on priming/heuristics – Case study of internal training in companies – Essay evaluating a claim about psychology |
Individual assignment |
1-7 |
30% |
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Group presentation |
Summarize a scientific article and apply findings into real-life context |
Group or individual assignment |
1,2,4,7 |
5% |
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Summative |
Final test |
All course content |
Writing (90 mins) |
1,2,4,5,7 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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