INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 1100 YB)
Fall/Winter 2013/2014 – Classroom: UC1017 – Wednesdays 7:00 PM – 10:00PM
Instructor: Mike Moland, Ph.D. e-mail: mikemoland@shaw.ca
Teaching Assistant: Sarah Prouty e-mail: slprouty@lakeheadu.ca
TEXT: Lilienfeld, S. O. (2013). Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding (Second
Canadian Edition). Toronto: Pearson
COURSE D ESCRIPTION: This introductory course is designed to provide an appreciation
of the scope of psychology and its sub-specialties, to render an understanding of the
research-based methods and critical thinking which are fundamental to all aspects of the
discipline, to provide an awareness of the biopsychosocial bases of behaviour and to lay
the groundwork for further study in psychology.
COURSE COMPONENTS
Component
Midterm Test 1
December Exam
Midterm Test 2
Final Exam
Date
October 23, 2013
T.B.A.
February 5, 2014
T.B.A.
Weight
20%
30%
20%
30%
TENTATIVE OUTLINE
Date
September 2013
October 2013
November 2013
December 2013
January 2014
February 2014
March 2014
April 2014
11
18
25
2
9
16
Chapter
1
1
2
3
3
4
23
1-4
30
6
13
20
27
5
5
6
7
8
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5-8
8
15
22
29
9
10
11
12
5
9-12
12
19
26
5
12
19
26
2
13
-13
14
15
15
16
16
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13-16
Topics
Introduction to course, course outline - Presentation - Critical Thinking –Video – The Secrets of the Psychics!
Presentation - Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology - Video – Dowsing for water! Video – Homeopathy: The Test
Presentation - Research Methods - Video - Designing experiments in psychology. Video – Prisoners of Silence
Presentation - Biological Psychology - Video - Cap Gras Syndrome – A look-alike imposter has replaced my dad!
Presentation - Biological Psychology - Gazzaniga's Split Brain – Video – Understanding the complexities of the brain
Presentation - Sensation and Perception - Video - Prosopagnosia – I can’t recognize familiar faces! Perceptual Illusions
Midterm Test 1
Presentation - Consciousness - Video - Does a good night's sleep help you retain information you are studying?
Presentation - Consciousness - Psychopharmacology - How do drugs interact with neurons to influence our behaviour?
Presentation - Learning - Demonstration - Student Classical Conditioning! Video - Stanley Coren – Training Your Dog!
Presentation - Memory - Demonstration - Working Memory - Video - From The Mouths of Babes
Presentation - Language, Thinking, and Reasoning - Video - Animal Language?
December Exam – Date – T.B.A.
Presentation - Intelligence - Demonstration - Testing I.Q.
Presentation - Human Development - Video - Do babies know simple physics?
Presentation - Emotion and Motivation - video - Secrets of the Sexes - Sexual Motivation, Facial Feedback
Presentation - Stress and Health - Video - Angry At Heart - Video – Testing Alternative Treatments
Midterm Test 2
Presentation - Social Psychology - Videos - Candid Camera!
February Break - no classes!
Presentation - Social Psychology - Video - Jane Elliot - A Class Divided; Indecent Exposure
Presentation - Personality - Video - Horoscopes and Graphology? You Gotta Be Kidding!?
Presentation - Psychological Disorders - Video - How Mad Are You - Part I?
Presentation - Psychological Disorders - Video - How Mad Are You - Part II?
Presentation - Psychological & Biological Treatments
Presentation - Psychological & Biological Treatments - Video - Psychotherapy
Final Exam – Date – T.B.A.
TEST AND EXAMS
Both midterm tests will be written in class and comprise 100 multiple-choice items (1 mark each). The December and Final exam will
consist of 200 multiple-choice items (1 mark each). The multiple choice questions will be mainly of the applied type and will require
you to understand the material well in order to answer them correctly. All answers will be copied to a scan-tron answer sheet provided
with the tests and exams. Questions will be selected from the lectures, text book, and video material. The tests and exams are noncumulative - so you will not be tested on your knowledge of previously tested material. I will e-mail the PowerPoint slides to
everyone in the course after each chapter has been completed. Those who miss class during video presentations will not be given the
video material – no exceptions.
CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT
Students are expected to maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. It is important to treat your classmates,
teaching assistant, and instructor with respect throughout the course. Please turn off all cell phones while in the classroom. The
capturing of photos, videos, or audio in the classroom is strictly prohibited unless previously authorized by the instructor.