GENERAL
PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 110)
The
School of Education & Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology
Course Documents:
Course Syllabus
Course Schedule
Lecture Outlines
The Critical Thinker, Chapter 2
Term Paper Instructions
Final Exam Review Outline
I. COURSE & INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
COURSE NAME & NUMBER: General
Psychology (PSYC 110)
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Collin Billingsley
Office: Patterson Hall
Rm. #219
Phone: 662-720-7345
E-mail: cbillin@nemcc.edu
Web Address: http://www2.nemcc.edu/SocialScience/collin.htm
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT:
1.
Please feel free to e-mail, phone, or visit me at my office at any time.
2.
My response time to e-mails or voice mails will be no longer than 24 hours from
the time of e-mail or voice mail receipt—I check both e-mail and voice mail
throughout the day.
II. REFERENCES
REQUIRED TEXT & READINGS:
Myers, D. G. (2001).
Psychology, (6th ed.).
Mayer, R., & Goodchild, F. (1995).
In The Critical Thinker, (pp.
6-17).
PSYC 110
Course Documents: http://www2.nemcc.edu/SocialScience/collin.htm
(Click on the Course Number PSYC 110—for course documents, such as, Course Schedule, Lecture Outlines, Term Paper Instructions, etc.)
II. REFERENCES (Continued)
SUPPLEMENTAL ON-LINE
Psychological
and other social/behavioral science electronic publications are available at
UT-Martin’s online database servers: go to http://www.utm.edu—click on Library, then
click on Electronic Databases, then click on the any letter for alphabetized access
to the database, such as, click on the letter p in the alphabetized list for
the PsycINFO (abstracts only) database.
You may also access databases by discipline.
American Psychological Association
(APA). APA Monitor Newspaper and American
Psychologist (APA home journal).
Available in full text electronic copy at the APA website: http://www.apa.org/.
Coon, D., (1988). The psychology of studying. Essentials of Psychology: Exploration and
Application, (4th ed.) (xxxv-xli).
III. COURSE PURPOSE
The purpose of
this course is to introduce and discuss a broad range of general psychological
(cognitive, emotional, behavioral, psychosocial, psychobiological, and
developmental) terms, concepts, principles, methods, and theories. A secondary purpose is to include the
promotion of critical and independent thinking through reading, advanced
writing, and discussion activities among students in the respective areas of
primary source materials, recent research and relevant current psychological
issues.
IV. COURSE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
A. General
Knowledge, Understanding, & Application Objectives
After completion of the course, each
student should be able to perform the following:
1.
Demonstrate at least three of the basic subprocesses of critical thinking,
(such as,
objectively
define behavioral phenomenon, search and evaluate evidence in support or
opposition of an assertion by using a method of intellectual “argument” (assertions, empirical evidence, and
theoretical explanations). (Measured by
Exam 1, Research Projects 2 & 3, and Term Paper)
2.
Identify attitudes and value systems essential to establishing human dignity,
respect, and tolerance for cultural diversity and differing worldviews. (Measured by Exam 3 & Term Paper)
3. Identify
how norms of immediate and global cultures contribute to any approach proposed
to describe, explain, predict, and control human behavior and development.
(Measured by Research Projects 2 & 3 and Final Exam)
4.
Describe basic processes that are essential for one to establish
self-awareness,
self-esteem,
autonomy, and self-actualization (specific cognitive processes and experiences
associated with attaining these attributes).
(Measured by Exam 3)
5. Identify
the major contributions of psychological history and current systems to the
understanding of human behavior.
(Measured by Exam 1)
6. Identify
basic psychological research design and method used to investigate various
psychological phenomenon. (Measured by
Exam 1 & Research Projects 1, 2, & 3)
IV. COURSE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES (Continued)
The specific
instructional objectives listed below were formulated according to broad units
of study within the course and each one will be broken down further in order to
successively progress towards achieving the specific and general learning
outcomes.
B. Specific
Knowledge, Understanding, and Application Objectives:
After completion of the course, each
student should be able to perform the following:
1. Identify and describe the basic
subprocesses involved with an efficient and effective
study skills model (such as, SQ3R--Survey material, determine important Questions, Read material, Recite it, and
Review it).
2. Identify psychology's historical
roots, schools of thought, current perspectives, major issues, and academic and professional subfields.
3. Identify and explain the basic
terms, principles, concepts, and methods associated with psychological science.
4. List and describe the basic
neuroanatomical and neurochemical structures and functions associated with human behavior.
5. Identify the systems and
processes of sensation--vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and kinesthetics--as they relate to human behavior.
