General Psychology: Thoughts, Feelings and Behavior Topics Continued - FLEX SEM
In this 15 week class, learners will continue to review the history, practices and research in the field of Psychology. This can be taken before or concurrently with the first General Psychology class.
Ronda Doster, MS, LPC
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What's included
Homework
Articles to read; simple questions to answer each week. Three quizzes and a character analysis. This class can be taken for a grade or for a certificate of completion if the learner does not want to complete the weekly activities/assignments.Assessment
This class can be taken for a grade or for a certificate of completion if the learner does not want to complete the weekly activities/assignments.Grading
includedClass Experience
US Grade 7 - 10
Week #1 - Developing Through the Life Span: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn; Infancy and Childhood Week #2 - Developing Through the Life Span: Adolescence & Adulthood Week #3 – Sensation and Perception Psychophysics; Associated Sensory Systems; Comparative Sensory Systems; Vision; Audition; Chemical Senses; Skin Senses; Other Senses Week #4 - Perception; Factors in Perception; Binocular Cues; Motion Parallax; Visual Constancies; Gestalt Psychology; Odor Perception Week #5 - Learning: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning Week #6 - Learning: Operant Conditioning; Social Learning Theory Week#7 - Memory: Studying and Encoding Memories; Storing and Retrieving Memories Week #8 - Memory: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory Week #9 - Personality - Theories of Personality/Theorists including Cognitive and Behavioral Week #10 - Personality - Theories of Personality/Theorists including Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic, Trait and Humanistic Week #11 - Psychological Testing and Assessment - Subjective (MMPI and Five Factors) and Projective Personality Testing (TAT, HTP, Rorschach Inkblot) Week #12 - Thinking, Language & Intelligence Part I Week #13 - Thinking, Language & Intelligence Part II Week #14 - Topics in Social Psychology - Updates in Psychological Research Week #15 - Topics in Social Psychology - Updates in Psychological Research Continued Extra Notes Provided in the Form of Hand-Outs. Course Structure: This class does not have live meetings. Students will have pre-recorded lectures of the lesson which covers the topic of the week and will have questions to answer following each lecture. Powerpoints and hand-outs of vocabulary and notes will supplement each video. The video and powerpoint/hand-outs will be available on Sunday for each week's upcoming lesson. Initial responses to discussion questions will be due on Wednesdays of each week. Assigned activities will be due on Fridays each week. Students can submit work to the instructor via private classroom message. The instructor will provide weekly feedback on activities and will facilitate the weekly discussion in the Outschool classroom. Discussion question prompts will be posed to the learners in the Outschool classroom each week and learners will be expected to respond to the discussion question as well as to other classmates and/or the instructor asynchronously. Students will be asked to answer questions relevant to the topic each week, based on their opinion and will be asked to share this through the outschool classroom tab. This class is a flexible class set up and all posts/communication will be made directly in the Outschool Classroom. We will interact directly on the Outschool Classroom and use other resources as supplementary tools. Students will participate in class each week by watching the video lesson and participating in discussion questions on the classroom page. Prior experience in psychology will not be necessary. The instructor will provide the option of live video chat if any student requests a face to face meeting. Because this class is for a grade, assessments will be given in the form of tests, a paper and discussion questions.
Learning Goals
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic psychology concepts.
- Review the stages of development across the lifespan and know the important contributing theorists.
- Know sensation and perception, and be able to differentiate between the two.
- Recall various theories in past and present psychology and their contributions to modern day treatments and research.
- Identify the differences between the different theories of learning, such as Operant and Classical.
- Apply Social Psychology research to everyday situations.
- Describe the origins of intelligence testing noting the contribution of individuals to the development of these tests as well as defining the term "intelligence" and how it varies from professional to professional.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
If a learner brings up inappropriate content for the class or appears to be emotionally bothered by any of the topics I will allow them to leave the class during that topic and will follow up with the learner/parents/guardians at the end of class.
Supply List
I will provide any materials that are needed other than basic pen/pencil and paper.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
I will provide hand-outs and articles. There are no textbooks required.
Joined May, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree from Wright State University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Wright State University
My degrees are a BS in Psychology, an MS in Mental Health Counseling and all but dissertation for a PHD in Psychology. I was a counselor for 10 years and have taught psychology courses for the past 20 years. I have a passion working with teenagers and hope to focus on topics in psychology that I have found my students to have enjoyed over the years. I am a Director of Education and Compliance for an educational facility.Reviews
Live Group Class
$200
for 15 weeks15 weeks
Completed by 4 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
