BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
PROGRAM CURRICULUM AY 2020 - 2021
Course Name: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
Course Description:
This is a general education course that exposes students with key concepts and
theories in the understanding of human behavior. The course will cover essential topics in the
subfields of biopsychology developmental psychology, personality psychology, the
psychology of learning, cognitive psychology, and social psychology.
Course Outcome:
At the end of this course, you are expected to:
1. Appraise human behavior critically using essential concepts in psychology
2. Display appreciation of the consistency and contradiction of observed human behavior
with psychological theories
3. Formulate a strategy to promote better understanding among people in terms of behavior
Course Credits: 3 units
Contact Hours/week:3 hours
Prerequisite: None
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Course Outline:
TIME FRAME CONTENT/ TOPIC
1st week I. Nature of Psychology
A. Definition and Goals of Psychology
B. Historical and Modern Approaches
C. Psychological Research
2nd to 3rd week II. Neurobiological Basis of Behavior
A. Neurons
B. The Nervous System
C. Structures of the Brain and their Functions
D. Endocrine System
4th to 6th week III. Human Development
A. Nature of Human Development
B. Genetics and Physical Development
C. Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
D. Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory
E. Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
F. Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory
7th to 8th week IV. Personality
A. Theoretical Perspectives of Personality
B. Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory
C. Trait Theory and the Five-Factor Model
D. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory
E. Rogers’ and Maslow’s Humanistic Theories
MIDTERM
9th week V. Learning
A. Nature of Learning
B. Classical Conditioning
C. Operant Conditioning
D. Social Cognitive Learning
10th to 11th week VI. Memory
A. Memory Systems
B. Processes of Memory
C. Stages of Memory
D. Forgetting
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12th to 13th week VII. Thinking and Intelligence
A. Nature of Cognition
B. Concepts and Categories
C. Problem Solving and Decision Making
D. Definitions and Theories of Intelligences
E. Measurement of Intelligence
14th to 15th week VIII. Social Psychology
A. Social Cognition
B. Social Influence
C. Social Interaction
FINALS
Course Requirements:
Group Portfolio: Once we finish a chapter in our class, you and your group will be tasked
to accomplish a Portfolio Output sheet that would allow you to apply, evaluate, and/or
synthesize what you have learned in the chapter. You are expected to submit it before we begin
the next chapter in our class. Your Portfolio Output sheet would then be returned to you as
soon as possible, with all the necessary feedback from the instructor, so that you can make a
revision to your output. Once you have made all the necessary revisions in your Portfolio
Output sheets, you will compile them together in a short-sized clear book. This will become
your group portfolio. Your group is expected to submit two group portfolios within the
semester, with one for the midterm and the other for the final term. Each portfolio will be
passed on the week before the major exam.
Quizzes: At the end of a chapter, a quiz will be given to assess what you have learned
from the chapter. It is expected that you will have 3- 5 quizzes for the midterms, and 3-5 quizzes
for the finals. Quizzes will be held ONLY in the scheduled date. Special quizzes will only be
given if you can submit a letter with an acceptable excuse.
Major Exam: (Midterm Exam & Final Exam) Major exams will be held for the midterm and
the final term. The exams will be worth 50 points.
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Telephone Numbers: (+632) 543 2663 (+632) 692 1129 Page 3 of 4
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