6.
Identify and describe the basic concepts and processes of perception (selective
attending, organization, and interpretation of sensory input) and information
processing as they relate to human behavior.
7.
Define and describe the basic contributions and implications of genetics,
genetic research/engineering, and heredity & environment interactions and
effects from an evolutionary psychological perspective.
8. Identify the major issues,
themes, processes, and theoretical approaches relevant
to physical, cognitive, personality and social development across the
life-span (conception to death).
9. Identify and describe the various
levels of consciousness associated with states involving
sleep and dreams, daydreams, hypnosis, drug induced states, meditation, and near-death experiences.
10.
Identify and explain the various learning terms, principles, concepts, theories,
and respective theorists
relative to conditioning and adaptive functioning.
11. Identify and explain memory
control processes (encoding, storage, and retrieval);
memory components (sensory, short-term, working, and long-term); forms of memory (episodic, semantic, and procedural);
and forgetting (retroactive and proactive) from
the perspective of the information processing model.
V. COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS
1. Complete all assigned readings
prior to class meeting time.
2. Attendance and class participation
(e.g., active listening, class discussion and assigned
activities) are expected. Your attendance will be monitored and responded to according to the attendance policy
set forth by the 2002/2003 Student
Catalog of The
3. Adequately complete all assigned
readings, projects, papers, exams and quizzes by the due date.
4. Penalties for work that is
submitted after the deadlines are as follows:
a)
Research Projects: you will lose 2 of the total possible points (per project)
for every 24 hours past the deadline up to 48 hours, after 48 hours you will
receive a grade of 0 for the assignment.
b)
Term Paper Assignment: you will lose 5 of the 50 total possible points for every 24 hours past the deadline
up to 4 days, after 4 days you will be given 0 credit
for the assignment.
c)
Exams 1, 2, & 3: you will not lose points for taking the exams past the set
date for administration, however, you need a legitimate excuse (Dr's. excuse
for illness, etc.) in order to take a make-up.
And, you will be required to take a Make-Up Version of the exam, which
is typically much more difficult than the original version. The make-up exams will be given ONLY ONCE during the semester. The date
for the make-up exam session for this semester is posted in the attached Course
Schedule. If you do not take an exam,
then you will receive a grade of 0 for the exam.
5. Write all quizzes and exams
without the assistance of books, notes, or other aids (Cheating on quizzes or exams and/or plagiarizing on written
assignments are grounds for 0
assignment credit, and/or an F for the course, and/or dismissal from the
college).
6. Return all exams to the
instructor after writing the exam and after reviewing your exam results. Failure to return exams
immediately after writing and reviewing an exam will result in a grade of F for the course.
VI. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
The course
instruction will be delivered by the following methods:
1. Lecture on the various reading
assignment topics
2. Illustrations of the various
concepts, principles, methods, and theories
3. Class discussion of the various
reading assignment topics
4. Small group discussion of the various
reading assignment topics
5. Individual library research
projects--online assignments
6. Instructor feedback on written
assignments (exams, projects, & term paper)
Note: Specific instructional content and objectives and their
respective instructional strategies
will be presented at each class meeting.
VII. EVALUATION PROCEDURES & CRITERIA
1. Assessment Instruments and
Scoring Criteria:
(1) Exam 1:
Critical Thinking Strategies & Introduction & Chaps. 1 (50 multiple
choice items)
(2)
Exam 2: Chapters 2, 5 & 6 (50 multiple choice items)
(3)
Exam 3: Chapters 3 - 4 (50 multiple choice items)
(4)
Two Library Research Projects: Research various issues/topics throughout the course
(5)
Term Paper: Term Paper intent, specific scoring criteria, optional topics, writing
style requirements, and due date will be posted later.
(6)
Final Exam: Comprehensive, Chapters 1 - 9 (100 multiple choice items)
VII. EVALUATION PROCEDURES & CRITERIA (Continued)
2.
Grade Values:
Exam
1 = 50 points
Exam
2 = 50 points
Exam
3 = 50 points
2
Research Projects = 25 points (Project 1 = 5 points & Project 2 = 20
points)
Term
Paper = 50 points
Final
Exam = 100 points
Total
Possible = 325 points
3. Final Grade levels will be based on
the following % scale:
A = 90 - 100 % (293 to 325 points)
B = 80 - 89 (260 to 292 points)
C = 70 - 79 (228 to 259 points)
D = 60 - 69 (195 to 227 points)
F
= < 59 (000
to 194 points)
COURSE
SCHEDULE: CLASS MEETINGS AND SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TOPICS
Class Meeting
Times: Tuesday from
Date Course Order of
Topics/Assignments
08/20 Introduce Psychology: Discussion
Activity
Collect
Student Information
Introduce
Course Documents: (Syllabus; Lecture Outlines;
Critical
Thinker; Term Paper Instructions; etc.)
