Describe Some Important Milestones In Psychology's Early Development
Professor: Leslie Adams Lariviere, Ph.D. Class time/location: MWF 12:30-1:20, Kennedy room 204
Office Hrs: M 10:30-12:20, W 10:30-11:20 Office Location: Kennedy 211
Office phone number: 508 767-2313 Email: llariviere@assumption.edu
I. Description: In this introduction to psychology, students learn the language, methods, theoretical perspectives, and research of the discipline. This course introduces students to a range of topics within psychology, such as the biological and social bases of behavior, as well as basic principles of perception, learning, and motivation.
II. Text
Myers, D. G. (2013). Psychology: Tenth Edition in Modules. Worth Publishers. III. Teaching Procedures and Course Goals
Teaching will primarily …show more content…
Know which psychologists are associated with which major developments in history.
Describe how psychology continued to develop from the 1920s through today.
Summarize the nature–nurture debate in psychology.
Describe psychology’s three main levels of analysis and related perspectives.
Identify psychology’s main subfields.
Q1 Describe what five of the psychologists mentioned in Module 1 would appreciate about today’s society. Be specific (What movies, technology, songs, TV shows, etc. would each enjoy and why?)
9/9 Module 2 Explain how hindsight bias, overconfidence, and the tendency to perceive order in random events illustrate why science-based answers are more valid than those based on intuition and common sense.
Explain how the three main components of the scientific attitude relate to critical thinking.
Explain how laboratory experiments illuminate everyday life.
Discuss whether psychological research can be generalized across cultures and genders.
Identity the difference between independent and dependent variables.
In class: IV vs. DV …show more content…
11/8 Module 41
Explain how humanistic psychologists viewed personality and describe their goal in studying personality.
Describe how humanistic psychologists assessed a person’s sense of self.
Explain how the humanistic perspective has influenced psychology and describe the criticisms it has faced.
In class: Humanistic psychologist activity.
11/11 Module 42
Explain how psychologists use traits to describe personality.
Define personality inventories and discuss their strengths and weaknesses as trait-assessment tools.
Identify the traits that seem to provide the most useful information about personality variation.
In class: Myers Briggs activity
11/13 Module 41, continued
Explain whether research supports the consistency of personality traits over time and across situations.
Identify the psychologist who first proposed the social-cognitive perspective, and describe how these theorists view personality development.
Discuss some evidence for self-serving bias, and contrast defensive and secure self-esteem.
In class: LOC activity and discussion.
11/15 Abnormal Psychology (Modules 47-51)
Module 47
Discuss how we draw the line between normality and
Office Hrs: M 10:30-12:20, W 10:30-11:20 Office Location: Kennedy 211
Office phone number: 508 767-2313 Email: llariviere@assumption.edu
I. Description: In this introduction to psychology, students learn the language, methods, theoretical perspectives, and research of the discipline. This course introduces students to a range of topics within psychology, such as the biological and social bases of behavior, as well as basic principles of perception, learning, and motivation.
II. Text
Myers, D. G. (2013). Psychology: Tenth Edition in Modules. Worth Publishers. III. Teaching Procedures and Course Goals
Teaching will primarily …show more content…
Know which psychologists are associated with which major developments in history.
Describe how psychology continued to develop from the 1920s through today.
Summarize the nature–nurture debate in psychology.
Describe psychology’s three main levels of analysis and related perspectives.
Identify psychology’s main subfields.
Q1 Describe what five of the psychologists mentioned in Module 1 would appreciate about today’s society. Be specific (What movies, technology, songs, TV shows, etc. would each enjoy and why?)
9/9 Module 2 Explain how hindsight bias, overconfidence, and the tendency to perceive order in random events illustrate why science-based answers are more valid than those based on intuition and common sense.
Explain how the three main components of the scientific attitude relate to critical thinking.
Explain how laboratory experiments illuminate everyday life.
Discuss whether psychological research can be generalized across cultures and genders.
Identity the difference between independent and dependent variables.
In class: IV vs. DV …show more content…
11/8 Module 41
Explain how humanistic psychologists viewed personality and describe their goal in studying personality.
Describe how humanistic psychologists assessed a person’s sense of self.
Explain how the humanistic perspective has influenced psychology and describe the criticisms it has faced.
In class: Humanistic psychologist activity.
11/11 Module 42
Explain how psychologists use traits to describe personality.
Define personality inventories and discuss their strengths and weaknesses as trait-assessment tools.
Identify the traits that seem to provide the most useful information about personality variation.
In class: Myers Briggs activity
11/13 Module 41, continued
Explain whether research supports the consistency of personality traits over time and across situations.
Identify the psychologist who first proposed the social-cognitive perspective, and describe how these theorists view personality development.
Discuss some evidence for self-serving bias, and contrast defensive and secure self-esteem.
In class: LOC activity and discussion.
11/15 Abnormal Psychology (Modules 47-51)
Module 47
Discuss how we draw the line between normality and