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Fundamentals of Psychology - HUM122

  • Teacher
    Dr. Sadaf Sajjad
  • Category
    Hybrid
  • Duration
    22

Course Introduction

Course Highlight
  • Level
    BS/Master
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Lessons
    22
  • Type
    Hybrid
About the course

This course would familiarize students with the basic concepts of psychology for students of other disciplines. It is designed to be an introductory course focusing on developing an understanding to students about how and why people think, feel and act in certain ways; and to make them aware of personal characteristics, social contexts and reactions in life.

Syllabus

Course Objectives

  • To become aware of the basic understanding of psychological concepts, human motivation social influence and group processes, personality, leadership, stress, health and coping mechanisms
  • To introduce students to different areas of psychology
  • The students will be able to understand the motivation and how it is linked to human behaviors.
  • To make students understand the dynamics of social behaviors including social influence, conformity, compliance, social facilitation, social loafing, and group decision making
  • To introduce students to concept of leadership and its types
  • To introduce students to the concept of stress and its relationship to health and stress management strategies
  • The students will be able to understand the dynamics of personality and its assessment techniques

Course Calendar

Lecture Topics
1 Fundamentals of Psychology
2 Research Methods In Psychology
3 Learning and Behavior
4 Biological Basis of Behavior
5 Memory
6 Motivation and Emotion
7 Lifestyle, Stress and Health
8 Cognitive Processes
9 Leadership
10 Leadership
11 Prejudice
12 Personality
13 Personality Disorders
14 Conformity
15 Altruism
16 Intelligence
17 Emotional Intelligence
18 Aggression
19 Abnormal Behavior/Psychology
20 Psychotherapy
21 Educational Psychology
22 Aptitude
23 Child Psychology

Course Readings

Reference Books:

  • Kalat, J. W. (2013). Introduction to Psychology. 10th Edition
  • Myers, D, G. (2011). Psychology – 10th Edition
  • Griggs, R. (2014) Psychology: A Concise Introduction
  • Lahey, B. (2011). Psychology: An Introduction
  • Psychology In Modules, Edition 10 or 9, by David G. Myers
  • Exploring Psychology. Edition11, by David G. Myers
  • Psychology in Everyday Life, Edition 6, by David G. Myers

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