08/27 Study Method and Note Taking
Method
Chapter 2 of Critical
Thinker Handout
Introduction: Brief
History of Psychology
Assign Library Research
Project 1
Review
Library Use (Online Databases & Library Selected Holdings)
09/03 Chapter 1: Thinking Critically
With Psychological Science
Library Research Project
1 Due
Review for Exam 1:
Critical Thinker & Chapters 1 - 4
09/10 Exam 1: Critical Thinker,
Introduction & Chapter 1
09/17 Review Exam 1 Results
Review Term Paper
Instructions
Chapter
2: Neuroscience and Behavior
09/24 Chapter 5: Sensation
Assign Library Research
Project 2
10/01 Chapter 6: Perception
Library Research Project
2 Due
Review for Exam 2
10/08 Exam 2: Chapters 2, 5, & 6
10/15 Review Exam 2 Results
Chapter
3: The Nature & Nurture of Behavior
10/22 Chapter 4: The Developing Person
Review for Exam 3
10/29 Exam 3: Chapters 3 & 4
COURSE
SCHEDULE (Continued)
11/05 Review Exam 3 Results
Chapter
7: States of Consciousness
11/12 Review Term Paper Progress
Chapter
8: Learning
11/19 Term Paper Due
Chapter 9: Memory
11/26 No Class: Thanksgiving Holidays
12/03 Review for Final Exam:
Comprehensive—Critical Thinker, Intro. & Chaps. 1 - 9
12/10 Final
Exam
LECTURE NOTES OUTLINE:
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Fall 2002
NOTE:
REMEMBER YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH
The
Critical Thinker (Chapter 2)
Terms, Concepts, and Principles:
1. Identify the three components of an
intellectual argument
2. Explain the function of an assertion
3. Explain the function of empirical
evidence
4. Explain the function of a
theoretical explanation
Introduction: Psychology’s History, p. 1
Terms, Concepts,
Principles, and Theories:
1. Define science of psychology
2. Identify two major methods of
investigation from which psychology originated
3. Identify Wilhelm Wundt's major
contributions to psychology
4. Define structuralism
5. Define analytic introspection
6. Define functionalism
7. Identify William James' major
contributions to psychology
8. Define Gestalt
9. Identify B.F. Skinner' s major
contributions to psychology
10. Describe scientific paradigm
11. Describe contemporary perspective
of behavioristic thought
12. Describe contemporary perspective
of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
13. Describe contemporary perspective
of the humanistic
14. Describe contemporary perspective
of the cognitive
15. Describe contemporary perspective
of the biopsychological
16. Describe contemporary perspective
of the socio-cultural
17. Differentiate basic and applied
research purposes
18. Differentiate academic psychology
and professional psychology
19. Differentiate clinical psychology
and psychiatry
Chapter
1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science, p. 13
Terms,
Concepts, Principles, and Methods:
1. Identify major limitation
(shortcoming) of relying on common sense "lay psychology"
2. Identify major limitation of relying
on the appeal to authority (expert opinion
3. Identify major limitation of relying
on reasoning (logical thinking
4. Identify major limitation of relying
on unsystematic observation (sensory data
5. Define determinism
6. Describe open-minded skepticism
7. Describe processes of the scientific
method
8. Identify 4 major research objectives
of scientific method of investigation
9. Define variable (factor
10. Define operational definition
11. Describe validity
12. Describe reliability
13. Identify rationale for a scientific
methodology (critical inquiry)
14. Define hypothesis
15. Define purpose of statistics
16. Define theory
17. Identify 4 methods of descriptive
research
18. Define population
19. Define random sample
20. Describe predictive
research--correlational method
21. Differentiate between positive and
negative correlation
22. Differentiate between correlation
and causation
23. Describe method for explaining
and/or controlling behavior--experimental method
24. Differentiate between independent
variable and dependent variable
25. Define placebo
26. Define formula for mean--average
Chapter
2: Neuroscience and Behavior
Terms, Concepts, Principles and
Theories:
1. Explain the "Everything psychological is
simultaneously biological" principle
2. Define theory of phrenology
3. Define the study of behavioral neuroscience
(biopsychology)
4. Describe the concept of system
5. Describe the general function of a neuron
6. Identify the structure of the neuron
7. State the function of dendrites, axons, and
cell bodies (soma
8. Describe the function of myelin sheath
9. Define the cellular function of action
potential
10. Describe the chemical processes of an action
potential
11. Describe the principle of threshold and
"all-or-none response”
12. State the location of the synapse (synaptic
gap or cleft)
13. State the function of the synaptic cleft
14. Describe the function of neurotransmitters
15. Identify at least two behavioral functions in
