Azerbaijan UniversitySchool of BusinessPsyc 1101 Introduction to General PsychologyFall, 2009Instructor: Feride Abbasova, MSW’ 2009Class hour: Friday 15:00Office hour: only by appointment or after class Email: [email protected] Course provides the students with an overview of the field of psychology. The course will familiarize with the basic terms and theories, as well as with some classic and recent research. The course introduces general issues in the discipline such as historical development of the different fields, basic and applied research, scientific reasoning, and psychological methods and statistics. This introduction is followed by discussions of theories and findings in different fields of psychology, including Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, and Organizational Psychology. Course Objectives:The broad objective of the course is to strengthen students understanding on general psychology, psychological processes, theories, and findings:Course is aimed at providing students with new interactive methods of lecturing, will identify the areas of students’ interests and combine them with the course content:Demonstrates foundational knowledge in social psychology (concepts, theories, research methods); assessed with journal article review and testsApplies social psychological phenomena to one's own thinking, behavior, and relationships as well as stories and cultural artifacts (literature, film, etc.); assessed with portfolio papers, anger observations, and testsRecognizes the extent to which social behaviors are influenced by situational and interpretivefactors; assessed with film analysis, situational observationOutline perspective on human nature and compare it to social psychological perspectives (e.g., evolutionary, sociocultural); Course Textbooks:Myers, G.D. (2007) Psychology: Woth Publishers, Hope College MichiganKenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. G., & Cialdini, R. B. (2005). Social psychology: Unraveling the mystery (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Course Structure Course structure and model will allow student to obtain theoretical as well as practical knowledge and skills related to general psychology. Theoretical and practical skills are designed around the following modules: understanding of psychology; leadership skills; communications; psycho-social aspect of wellbeing.Both practical and theoretical sessions are based on evidence based approach and values and ethics.ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING CRITERIAAttendance and participation in class both theoretical and practical sessions are required in this course. Lack of attendance and participation will result in a lower cumulative score.Grade Scale: Scores AKTS scoresA+ = 97 – 100A = 93 – 96 A = 90 – 100A- = 90 – 92B+ = 87 – 89B = 83 – 86 B = 80 – 89B- = 80 – 82C+ = 77 – 79C = 73 – 76 C = 70 – 79C- = 70 – 72D+ = 67 – 69D = 63 – 66 D = 60 - 69D- = 60 – 62F = 0 – 59 E = 50 – 59Fx = 40 – 49F = 0 – 39Students will be evaluated based on the following assignments: Note: detailed Assignment and Scoring Scales will be provided in class for each assignmentObservation Paper- 15%Interview Paper- 15 %Assessment Paper- 20 %Process Paper- 20%Final Exam- 25%Course Content Class# Date Title Covered Topics1 Introduction Historical Foundations of Psychology – Definition and Scope of Psychology,Fields of Psychology, Schools of Psychology; Methods of Psychology – Introspection, Observation, Case Study, Interview,Survey and Experimental method2Biological Basis of BehaviourHormonal basis of behavior - the major endocrine glands and their functions; Attention - Span, divisionand distraction. Perception – Perecptual constancy –Illusions Internal and External factors influencing Perceptual.3Motivation and EmotionDefinition and functions of Motives.Types of Motives – Physiological andPsycho-Social motives. Unconscious motivation. Maslow’s theory of Motivation.Emotion – Definition and nature of emotions. Theories of emotion – James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and Schachter-Singer4LearningMaturation and Learning. Classical and InstrumentalConditioning. Learning by Insight and Observation, Latent learning; Meaning of memory, Types of memory, Methods of measuring memory,Information Processing model of memory, curve of forgetting and causes offorgetting, Methods of Improving Memory5Personality – Nature and DefinitionApproaches to Personality – Type, Behaviouristic, Humanistic andPsychosexual approaches.6Social Perception – Understanding OthersAttribution – Theories of Attribution– Theory of Correspondent Influence,Errors in Attribution – FundamentalAttribution Error, Actor – Observereffect, Self Serving BiasImpression formation and Impression Management - Techniques ofImpression Management7Communication; Attitudes; Prejudices Definition, nature and types of communication. Barriers to effectivecommunication. Rumors and propaganda; Definition - Distinctive features of Attitudes, Formation of Attitudes,Measurement of Attitudes - Likert method of Summated ratings, Bogardusmethod of Social Distance, Thurstone’s Equal appearing intervals method.Cognitive Dissonance, Reducing Dissonance; Prejudice and Discrimination – Nature and Origin of Prejudice, Techniquesof reducing PrejudiceDefinition, Determinants of Human Aggression – Social, Personal, andSituational factors – Theoretical Perspectives on Aggression –BiologicalPerspective – Drive Theories, General Affective Aggression model, Preventionand Control of Aggression.8Groups and Individuals; LeadershipDefinition and Types of Groups, Group functions – Roles, Status, Norms,Cohesiveness and Conformity. Groups and Individual performance,- Socialfacilitation, Social loafing. Decision making by Groups; Definition – Traits of a Leader, Typesof Leaders – Autocratic, Democraticand Charismatic Leaders. Classic studies on leadership, leader behavior –initiating structure and consideration.9Industrial-Organizational Psychology(Theory)Definition, scope and historical development of I-O psychology. Pioneerson personnel selection. World War I and the testing movement.Hawthorne studies and motivational issues. World War II andEngineering Psychology.10Employee SelectionThe Recruitment process. Sources ofRecruiting. Recruiter characteristics.Campus recruitment.Selection process: Job and worker analysis. Definition and purpose.Techniques of
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