170924 林璐晗 Psychology教学大纲（英文版-英文原版教材使用）COURSE OUTLINE.doc

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GeneralPsychology

COURSEOUTLINE

I. COURSENUMBERANDTITLE

50PSY103:GeneralPsychology(3)

II. TOTALHOURS

48

III. COURSEDESCRIPTION

Thiscoursesurveysvarioustopicswithinthefieldofpsychologysuchasperception,memory,andpersonality,andhoweachofthesetopicscontributetounderstanding,predictingandguidinghumanbehavior.Thecourseisdesignedtogivestudentsacleargraspofmajorconceptsinthesevarious

areasofpsychologicalstudy,butwithoutintensivecoverageofanysinglearea.Thecoursecanbeconsideredabasicbuildingblockformoredetailedstudyinspecificareasofpsychology.(e.g.BehaviorModification,AbnormalPsychology,SocialPsychologyetc)

IV.COURSECONTENT

WEEK12-Chapter1

OBJECTIVES:

Identifyanddefinethefourgoalsofpsychology.

Identifyandcompareearlyviewsofpsychologythatfocusedontheelementsofconsciousexperience,includingthoseofWundt,Titchener,Alston,andGestaltpsychology.

Identifyandcompareviewsinpsychologythatfocusedonthefunctionsoftheconsciousmind,includingthoseofJames,Ebbinghaus,andCalkins.Also,explainfunctionalismsinfluenceoncontemporarycognitivepsychology.

IdentifytheroleofBinetinthepsychometricsmovement.

Describetheoriginsofbehaviorismandsociallearningtheory.

Describetheneuroscienceperspectiveinpsychology.

Identifytheearlyviewsofpsychologythatfocusedonthenatureoftheunconsciousmind.

Describethesocioculturalperspective,andidentifyanddefinethetermsassociatedwiththisapproach,aswellashowthesefactorshaveinfluencedthehistoryofpsychology.

Describethespecialtyareasofmodernpsychology,listinganddescribingthedifferencesbetweenbasicandappliedareasofpsychology.

Describetherelationshipbetweenpsychologyandpsychiatry.

Identifythebeliefscommonlysharedbypsychologistsabouthumanbehavior.

IntroductiontoPsychology

Psychological