which neurotransmitters play a role in their regulation
16. State the most frequent function of the
acetylcholine neurotransmitter
17. State the most frequent function of
endorphins (natural opiate, morphine mimics
18. Describe three basic functions of how
psychoactive drugs effect behavior
19. Identify the 2 major subsys. of the nervous
system
20. Define the term nerve
21. Define the term sensory (afferent) neuron
22. Define the term interneuron
23. Define the term motor (efferent) neuron
24. Identify the two major component systems of
the peripheral nervous system
25. Describe the basic processes of the somatic
nervous system
26. Describe the basic processes of the autonomic
nervous system
27. Identify the major component subsystems of
the ANS
28. Describe the basic processes of the
sympathetic NS
29. Describe the basic processes of the
parasympathetic NS
30. Identify the two major components of the
CNS—brain and spinal cord
31. Identify the basic function of the spinal
cord
Note: Reflex
function—sensory and motor neural pathway that functions independently of the
brain, the information does reach the brain for interpretation of effects, e.g.
pain from being burned, etc.
32. Identify the basic function of the brain
33. Define the term neural network
34. Describe the basic processes of the endocrine
system
35. Identify the function of hormones
36. Identify the basic function of the pituitary
gland
37. Identify at least three procedures used for
measuring brain structure and/or function
38. Identify the location of the brainstem
39. Identify the basic function of the medulla
40. Identify the basic function of the reticular
formation
41. Identify the basic function of the thalamus
42. Identify the basic function of the cerebellum
43. Identify the three major components of the
limbic system
44. Identify the basic function of the amygdala
45. Identify the basic function of the
hypothalamus
46.
Identify the locations of the cerebrum and cerebral cortex
47. Identify the location of the cerebral
hemispheres
48. Identify the location of each of the four
major hemispheric lobes
49. Identify the basic function of the motor
cortex
50. Identify the basic function of the sensory
cortex
51.
Identify the basic function of the visual cortex
52. Identify the basic function of the auditory
cortex
53. Identify the general functions of association
areas in the remaining cortical regions
54. Define the brain disorder aphasia
55. Identify the basic function of the Broca's
area
56. Identify the basic function of Wernike's area
57. Identify the basic function of the Angular
gyrus
58. Identify the structure of the corpus callosum
59. Identify the basic function of the corpus
callosum
60. Describe the lateral functioning of the brain
hemispheres
61.
Describe specialization of brain hemispheres
Chapter 5:
Sensation
1.
Define the process of sensation
2.
Define the process of perception
3.
Define psychophysics
4.
State processes of absolute threshold
5.
State psychological factors associated with absolute threshold
6.
Identify the two assumptions made by proponents of subliminal persuasion
7.
State process of jnd
8.
Explain Weber's Principle
9.
State processes of sensory adaptation
10.
Describe how sensory adaptation enhances cog. function
11.
Define the process of transduction
12.
Identify two characteristics of light energy
13.
Identify major components of eye
14.
Identify function of rods
15.
Identify function of cones
16.
Identify function of optic nerve
17.
Define primary composition of fovea
18. Identify the location and function of feature
detectors
19.
Describe the function of parallel processing (color, depth, movement, and form)
to process (perceive) simultaneously
20.
Identify basic position on trichromatic theory
21.
Identify basic position on hearing proposed by Place theory
22.
Identify basic position on hearing proposed by Frequency theory
23.
Identify the disorder of conduction deafness
24.
Identify the disorder of nerve deafness
25. Describe basic processes of gate-control
theory of pain
26.
Describe how pain infliction is associated with memory
27.
Identify the energy stimulus for gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell
28.
Identify taste sensory system
29.
Identify the energy stimulus for smell
30.
Identify the sensory organ that contains olfactory receptors
31.
Define the sense of position and movement
32.
Define the sense that monitors gross body position and movement (equilibrium
Chapter 6:
Perception
1.
Describe how perceptual processes are incorporated with sensation processes
2.
Define the process of selective attending
3.
Define the perceptual term gestalt
4.
Describe the figure-ground process of form
5.
Describe grouping process of form (see rules of grouping by proximity,
similarity, continuity, closure, and connectedness
6.
Describe cog. function of depth perception
7.
