Syllabus For General Psychology

4/2/24, 20:29 Syllabus for General Psychology
Course Syllabus
Overview
Course Objectives
This is an introductory course in psychology, which surveys the various fields of psychology and the
application of selected psychological principles to life situations. At the conclusion of the course,
students will be able to:
Know the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and applications in
psychology.
Recognize the core assumptions that underlie the theories in psychology.
Apply psychological principles to personal and social issues.
Describe where the psychology field is compatible or incompatible with the Restored Gospel.
Requirements
Required Resources
See the Textbook Access Module in the course for more information.
Resource
Title/Description 13-Digit ISBN (if
Author/Provider Ed./Vol.
(books, applicable)
software, etc.)
Hudson, Danae
1st
Psychology L.; Whisenhunt, 978-0133969368
edition
Brooke L.
Proctored Exams and Assessments

This course will use an online proctoring software called Proctorio. This makes it possible for students to
take assessments and exams without a human proctor present. Proctored exams can be accessed like
any other exam, once the software has been installed. Exams will be recorded by Proctorio and
reviewed by the BYUI Testing Center. Any questionable exams will be forwarded to the instructor for
further review.
For step-by-step instructions on Proctorio installation, please refer to this help guide article
(https://content.byui.edu/integ/gen/98a71664-d457-48f8-b54b-
8ebd2c755346/0/?.vi=file&attachment.uuid=d4c29ff7-bf3e-4cf6-8f21-929bbaeb6c9c) .
https://byui.instructure.com/courses/203314/assignments/syllabus 1/13
Structure
Weekly Patterns
Week A
The table below displays typical weekly activities, due dates, and activity descriptions.
*Set your time zone within user preferences so the dates and times for course activities will display
correctly for your time zone.
Learning
Due Date* Activity Title Description
Model
Read the chapter(s) from the textbook.. A
brief activity every week that has students
Beginning of apply one or more principles they read about
Prepare Enrichment Activity
the week or see it demonstrated through a scenario
situation. A brief quiz is always given to test
students on whether they've engaged or not
The first part of a write-up has students
submit a rough draft based on an activity that
is explained in the Activity Handout that
End of Week Prove Field Study (Draft)
accompanies the week. Worth 0 points, it is
still critical for students to turn in to receive
credit for the later Peer Review.
Students will be assigned two peer papers to
review. Students will be graded in a short
quiz about their participation in the Peer
Teach one Field Study (Peer
End of Week Review and instructors will check students'
another Review)
peer review work. Students who skip or give
poor quality peer reviews will not receive
credit.
The polished version of the draft submitted
earlier, it also incorporates the feedback the
End of Week Prove Field Study (Final) student was given from their peers.
Instructors will review and grade these final
drafts over the next week.
Week B Pattern
Learning
Model
Midweek Prepare Enrichment Activity A quiz that can be taken multiple times before
the due date. The highest score is kept.
Questions constantly change and it is meant
Learning
Model
to aid students in retaining their knowledge of
the reading material.
Using a discussion board tool, students will
either engage in discussions and debates
with their peers or write up a well-thought-out
Teach one
Midweek Psychology in action response and post to share with their
another
classmates. Replies are not needed for each
PIA and instructions indicate expectations for
each one.
Either two or three chapters will be the
content of the exam. One attempt allowed.
Exams are timed, must be taken alone, and
are open-note and open textbook. A student
End of Week Prove Exam
may not search the internet or use other
resources besides their textbook and notes
they wrote down themselves before entering
the exam.
Expectations
Workload
This 3-credit course has been designed to follow a weekly schedule in which students will complete one
lesson per week. You are expected to complete all of the learning activities for each lesson in the order
they are listed. Except for Weeks 1 and 14, each of the lessons will follow the same pattern.
It is anticipated that you will spend 9 to 12 hours each week completing all coursework materials and
assignments. Time has been allotted in this estimate to allow you to retake reading comprehension
quizzes, study for exams, perform thorough and well-polished field reports, and more.
Grading Scale
93-
A
100%
90-
A-
92.99%
87-
B+
89.99%
83-
B
86.99%
80-
B-
82.99%
77-
C+
79.99%
73-
C
76.99%
70-
C-
72.99%
67-
D+
69.99%
63-
D
66.99%
60-
D-
62.99%
0-
F
59.99%
Students may check their total number of points for all assignments and quizzes at any time using the
"Grades" link on the course toolbar.
Late Work
Assignments are due on the date listed in the course schedule. If for some extraordinary reason you
cannot turn your work in on time, you must ask your instructor for an extension. Extensions are rare.
Back up your work multiple times, and resist the urge to procrastinate. Computer issues, church, and
family-related commitments, and other common life events are not reasons for extensions.
Original Work Policy

