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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
No.
Content
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise,
Assignments...
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials
Lecture
Practice, Seminar…
1
Introduction & Research methods
1.5
1
5.5
1,4,5
2.
Key perspectives in psychology
1
2
2
5.5
1,7
3
Sensation & Perception
1.5
1
2
5.5
1,2,6,7
4
Language & Thought (part 1)
1.5
1
2
5.5
1,2,4,5,6,7
5
Language & Thought (part 2)
1.5
1
2
5.5
1,2,4,5,6,7
6
Memory
1
1
2
5.5
1,6,7
7
Motivation & Emotion
2
1
1
5.5
1,2,7
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
13
Big project presentations (cont.)
2
2
5.5
3,6
14
Psychological disorders
1.5
2
1.5
5.5
1,4,5,7
15
Review
2
5.5
1
Total
30
15
22.5
82.5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Proportion
Formative
Attendance
The number of attendances in lesson
5%
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%
Group presentation
Summarize a scientific article and apply findings into real-life context
Group or individual assignment
1,2,4,7
5%
Summative
Final test
All course content
Writing (90 mins)
1,2,4,5,7
60%
Total:
100%