Describe function of convergence
8.
Describe general function of monocular cues (see respective variations of cuing
based on size, interposition, clarity, texture, height, motion, lines,
brightness)
9.
Describe brain process of motion
10.
Describe function of perceptual constancy
11.
Describe process of shape constancy
12.
Describe process of size constancy
13.
Describe process of light (bright) constancy
14.
Define function of perceptual adaptation
15.
Describe the function of perceptual set
16.
Describe structure and process of perceptual set dev.
17.
Describe effects of context on perceptual set
18. Define ESP
Note: telepathy
(mind to mind communication), clairvoyance (perceiving remote events),
precognition (perceiving future events), similar phenomenon is psychokinesis
(mind over matter, levitation)
19. Define the subdiscipline parapsychology
20.
Describe how vague predictions allow for perceived accuracy
21. Describe the two questions of
psychology-based critical inquiry
Chapter
3: Genetics, p.
Chapter 4: The
Developing Person, p. 119
1. Define developmental psychology
2.
Differentiate the developmental processes of growth, maturation, and learning
3.
Differentiate [issue] between effects of nature and nurture on development
4. Differentiate [issue] between stability and
change time perspectives on human development
5. Define the germinal stage of
prenatal dev. (zygote)
6. Define the embryonic stage (embryo)
7. Define the fetal stage (fetus)
8. Identify the term teratogen (agents)
9. Describe the effects of experience
on brain development
10.
Identify the average age the infant establishes depth perception (process of
estimating object distance)—
11. Describe the motor abilities of an
infant
12. Describe the basic function of
Piaget's schema
13. Describe the basic function of
assimilation
14. Describe the basic function of
accommodation
15. List Piaget's stages by order of
development
16.
Identify a cognitive milestone associated with the sensorimotor
stage(senses and motor responses)—
17.
Identify the socio-cognitive perspective level during the preoperations
stage
18.
Identify a cognitive milestone associated with the concrete operations
stage (apply operational schemas only to objects, situations, and events that
are real, imaginable, or quantifiable)—
19.
Identify a cognitive milestone associated with the formal operations
stage (apply formal operations on ideas, propositions, & hypothetical
statements that may have no objective reality)—
20.
Describe the mental operation of conservation
21.
Explain the learning process of habituation
22.
Define the social behavior, attachment
23. Identify the factors contributing to degree
(secure—insecure) of attachment
24.
Identify Erikson's 8 psychosocial developmental tasks associated with each
lifestage
25.
Identify the 3 basic parenting styles
26.
Differentiate sex and gender
27.
Identify Kohlberg's three levels of moral development
28.
Identify the age range that sensory abilities begin to decline
29.
Identify four factors that contribute to dementia/senility
30.
Describe the findings of McCrae & Costa's research regarding mid-life
crisis
31.
Identify the typical stages that are experienced with someone terminally
ill (Kubler-Ross)—
32.
Identify the purpose of a hospice organization
Chapter 7: Levels of
Consciousness
1. Define the process of consciousness
2. Describe how many cognitive processes
involves processing out-of-awareness
3. List the varied states of consciousness
(cognitive processing
4. Define circadian rhythm
5. State primary phenomenon occurring during REM
(5th sleep stage) sleep
6.
Define the phenomenon of hallucinations
7. Identify the criteria for distinguishing
varied stages of sleep state
8. Identify the biological benefits of sleep
9. Define the general criteria for the disorder
of insomnia
10. Define the general criteria for the disorder
of narcolepsy
11. Define the general criteria for the disorder
of sleep apnea
12. Differentiate between night terrors and
nightmares
13. Describe information processing theory of
dream purpose or function
14. Identify effects of significant REM
deprivation
15. Describe daydreaming state
16. Describe state of hypnosis
17. Identify factors associated with higher
susceptibility to hypnosis
18. Define the hypnosis phenomenon of age
regression
19. Identify how hypnosis is associated with
memory functioning
20. Define function of posthypnotic suggestions
21. Identify hypnotherapeutic uses
22.
Describe meditative state
NOTE:
Typically, either 1) a repeated chanting of words of sounds; 2) clearing the
mind of any thought; 3) focusing on particular idea/thought with imagination
23. Describe chemically induced state
24. Define drug tolerance and withdrawal
25. Differentiate between physical and
psychological drug dependence
26. Differentiate among depressants,
hallucinogens, and stimulants
NOTE:
Drugs psychological effects are highly influenced by user's expectations
27. Differentiate between Dualists and Monists
approach to mind-body
Chapter 8: Learning
1.
Define the concept of adaptability
2.
