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HU Credits:
0
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Pre-Academic Preparation for Humanities and Social Sciences- Advanced
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Lior Naggan
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday12:00-13:00
Room 324
Teaching Staff:
Mr. lior nagan
Course/Module description:
The course presents the development of Psychology and the main disciplines comprising this field. The course will expose students to different theories discussing the individual (physiology of behavior, cognition, development, personality), the individual as part of a group (social cognition) and abnormal Psychology (Psychological disorders).
Course/Module aims:
The main aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge in the field of Psychology, both as a practice and in research. Additionally, the course will teach students how to cope with texts and material from the different aspects of Psychology. Furthermore, the course will encourage students towards critical thinking regarding Psychology and research in general.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students completing this course are acquainted with the history and the main theories comprising the field of Psychology (psychobiology, cognition, development, psychopathologies). In addition, they will be able to explain the scientific basis of the different aspects of Psychology via analysis of both classic and modern experiments.
Attendance requirements(%):
A student cannot be qualified to test without at least 80% attendance.
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Teacher lectures, student lectures, in class workshops.
Course/Module Content:
Introduction
Research Methods
Biological and Genetic basis of behavior
Learning
Memory
Cognitive Processes
Developmental psychology
Personality
Social Cognition
Social Psychology
Psychological disorders
Therapy
Consciousness and alternative mental states
Required Reading:
Grig and Zimbardo (2010) [in Hebrew]
Additional Reading Material:
Hippocrates of Cos. (n.d.). Aphorism. Loeb Classical Library. (Retrieved August 29, 2022), https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hippocrates_cos-aphorisms/1931/pb_LCL150.99.xml?result&eq;5&rskey&eq;BthPDY
Kwon, D. K. (2022, August 11). "Why Thinking Hard Wears You Out?" Scientific American.
Willingham, E. W. (2022, August 10). "When Students Acquire Spatial Skills, Their Verbal Abilities Get a Boost". Scientific American.
John Hopkins University, "Blind People Remember Language Better Than Sighted People Do". (2022, April 30). Neuroscience
Keim, B. K. (2022, April 24). "Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational". Wired.
Whang, O. (2022, July 24). "‘Parentese’ Is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds". The New York Times.
Jarrett, C. (2018, January 9). "When personality changes from bad to good". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180108-when-personality-changes-from-bad-to-good
Rifkin, J., & Ponce De Leon, R. (2022, September 6). "People overestimate groups they find threatening – when ‘Sizing up’ others, bias sneaks in". The Conversation.
"When can we be bothered to help others? Brain region responsible for this behavior discovered". (2022, August 26). Neuroscience News.
Wild, S. (2022, July 20). "No link between depression and serotonin, finds major analysis". New Scientist.
Richtel, M. (2022, August 27). "‘The best tool we have’ for Self-Harming and suicidal teens". The New York Times.
Yuhas, D. (2022, October 14). Why Sleep-Deprived People Are More Selfish and Lonely. Scientific American.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 40 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 5 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 28 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 15 %
Other 12 %
presentaion
Additional information:
*Students that completed both assignments and the quiz will be able to submit an additional assignment that could replace the lower grade between the three.
The assessment structure and schedule are tentative and subject to changes by the Academic Secretariat as well as changes in teaching conditions. Changes will be updated in class and in the course moodle; it is the students' responsibility to keep track of updates
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