All written work that is submitted will be automatically screened for originality through the Turnitin
system. If you are not familiar with Turnitin, please contact your instructor or teaching assistant.
To be eligible for full credit, your FINAL report’s Turnitin similarity score must be 24% or less. Similarity
scores between 25% and 29% will be eligible for half-credit. If your Turnitin score is 30% or greater, your
grade will automatically be zero on your FINAL field report.
Most reports for this course will be submitted as a DRAFT first. This will give you an opportunity to
preview your Turnitin score, receive feedback from peers and edit your work before submitting a FINAL
report for grading.
How to Check Your Turnitin Similarity Score
Step One: Submit your report through the link found in the assignment.
Step Two: Go to your grades tab (which is linked on the left margin of every screen in the
course). Find the green, yellow, or red box located next to your recently submitted report.
Step Three: Click on the (green, yellow, or red) box to see where your similarity score is
coming from. Underlined text represents work that is NOT your original work.
Note: Tables, headings, specific vocabulary will overlap with the course material and make-
up most of your Turnitin similarity score. Only when your similarity score is very high (25% or
greater) will you receive half credit or zero credit due to the lack of original content in your
FINAL report.
All reports can be edited and resubmitted multiple times (before the close of the assignment).
This gives you an opportunity to put your ideas into your own words and resubmit your FINAL
report multiple times until the Turnitin similarity score is in the range you want it to be.
Honesty Expectations
The expectation is that you do your fieldwork and written work and that you respond to Quiz and Exam
questions based upon your knowledge. Whether it occurs while you are taking Psych 111 or after the
semester is finished (even after you graduate), any degree of cheating will result (at a minimum) in a
failing grade on the assignment or exam and be reported to the University’s Student Honor Office.
Cheating in Psychology 111 includes:
Discussing any aspect of a quiz or exam with anyone other than your Instructor.
Looking at computer screens (in person or virtually) of anyone who has a quiz or exam open on their
computer.
Searching online using specific quiz or exam questions.
Meeting (in person or virtually) with any person to work on a quiz or exam that is being taken live by
one or more people or consulting with someone who has already taken the exam about specifics
about the exam.
Posting questions about a quiz or exam anywhere in the class, discussion boards, blogs or any other
Internet website.
Viewing, receiving or downloading any portion of a quiz, exam or field report from another entity,
person or Internet source.
Posting, emailing, uploading or distributing any portion of a quiz, exam or field report to an entity,
person or Internet site, even after the semester is over.
Posting, emailing, uploading or distributing any portion of your work produced within the course to an
entity, person or Internet site, other than to the discussion boards within the class, even after the
semester is over.
University Policies
Students with Disabilities
Brigham Young University-Idaho is committed to providing a working and learning atmosphere that
accommodates qualified persons with disabilities. If you have a disability and require accommodations,
please contact the Disability Services Office (https://www.byui.edu/disability-services) at (208) 496-

9210 or visit their website and follow the Steps for Receiving Accommodations
(https://www.byui.edu/disability-services/steps-for-receiving-accommodations) . Reasonable academic
accommodations are reviewed for all students who have qualified documented disabilities. Services are
coordinated with students and instructors by the Disability Services Office.
This course may require synchronous meetings. If you are currently registered with the Disability
Services Office and need an interpreter or transcriber for these meetings, please contact the deaf and
hard of hearing coordinator at (208) 496-9219.
Other University Policies

Student Honor and Other Policies
Please read through the document called University Policies

