Rochester Community and Technical College
Course Title : General Psychology
Course Number : Psyc 2618
RCTC Catalog description
Analysis of human behavior, covering topics of psychological methods, mind and body, sensation, perception and motivation, learning, individual behavior, personality, mental illness and group behavior.
Course
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe the goals of psychology
- describe major perspectives in psychology
- describe + apply research methods of psychology
- describe the working of mind and body
- describe the different types of conditioning
- describe the types of memory
- describe the processes of remembering and forgetting
- describe aspects of intelligence
- describe the process of thought and language development
- describe the theories of motivation
- describe the different psychological theories to explain emotions
- describe the psychological development through life span
- describe the major theories in psychology
- describe the relationship between health, stress and coping
- describe the causes and symptoms of mental disorders and their different treatment
- describe aspects in understanding of group behavior
- write letters on psychology
Teaching Procedures
Lectures, readings, class discussion, group work in class, some viewing of transparencies and videotapes, personal reflection time.
Class
Attendance Policy
Turn off cellular phones and beepers during class
time! You will be asked to leave the classroom.
Class attendance is strongly recommended, documentation indicates that students who attend regularly achieve higher grades and succeed.
Students who do not, don’t.
It is especially important that students attend class for 2 reasons:
- we explore interactions with other people
- class/group activities can not be replicated outside of class
There is a difference between attending class and taking active part in class.
Prepare and plan carefully, so lectures and class discussions will not seem totally alien to you.
You don’t have to call me if you will be absent in class!
You are responsible
for any work missed due to absences.
Class participation is required. Participation means that students will be attentive, active, spontaneous and willing in the oral/written and group assignments in class. It is expected that you demonstrate a mature, courteous and positive attitude. You are responsible for all announcements made in class, whether or not you are present!
Refrain from talking during
lecture-time and video showing, this is considered very immature,
disrespectful to everyone in the classroom and disruptive to the learning
process of your classmates. You will get 2 warnings, then you will be asked to leave the classroom in case of continued
disruptive behavior.
During
video showing, you are expected to take notes, and not sleep/ talk/ or do homework for another course!
You are expected to be in class on time; chronic late arrivals (= more than 5 minutes) will not be tolerated as they are disruptive to the lectures, class-activities and set-up of technical equipment (overhead projector, VCR) in progress. Late arrival is considered as class absence.
To help stay on schedule and be an active participant in class, you are expected to read the assigned material from your textbook.
Testing Policy
Be on time on test dates! Late arrival (=more than 5 minutes) will not be accepted, unless you have my approval before the test date. Once any student has left the classroom after completion of the test, latecomers can not take the test anymore. There will be no make-up tests unless you have a valid reason, which has to be conveyed to me before the test date.
If I accept your excuse, you will take the make up test during my office-hours within a week after the scheduled test-date.
If you are eligible to take the tests in the Student Support Center, you have to submit the appropriate forms to me, no later than the last class session before the test date. Testgrades will be posted later for those students.
Academic dishonesty: any form of knowing and willful cheating or plagiarism is unacceptable and may result in failure of the course.
Course
Grading
A: 90-100 C: 70-79 F: 0-59
B: 80-89 D: 60-69