Describe basic principle of learning
3.
Describe fundamental process of association or associative learning
4.
Define the concept of conditioning
5.
Define the view of behaviorism
6.
Identify theorist responsible for classical conditioning theory
7.
Describe position of CC theory
8.
Identify model of CC
9.
Describe CC subprocess of acquisition
10. Describe CC subprocess of acquisition
11. Describe CC subprocess of extinction
12. Describe CC subprocess of spontaneous
recovery—
13. Describe CC subprocess of generalization
14. Describe CC subprocess of discrimination
15.
Identify one therapeutic application of CC
16.
Identify theorist responsible for operant conditioning theory
17. Describe position of OC theory
18.
Identify model of OC
19.
Define the function of a reinforcer
20.
Define the function of a punisher
21.
Differentiate between primary and secondary reinforcers
22.
Describe process of continuous reinforcement
23.
Describe process of partial reinforcement
24.
Differentiate partial reinforcement schedules
25.
Differentiate between the functions of +
and - reinforcement
26. Describe the OC procedure of shaping
27.
Identify one therapeutic application of OC
28.
Identify one limitation of punishment
29.
Identify primary cognitive learning processes of information processing model
30.
Identify theorist responsible for socio-cognitive learning theory
31. Describe basic principle of observational
learning
32. Describe process of modeling
Chapter 9: Memory
1.
Identify primary control processes and general function of the memory
information systems
2.
Identify primary component processes and general function of the memory
information systems
3.
Identify basic function of sensory memory (register
4.
Identify basic function of short-term memory (working memory
5.
Identify the basic function of working memory
6.
Identify basic function of long-term memory
7.
Describe the memory control function of encoding
8.
Describe the memory control function of storage
9.
Describe the memory control function of retrieval
10.
Describe perceptual (attention, organizing, interpretation of sensory input)
subprocess of attention
11.
Describe the storage subprocess of rehearsal
12.
Differentiate between processes of explicit and implicit storage process
13.
Describe memory savings (method of savings)
14.
Describe the phenomenon of state-dependent memory
15.
Identify learning techniques that enhance memory storage and retrieval
16.
Identify procedural kinds of memory
17.
Identify semantic kinds of memory
18.
Identify episodic kinds of memory
19.
Describe the semantic network theory’s position on cognitive processing
20.
Identify 4 explanations for forgetting
21.
Define the brain memory concept of engram
22.
Describe process and effects of long-term potentiation
23. Identify the neurotransmitter and
brain areas most associated with memory
NOTE:
REMEMBER YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH
TERM PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
FALL 2002 PSYC 110 GENERAL
PSYCHOLOGY
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Collin Billingsley
INSTRUCTIONS
AND MAJOR GRADING CRITERIA (50 Total Points):
1. STYLE: (5 POINTS) APA or MLA style. See the Publications
Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth Edition or the Manual of the Modern Language Association
(MLA) in the library or purchase a copy from the bookstore. The number of pages
may vary, typically anywhere from 5 to 10 pages total, including the title page
or introductory page and the reference page. Staple paper, DO NOT use binders. MAKE
A BACK-UP COPY!
2.
INTRODUCTION: (15 POINTS)
Introduce you paper with a:
a) brief overview or review of your topic area
b) brief discussion of at least two opposing views/positions
on you topic.
c) purpose statement that includes specifically what topic
area you plan to discuss and how you plan to discuss it.
Topic Selection: Select any psychological area from your
text or elsewhere that has at least two OPPOSING OR CONTROVERSIAL views, or is
currently an ISSUE. Current issues or
controversy may be found at the end of each chapter of your text in a section
called Putting it in Perspective, which includes two parts, Personal
Application and Critical Thinking Application.
Other texts, such as Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial
Psychological Issues, 10th ed., Brent Slife, are also available at Northeast
Library (Interlibrary loan). Be specific
in defining your topic, for example, your title might read: Is Personality
Consistent form One Situation to Another?; Can Pornographic Films Promote
Aggression Against Women?; Is Psychotherapy Effective? How Accurate Are Lie
Detectors at Judging Guilt and Innocence? or Why Do Psychologists Discount ESP?
Purpose Statement Example: The purpose of this paper is to
discuss the effectiveness of psychotherapy and the opposing view of spontaneous
remission. More specifically, the author
will compare some of the supporting research for the effectiveness of psychotherapy
and some of the supporting research for someone spontaneously getting better or
going into remission due to unknown reasons.
3. DISCUSSION: (15 POINTS) Discuss your purpose by comparing/contrasting opposing
views on the particular psychological phenomenon you have chosen. That is, support your major points,
controversies, or positions with the current research in the topic area.