(https://content.byui.edu/integ/gen/d24f576f-d34b-47be-a466-d00bd4792fb6/0/universitypolicies.html) . It
gives important information about the following topics:
Student Honor
Academic Honesty
Student Conduct
Sexual Harassment
Student with Disabilities
Complaints and Grievances
Copyright Notice
Go to the Student Resources (https://byui.instructure.com/courses/203314/modules/2548601) module to

review further resources and information.
Support
If you need assistance, visit the I-learn help tab located on the left-hand side of your screen to contact
the appropriate support center.
Course Summary:
Date Details Due
Wed Sep 14, 2022  W01 Discussion: Icebreaker

Activity due by 11:59pm
(https://byui.instructure.com/courses/203314/assignments/9317171)
 W01 Materials Reminder: due by 11:59pm

Research Participation
Date Details Due

 W01 Syllabus Quiz due by 11:59pm

 Week 01: Learning How to

Thu Sep 15, 2022 Learn due by 11:59pm
Sat Sep 17, 2022  W01 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 Week 02: Psychology as a

Science due by 11:59pm
Wed Sep 21, 2022
 W02 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

- Complex People due by 11:59pm
 W02 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W02 Exam: Covering Weeks 01

and 02 due by 11:59pm
Sat Sep 24, 2022
 W02 Field Report: Self-Study

FINAL due by 11:59pm

Wed Sep 28, 2022 - Controlled by the Brain due by 11:59pm
 Week 03: Neuroscience and

the Biology of Behavior due by 11:59pm
Thu Sep 29, 2022
 W03 Field Report: Hemisphere

Fact Check DRAFT due by 11:59pm
Date Details Due
 W03 Field Report: Hemisphere

Fri Sep 30, 2022 Fact Check PEER REVIEW due by 11:59pm

Sat Oct 1, 2022

 W03 Field Report: Hemisphere
Fact Check FINAL due by 11:59pm
 Week 04 Sensation and

Perception due by 11:59pm
Wed Oct 5, 2022

- If a Tree Falls in the Forest... due by 11:59pm

Sat Oct 8, 2022

 W04 Psychology in Action:
Just Noticeable Differences due by 11:59pm

Tue Oct 11, 2022 and 04 due by 12:59am
 Week 05: Consciousness (First

of Two Content Areas) due by 11:59pm
 Week 05: Memory (Second of

Wed Oct 12, 2022 Two Content Areas) due by 11:59pm

- "God" in the Brain? due by 11:59pm
Date Details Due
 W05 Field Report: Short-Term

Thu Oct 13, 2022 Memory DRAFT due by 11:59pm
 W05 Field Report: Memory

Fri Oct 14, 2022 Short-Term PEER REVIEW due by 11:59pm

 W05 Field Report: Short-Term

Memory FINAL due by 11:59pm
Sat Oct 15, 2022
 W05 Student Feedback to

Instructor due by 11:59pm
 Week 06 Learning due by 11:59pm

Wed Oct 19, 2022

- Classical and Operant
due by 11:59pm
Conditioning


and 06 (plus research /
due by 11:59pm
Sat Oct 22, 2022 neuroscience)
 W06 Psychology in Action: At

Any Price? due by 11:59pm
Wed Oct 26, 2022  Week 07: Cognition and

Language (First of Two Content
due by 11:59pm
Areas)
Date Details Due
 Week 07: Intelligence (Second

of Two Content Areas) due by 11:59pm

- Media Shapes Our Perceptions due by 11:59pm
 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

Thu Oct 27, 2022 DRAFT due by 11:59pm
 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

Fri Oct 28, 2022 PEER REVIEW due by 11:59pm

 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

FINAL due by 11:59pm
Sat Oct 29, 2022
 W07 Quiz: Proctorio Practice

(Remotely Proctored) due by 11:59pm
 Week 08 Motivation and

Emotion due by 11:59pm
Wed Nov 2, 2022

- Sexual Scripts due by 11:59pm
Sat Nov 5, 2022  W08 Evaluation due by 11:59pm


and 08 (plus research /
due by 11:59pm
neuroscience)
Date Details Due

Emotion due by 11:59pm

Wed Nov 9, 2022 - Vital Marriage due by 11:59pm
Thu Nov 10, 2022  Week 09 Development due by 11:59pm


