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General Psychology
This class attempts to explain human behavior by examining it from neurological, biological, social, and internal mechanisms.
It is taught from a social science standpoint and uses the socratic method in the examination of theory where appropriate.
A note of caution: Your English language skills, both written and spoken, should be at a level of proficiency that is consistent with a transferable college level course. Make no mistake about this. You are expected to perform at the level of a freshman in any four year university in the United States. This course is transferable and you will not pass if your language is not at this level. If you feel that you need some extra help in this area, my advice is to take a lower level English skills course for one quarter before attempting General Psychology. This is a difficult course at any institution, no matter who teaches it. There is a large quantity of information that you are expected to master. The baseline will not be lowered in this regard, no matter the reason.
An Honors cohort is being offered in this section. If you are in the
Honors Program you are welcome to participate in the cohort, and if you are not in the Honors Program but are eligible for the program, you are also welcome to participate as long as you have not taken an Honors class from De Anza previously. Eligibility requirements can be found at www.deanza.edu/honors or you may contact Lydia Hearn Madden at dahonors@deanza.edu.
The honors cohort entails additional work consisting of two extra assignments of three to five pages each. In order to earn an Honors designation for this class on your transcript. You must commit to participating in the Honors cohort by the fourth week of the quarter by submitting a signed cohort contract to the Honors Program office. You may download a form from the Honors website. Once you commit to the Honors portion, you will be expected to complete the extra work. Failure to complete the Honors work will result in a lowering of your regular class grade.
You will note that some of the dates on the outline are linked to the actual outline I will be using in lecture. Please feel free to print these out and use them as study guides if you would like to.
Syllabus and Outline
click on the link that pertains to your quarter and school
Fall 10 General Syllabus
Fall 10 Deanza Outline
APA referencing quiz extra credit.
Assignments and Homework
I DO NOT TAKE PAPERS VIA EMAIL.
All papers are to be written in an essay format with proper referencing. If you do not write in this format there will be an automatic 5 points knocked off your final score.
See Paper and Extra Credit Instructions if you have not already. If you have questions about how to reference, check the back of your book as well as in text examples. The book will show you examples. Also the APA page will aid you. Be sure to check out the Writing page for extra tips.
there has been some confusion about how the one page papers work. Please click on one page papers for further clarification.
Examinations
The Fall 2010 General Psych Midterm was due on October 25th at the beginning of class.
The General Psych Final Fall 2010 will be due on the 6th of June at 6:30 pm. Please place your answers on a scantron (form 2052) and bring to class on that date. All finals must be handed to me personally. MAKE SURE TO BRING A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE or I will not take your final. No exceptions.
Journals:
How To Write A Journal Entry
Journal tips
All journals are to be properly referenced and referrd to psychological theory. No quotes are accepted and APA format is required. Make sure to always back yourself up and refer to the Paper and Extra Credit Instructions for proper presentation. You will be docked if your work is not presented well.
Uplaod an example of an A paper: Journal Example
Journal Packets due
October 13th - 6 entries due
Nov 10th - 7 entries due
Dec 6th - 6 entries due
Dec 6th - your final is due
Required Web Reading
A Weird Way of Thinking
Joan Roughgarden
Sexuality gene? Is there one? Who says? This link takes you to the PBS forum which examines this idea and allows you to get to know folks like Dean Hamer, and Simon LeVay
more Joan
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18437
gene isolation
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/march31/cloning-331.html
the biology of repression in relation to memory
"Androgyny". Which characteristics do you possess? What does this say about you? Feel free to use as a journal entry.
Sex, Brains and Hands
Stem cells and Bush
Stem cell debate
Cool stuff on the science and the mind. Some personality tests are here too
sorry but your soul just died
Extra Credit Assignments
Lots of cool research and surveys at this site. Write a paper and turn it in for extra credit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml
Invisibility project due on the 13th of May, 2010
Gen Psyc Invisibilitiy Numbers
Gendered Advertising
Social Identity Barbie
Toy Story
Art is Life
The N Word
Sex Causes Headaches
NASA Ames experiment. This is extra credit for those who can be used as a subject in a study being conducted by NASA Ames Researchers
The Skinner Question is as follows "what is the one behavior that Skinner agrees has not been conditioned?"
Good Luck
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