4.
CONCLUSIONS: (10 POINTS) State conclusions
relative to your purpose and discussion.
State your conclusions based upon your comparison/contrast by 1)
summarizing major strengths and weaknesses/limitations; and/or 2) state a
rationale for the topic needing more research for positions to be more
conclusive; and/or 3) by stating major interpretations of the phenomenon you
have discussed.
5. REFERENCES: (5 POINTS) Use references when indicated, probably 5 or
more sources—refer to APA manual or MLA manual for citing references in text
and on your reference page. DO NOT
PLAGIARIZE!—Read Penalty for Plagiarizing in Coursework Requirements Section of
Syllabus.
6. DUE:
The
Critical Thinker (Chapter 2)
Terms, Concepts, and Principles:
1. Identify the three components of an
intellectual argument
2. Explain the function of an assertion
3. Explain the function of empirical
evidence
4. Explain the function of a
theoretical explanation
Introduction: Psychology’s History, p. 1
1. Define science of psychology
2. Identify two major methods of
investigation from which psychology originated
3. Identify Wilhelm Wundt's major
contributions to psychology
4. Define structuralism
5. Define analytic introspection
6. Define functionalism
7. Identify William James' major
contributions to psychology
8. Define Gestalt
9. Identify B.F. Skinner's major
contributions to psychology
10. Describe scientific paradigm
11. Describe contemporary perspective
of behavioristic thought
12. Describe contemporary perspective
of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
13. Describe contemporary perspective
of the humanistic
14. Describe contemporary perspective
of the cognitive
15. Describe contemporary perspective
of the biopsychological
16. Describe contemporary perspective
of the socio-cultural
17. Differentiate basic and applied
research purposes
18. Differentiate academic psychology
and professional psychology
19. Differentiate clinical psychology
and psychiatry
Chapter
1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science, p. 13
Terms,
Concepts, Principles, and Methods:
1. Identify major limitation
(shortcoming) of relying on common sense "lay psychology"
2. Identify major limitation of relying
on the appeal to authority (expert opinion
3. Identify major limitation of relying
on reasoning (logical thinking
4. Identify major limitation of relying
on unsystematic observation (sensory data
5. Define determinism
6. Describe open-minded skepticism
7. Describe processes of the scientific
method
8. Identify 4 major research objectives
of scientific method of investigation
9. Define variable (factor
10. Define operational definition
11. Describe validity
12. Describe reliability
13. Identify rationale for a scientific
methodology (critical inquiry)
14. Define hypothesis
15. Define purpose of statistics
16. Define theory
17. Identify 4 methods of descriptive
research
18. Define population
19. Define random sample
20. Describe predictive
research--correlational method
21. Differentiate between positive and
negative correlation
22. Differentiate between correlation
and causation
23. Describe method for explaining
and/or controlling behavior--experimental method
24. Differentiate between independent
variable and dependent variable
25. Define placebo
26. Define formula for mean—average
Chapter
2: Neuroscience and Behavior
Terms, Concepts, Principles and
Theories:
1. Define the study of behavioral neuroscience
(biopsychology)
2. Describe the general function of a neuron
3. Identify the structure of the neuron
4. Define the cellular function of action
potential
5. Identify the location of the synapse
(synaptic gap or cleft)
6. Identify the function of the synaptic cleft
7. Describe the function of neurotransmitters
8. State the most frequent function of
endorphins (natural opiate, morphine mimics
9. Identify the 2 major subsystem of the nervous
system
10. Identify the two major component systems of
the peripheral nervous system
11. Describe the basic processes of the autonomic
nervous system
12. Describe the basic processes of the
sympathetic NS
13. Describe the basic processes of the
parasympathetic NS
14. Identify the two major components of the
CNS—brain and spinal cord
15. Identify the basic function of the spinal
cord
16. Identify the basic function of the brain
17. Define the term neural network
18. Describe the basic processes of the endocrine
system
19. Identify the function of hormones
20. Identify the basic function of the pituitary
gland
21. Identify at least three procedures used for
measuring brain structure and/or function
22. Identify the basic function of the reticular
formation
23. Identify the basic function of the thalamus
24. Identify the basic function of the cerebellum
25. Identify the three major components of the
limbic system
26. Identify the basic function of the
hypothalamus
27.
Identify the locations of the cerebrum and cerebral cortex
28. Identify the location of the cerebral
hemispheres
29. Identify the basic function of the corpus
callosum
30. Describe the lateral functioning of the brain
hemispheres
31.