Sat Nov 12, 2022

 W09 Midterm: Key
Assessment for Psychology Part 1
due by 11:59pm
(Remotely Proctored)
 Week 10 Personality due by 11:59pm

 Week 10 TVs Personality to do: 11:59pm

Wed Nov 16, 2022 Theories

- Who is Howard Dean? due by 11:59pm


Sat Nov 19, 2022

Measuring Personality due by 11:59pm
Wed Nov 23, 2022  Week 11: Social Psychology due by 11:59pm
Date Details Due

- Was Adolf Eichmann Evil? due by 11:59pm

Sat Nov 26, 2022

 W11 Student Evaluation of
Instructor due by 11:59pm
 W11 Field Report: Priming

Mon Nov 28, 2022 FINAL due by 11:59pm
 Week 12 Psychological
Disorders due by 11:59pm
Wed Nov 30, 2022

- John Forbes Nash Jr. due by 11:59pm


Sat Dec 3, 2022

Focus on One Disorder due by 11:59pm

Wed Dec 7, 2022 - Like a Broken Vessel due by 11:59pm
Sat Dec 10, 2022  Week 13: Stress and Health

(First of Two Content Areas) due by 11:59pm
Date Details Due
 Week 13: Therapy (Second of

Two Content Areas) due by 11:59pm


Stress and Coping due by 11:59pm
 W13 Exam: Covering Week 13 due by 11:59pm

 W13 End-of-Course Evaluation due by 11:59pm


Wed Dec 14, 2022

 W14 Final Exam (Essay): Key
Assessment for Psychology Part 2
due by 11:59pm
(Remotely Proctored)

Complex People due by 11:59pm
 W14 Quiz: Verification of

Research Participation due by 11:59pm
 W11 Field Report: Please do

NOT submit a DRAFT. Use this tab
for the instructions, only.
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Proctored Exams and Assessments

Original Work Policy

How to Check Your Turnitin Similarity Score

please contact the Disability Services Office (https://www.byui.edu/disability-services) at (208) 496-

Other University Policies

Please read through the document called University Policies

Go to the Student Resources (https://byui.instructure.com/courses/203314/modules/2548601) module to

Wed Sep 14, 2022  W01 Discussion: Icebreaker

 W01 Materials Reminder: due by 11:59pm

Date Details Due

 W01 Syllabus Quiz due by 11:59pm

 Week 01: Learning How to

Sat Sep 17, 2022  W01 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 Week 02: Psychology as a

 W02 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

 W02 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W02 Exam: Covering Weeks 01

 W02 Field Report: Self-Study

 W03 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

 Week 03: Neuroscience and

 W03 Field Report: Hemisphere

Date Details Due

 W03 Field Report: Hemisphere

 W03 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

Sat Oct 1, 2022

 Week 04 Sensation and

 W04 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

 W04 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

Sat Oct 8, 2022

 W04 Exam: Covering Weeks 03

 Week 05: Consciousness (First

 Week 05: Memory (Second of

 W05 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

Date Details Due

 W05 Field Report: Short-Term

 W05 Field Report: Memory

 W05 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W05 Field Report: Short-Term

 W05 Student Feedback to

 Week 06 Learning due by 11:59pm

Wed Oct 19, 2022

 W06 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W06 Exam: Covering Weeks 05

 W06 Psychology in Action: At

Wed Oct 26, 2022  Week 07: Cognition and

Date Details Due

 Week 07: Intelligence (Second

 W07 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

 W07 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W07 Field Report: Heuristics

 W07 Quiz: Proctorio Practice

 Week 08 Motivation and

 W08 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

Sat Nov 5, 2022  W08 Evaluation due by 11:59pm

 W08 Exam: Covering Weeks 07

Date Details Due

 W08 Psychology in Action:

 W09 Quiz: Enrichment Activity

Thu Nov 10, 2022  Week 09 Development due by 11:59pm

 W09 Evaluation due by 11:59pm