Required Texts and Materials
PSYCH 101 Open Access Textbook
This course will be using a set of readings that Dr. Jill Grose-Fifer has compiled together into an electronic book. Many of the modules are from an Open Educational Resource textbook (Noba Project Series: Psychology).The eBook is free! You are welcome to save this book to your computer or to print sections of it.
(NOTE: YOU WILL NEED THE BELOW BOOK ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS:
Supplemental Text: Forty studies that changed psychology: Explorations into the history of psychological research (7th edition) Hock, R. R. (2013).
Students will use it to write their papers for research experience credit. It is available from the Reserve desk at the library. You cannot check the book out but you can use it in the library for 3 hours at a time. Be aware that demand is high towards the end of the semester. You can also rent a copy of the book for the semester (just Google the ISBN number) or subscribe for 180 days) to an electronic version (costs about $30 from the publisher) but shop around you may find it cheaper at other websites, e.g., Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chegg.com, etc).
Psychologists:
*Conduct Research
*Apply Science
*Provide Health Care
*Teach and Study Learning
*Promote Community and Individual Well-Being
*Advise Business, Industry, and Policymakers
*Make a Difference in the World!
Building Effective Study Skills
Open the file above for the assignment. Read the article by Dunlosky and colleagues (module 6A), and answer the following questions in YOUR OWN WORDS – do not quote or copy phrases (aim to write between 200 and 300 words). NOTE: You can number your answers, but there is no need to write out the questions in your paper, please write in complete sentences. The word limit - 200 to 300 words is a guideline for the total number of words for the assignment. Please pay attention to the feedback from the last assignment and the rubric for this assignment before you start to write.
What Works, What Doesn't by John Dunlosky et al.
Some study techniques accelerate learning, whereas others are just a waste of time....but which ones are which?
Describes current study techniques (10%)
Assesses whether research suggests technique is effective (30%)
Describes plan to improve study habits (20%)
Citation/reference (10%)
Paraphrasing (20%)
Clarity of writing (10%)
Finding Information Using a Psychology Database
Open the pdf file for your assignment and Rubric. In this assignment, you will be using the PsycINFO database to find a copy of an empirical, primary source, scholarly journal article published between 2000 and 2018 that investigates what kinds of things impact student success in college.
Homework Assignment 4
How to Read a Primary Source Academic Article in Psychology
Good reading skills go hand in hand with good writing skills. Here is the link for the podcast and the below article. FIRST, watch the podcast on how to read the article, THEN read the article, LAST do the quiz below (you take do the quiz twice to try and improve your mastery of the ideas).
References
Thacer, P.V. (2008). University Students and “The All Nighter”: Correlates and Patterns of Students’ Engagement in a Single Night of Total Sleep Deprivation. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 6, 16–31. (Note: Login to the library database, using your John Jay credentials.)
Homework Assignment 5
There is a strong movement in the college to improve student success. I will collect some preliminary ideas from you that we can use to design some survey questions to collect data from other students. Please answer the following 3 questions. You do not need to write lengthy answers.
1) How would you operationalize student success? (i.e., how could we measure it)?
2) List up to 3 things that have helped you to succeed as a student at John Jay.
3) List up to 3 things that have made it difficult for you to succeed at John Jay
Other OER Psychology Textbooks
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research.
Introduction to Psychology: BC Open Textbook Project
This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section includes learning objectives; throughout the body of each section are key terms in bold followed by their definitions in italics; key takeaways, and exercises and critical thinking activities end each section. This textbook is a project of the British Columbia Minister of Advanced Education.
Introduction to Psychology: Full NOBA Collection
This textbook represents the entire catalog of NOBA topics. It contains 101 learning modules covering every area of psychology commonly taught in introductory courses. This book can be modified: feel free to rearrange or remove modules to better suit your specific needs.
This textbook is funded by The Diener Education Fund, which is co-founded by Drs. Ed and Carol Diener. Ed is a professor at the University of Virginia and the University of Utah. Carol Diener is the former director of the Mental Health Worker and the Juvenile Justice Programs at the University of Illinois. Both Ed and Carol are award-winning university teachers.
Introduction to Psychology: Open Textbooks Library
When you teach Introduction to Psychology, do you find it difficult — much harder than teaching classes in statistics or research methods? Do you easily give a lecture on the sympathetic nervous system, a lecture on Piaget, and a lecture on social cognition, but struggle with linking these topics together for the student? Do you feel like you are presenting a laundry list of research findings rather than an integrated set of principles and knowledge? Have you wondered how to ensure your course is relevant to your students? Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to intro students.
Psychology Courses
Very comprehensive Psychology course. The content was originally curated by Boundless. In collaboration with the Boundless team, Lumen Learning imported these OER courses to the Lumen Platform, to ensure they remain freely available to the education community after Boundless ceased operations. Lumen maintains the Boundless content in the same condition it was provided to us. Courses may contain issues with formatting, accessibility, and the degree to which content remains current, accurate, and complete.
MIT Open Courseware: Introduction to Psychology
This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind. Topics include the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory, cognition, child development, personality, psychopathology, and social interaction. Students will consider how such knowledge relates to debates about nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self, and society.
Carnegie Mellon: Introduction to Psychology Course
This course offers students an engaging introduction to the essential topics in psychology. Throughout this study of human behavior and the mind, you will gain insight into the history of the field of psychology, as well as explore current theories and issues in areas such as cognition, motivation, and wellness. The course has been updated to align with DSM-5. Topics Covered: Research Methods; Brains, Bodies, and Behavior; Sensing and Perceiving; Learning; Memory; Language; Intelligence; Lifespan Development; Emotion and Motivation; Personality; Psychology in Our Social Lives; Wellness; Psychological Disorders; Treatment; and Consciousness.