Using Specific Examples, Differentiate Between the Thinking Patterns of a 3-Year-Old Preschooler and a 9-Year-Old Student, According to Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development.
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Course Information
Meeting Times: N/A (ONLINE)
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 45
CRN: 40708
Prerequisites: STC Admission
Corequisites: None
Instructor Information
Name: Keisha Butler Sanders, M.S., A.B.D.
Office: General Studies Bldg. Room # 7121
Office Phone: 912-695-2001
E-mail Address: ksanders2@savannahtech.edu
Office Hours: N/A (ONLINE)
Response Time (phone/e-mail): phone/text (8 hrs.)/ Email - (24 hrs.)
Keisha Butler Sanders attended Queens University of Charlotte where she earned her B.S. in Psychology. She earned her M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. Keisha is a veteran classroom teacher with teaching experience in two states. She is passionate about the study of psychology and looks forward to passing on that love of learning to her students.
Department Head Information
Name: Heather Ramsey, M.Ed. (Psychology and Counseling)
Office: General Studies Bldg. Room # 7114
Office Phone: 912-443-5804
E-mail Address: hramsey@savannahtech.edu
Office Hours: Mon & Weds (1 – 3 pm)
Response Time (phone/e-mail): phone/text (8 hrs.)/ Email - (24 hrs.)
Course Description
Introduces the major fields of contemporary psychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles of psychology as a science. Topics include research design, the organization and operation of the nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, motivation and emotion, thinking and intelligence, lifespan development, personality, psychopathology and interventions, stress and health, and social psychology.
Student Syllabus Certification
Students will be required to login to Savannah Technical College's Learning Management System, Blackboard https://savannahtech.blackboard.com, to certify that they have read and understood the syllabus for the course and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions.
Course Competencies
Upon successful completion of this class, each student should be able to:
Upon successful completion of this class, each student should be able to:
Note that * indicates a crucial goal that will be assessed for aggregate student competency at the end of each semester.
All course competencies are derived from psychology learning objectives for college students by Division II of the American Psychological Association (2013).
- Learn and apply research methods
- Utilize critical thinking skills to critique theories and subsequent research
- Learn theoretical perspectives*
- Identify psychological specialties
- Understand neuron and nervous system function*
- Describe endocrine glands and function
- Recognize neuron structure
- Learn brain structure and function
- Know sensory structures and processes
- Categorize perceptual abilities*
- Critique paranormal perception
- Comprehend conscious awareness levels*
- Recognize sleep stages and problems
- Describe alcohol and drug effects
- Differentiate classical and operant conditioning
- Analyze punishment effectiveness
- Explain observational learning*
- Compare motivation theories
- Understand specific motives
- Comprehend emotional components and processes*
- Compare memory models
- Label memory stages*
- Practice memory improvement techniques
- Assess problem solving aids and obstacles
- Define creativity
- Comprehend intelligence definition and measurement*
- Analyze heredity and environment effects on intelligence*
- Explain intelligence score differences
- Differentiate sex and gender
- Identify sexual disorders and dysfunctions
- Analyze sex role differences
- Distinguish gender role development theories*
- Compare personality assessment methods
- Assess heredity and environment effects on personality*
- Discuss personality theories*
- List abnormal behavior criteria
- Know abnormal behavior models
- Categorize psychological disorders
- Label psychological disorder symptoms
- Explore psychological disorder causes*
- Distinguish therapies and therapists
- Learn therapeutic methods
- Evaluate psychotherapy effectiveness
- Classify psychotropic medications and effects
- Explain stress and illness relationship*
- Recognize health lifestyle risks
- Practice effective coping skills
- Understand human interaction causes, types and consequences*
- Apply course content explaining observed behavior
Required Materials
- Understanding Psychology, Unbound Ed. Morris & Maisto ISBN 978-0-13-391001-8
- Computer Access to the Internet
Evaluation Process
See Appendix One for complete course schedule including assignments and assignment due dates.
Grading Scale
The Technical College System of Georgia grading scale is as follows:
Grade | Quality | Grade Points |
A (90-100%) | Excellent | 4.0 |
B (80-89%) | Above Average | 3.0 |
C (70-79%) | Average | 2.0 |
D (60-69%) | Below Average | 1.0 |
F (59% and below) | Failing | 0.0 |
WF | Withdrawn Failing | 0.0 |
WP | Withdrawn Passing | Not Computed |
W | Withdrawn | Not Computed |
I | Incomplete | Not Computed |
EX | Credit by Exemption | Not Computed |
TR | Credit by Transfer | Not Computed |
AU or V | Audited | Not Computed |
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