Describe specialization of brain hemispheres
Chapter 5:
Sensation
1.
Define the process of sensation
2.
Define the process of perception
3.
Define psychophysics
4.
State processes of absolute threshold
5.
State process of jnd
6.
Explain Weber's Principle
7.
Define the process of transduction
8.
Identify function of rods
9.
Identify function of cones
10.
Identify function of optic nerve
11. Identify the location and function of feature
detectors
12.
Describe the function of parallel processing (color, depth, movement, and form)
to process (perceive) simultaneously
13.
Identify basic position on trichromatic theory
14.
Identify basic position on hearing proposed by Place theory
15.
Identify basic position on hearing proposed by Frequency theory
16. Describe basic processes of gate-control
theory of pain
17.
Identify the energy stimulus for gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell
18.
Define the sense of position and movement
19.
Define the sense that monitors gross body position and movement (equilibrium
Chapter 6:
Perception
1.
Define the process of selective attending
2.
Define the perceptual term gestalt
3.
Describe the figure-ground process of form
5.
Describe grouping process of form (see rules of grouping by proximity,
similarity, continuity, closure, and connectedness
4.
Describe cognitive function of depth perception
5.
Describe function of perceptual constancy
6.
Describe the function of perceptual set
7. Define ESP
8. Define the subdiscipline parapsychology
9.
Describe how vague predictions allow for perceived accuracy
Chapter 3: The
Nature & Nurture of Behavior, p. 85
1.
Define genetics
2.
Describe natural selection
3.
Describe the concept, adaptive behavior
4.
Define the approach of evolutionary psychology
5.
Identify the building blocks of DNA
6.
Describe the structure and function of a gene
7.
State the function of chromosomes
8.
State the function of an allele
9.
State the role of a dominant gene
10.
State the role of a recessive gene
11.
Describe the genetic condition, homozygous
12. Describe the genetic condition,
heterozygous
13.
Define the term genotype
14.
Define the term phenotype
15.
Explain the function of blending action
16.
State the function of polygenes
17.
Identify the criteria that defines infertility
18.
Identify three more common and invasive intervention technologies for
infertility
19.
Define the term mutation
20.
State what is affected when a genetic or chromosomal abnormality occurs
21.
State the most typical general purpose for genetic counseling
22.
State the basic purpose for prenatal testing methods
23.
Identify at three more common procedures of prenatal testing
24.
Define the purpose of the Human Genome Project, 1990
25.
Define the study of behavioral genetics
26.
Define the concept of behavioral predisposition
27.
State the basic purpose (design) of twin studies and adoption studies
28.
Describe molecular genetics
29. Identify the issue of interaction effects
between nature and nurture on dev
30. Contrast [issue] continuity (gradual) and
discontinuity (distinct) principles of human development
31. Explain how cultural differences affect
conceptualizations of the life cycle
32. Differentiate between culture and ethnicity
33. Describe how cross-cultural studies
contribute to understanding human development
34. Differentiate sex and gender
35. Differentiate between gender identity and
gender role
Chapter 4: The
Developing Person, p. 119
1. Define developmental psychology
2.
Differentiate the developmental processes of growth, maturation, and learning
3. Define the germinal stage of
prenatal dev. (zygote)
4. Define the embryonic stage (embryo)
5. Define the fetal stage (fetus)
6. Identify the term teratogen (agents)
7. Describe the effects of experience
on brain development
8.
Identify the average age the infant establishes depth perception (process of
estimating object distance)—
9. Describe the motor abilities of an
infant
10. Describe the basic function of
Piaget's schema
11. Describe the basic function of
assimilation
12. Describe the basic function of
accommodation
13. List Piaget's stages by order of
development
14.
Explain the learning process of habituation
15.
Define the social behavior, attachment
16. Identify the factors contributing to degree
(secure—insecure) of attachment
17.
Identify Erikson's 8 psychosocial developmental tasks associated with each
lifestage
18.
Identify the 3 basic parenting styles
19.
Identify Kohlberg's three levels of moral development
20.
Identify the age range that sensory abilities begin to decline
21.
Identify four factors that contribute to dementia/senility
22.
Describe the findings of McCrae & Costa's research regarding mid-life
crisis
23.
Identify the typical stages that are experienced with someone terminally
ill (Kubler-Ross)—
24.
Identify the purpose of a hospice organization
Note: The above review includes only the Critical Thinker, Introduction, and Chapters 1 – 6. For Chapters 7 – 9, see the Lecture Outlines that are Posted on my webpage in PSY 1513 Course Documents—use these outlines for final exam review of this material
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