Course Syllabus

Great Basin College

PSY 101 – General Psychology

Fall 2016- 3 credits

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Wendy Charlebois

E-Mail: Web Campus or wendy.charlebois@gbcnv.edu

Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00pm-3:30 or call for an appt.

Location EIT 129, Elko Campus

Phone: Office: (775) 753-4858

Course Text

Psychology (REVEL Access Card) Edition: N/A

Author: Marin ISBN: 9780205920013 Copyright Year: 2016 Publisher: Pearson This access card allows you to access the text online. This online version has quizzes and assignment in it but we will not be using those. However those assignments and quizzes can be done independently to help enhance your learning. You will have assignments and quizzes that are assigned through our class on web campus. All assignments and quizzes will be submitted through web campus. You can also purchase the hard copy of the book. I recommend this I will refer to the text often during class so it might be helpful to purchase the hard copy.

Psychology (hard copy)

Author: Marin ISBN: 0205917194 Copyright Year: 2016 Publisher: Pearson

Course Description

GBC Catalog Description: “Survey of the discipline introducing psychological theories, research methods, and principles of behavior.”

Have you ever wondered if you were born with a certain temperament or did you acquire it over time? Did you ever wonder if addiction or mental illness runs in families? Or...did you ever

wonder what the role stress or lack of sleep plays in our everyday lives? Well, if you have wondered about these questions and more, then this is a great class for you to take!

This course will cover basic principles of psychology, which is the study of behavior and mental processes. Emphasis will be on understanding and applying psychological concepts and theories to students’ everyday experiences to increase self-awareness and improve students’ personal and professional interactions and relationships.

Learning Outcomes

1. Given the need to gain a knowledge base in psychology, students will accurately define and explain the numerous psychological constructs as measured by quizzes.

2. Given information pertaining to psychological issues and behavior, students will critically evaluate statistics studies and research as measured by journal article assignments.

3. Given observable behavior, current events or personal situations that pertain to psychology, students will apply the psychological perspective to explain these phenomena as measured by class discussions and news article assignment

4. Students will gain knowledge about the most prevalent psychological disorders as measured by disorder paper

Corresponding Chapter Outcomes will be listed weekly on web campus

General Education Objectives: It is the goal of the faculty of Great Basin College that all students that graduate with either an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from this institution have had the opportunity presented to them during their attendance to have acquired ability and awareness with the following objectives:

1. Communication Skills: Communicate clearly and effectively in written and oral form, embracing discussion, reading, listening, and accessing information.

2. Critical Thinking: Integrate creativity, logic, quantitative reasoning, and the hierarchy of inquiry and knowing in social scientific understanding. There are three elements to this objective: Quantitative Ability Understand mathematical principles and integrate quantitative methods into problem solving. Reasoning and Independent Thought Use logic and visual thinking in selecting, analyzing, and presenting information. Scientific Understanding Understand the essential workings of natural systems, understand the hierarchy of scientific knowing and the use of the scientific method in its pursuit, and can use this knowledge predictively.

3. Personal/Cultural Awareness: Understand diversity of individuals in society, the development of human societies, and the significance of creativity in the human experience.

4. Sense of the Individual in Society: Recognize and respect the rights of the individual, and possess an appreciation of the complexity and variety of the divergent attitudes, values, and beliefs in society.

5. Sense of the Past: Understand the cultural and historical heritage of contemporary society, and can thoughtfully consider the implications of this heritage.

6. Sense of Accountability: Appreciate the consequences of human actions in social and environmental contexts, and can consider the ethical and practical implications of those actions.

7. Appreciation of Fine Arts: Recognize and value creative human expression. 8. Technological Understanding: Function effectively in modern society through the use of

technology.

Method of Instruction

This is a Live/interactive video/web enhanced course. All exams and assignments will be completed and submitted online through the Web Campus portion. Students will be expected to attend class two days a week. If you miss 3 or more class sessions, you can be dropped from the class. Students can access supplementary material, including videos, flashcards, and practice tests, through an online resource called Psych Portal.

Class rules and instructor’s expectation of students:

NO CELL PHONE USE ALLOWED IN CLASS. All cell phones will be turned off and placed on top of the student's desk/table If I see that you are using your cell phone in class either in Elko or any other site you will be asked to leave the classroom and that will be counted as an absence.

Writing Policy: Good writing skills to communicate information accurately and concisely are a requirement for being a good student and an effective worker especially if you are going to work with people! Formal writing assignments for this course will be evaluated both for content, ideas presented, and for the clarity of presentation. You must use the APA style of citation to cite your references. The following website is the best /most definitive site for APA help. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)

Also, the Academic Success Center (ASC) on campus 775-753-2149 has APA sources. Go to the ASC website http://www.gbcnv.edu/asc/ (Links to an external site.)Look to the left-hand side and click on APA resources then look down further and click on "has your teacher asked you to write a paper on APA style?" Click on that...be patient, it takes a while to open but there is a great PowerPoint to view about APA.

Distance students can even turn a paper into the ASC online!

Use the Academic Success Center!!!!!!

Written assignments are to be turned in as a word document via an attachment in the assignment drop box. Since I cannot grade them if they are submitted this way I will not accept them. Do not cut and paste in the assignment area except for discussions. Assignments will not be accepted via e-mail.

If you do not know how to turn assignments in via the assignment drop box, then call the Help Desk 753-2167 Office and they will talk you through it.

*If you are in doubt about your writing skills, try these ideas:

Read your paper out loud to yourself and see if it makes sense to you Read your paper out loud to someone else and see if it makes sense to them Have someone else read your paper out loud to you If all else fails, have your paper proofread by a capable editor that you can find at the ASC.

I expect you to be able to:

Write a correct sentence that makes sense. It needs a noun and a verb, adjectives, etc. There should be no fragments or run on sentences.

Use your spell checker Write with a logical flow Use paragraphs with topic sentences. Answer the question in the assignment Elaborate on your ideas Cite your work

Students are expected to display respect of fellow students’ unique characteristics including race, color, gender, religion, creed, ethnic or national origin, age, veteran status, disability, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation. All written assignments will use nondiscriminatory language.

In other words, don’t use terms like “white trash, low life etc.”

If I find that I cannot understand your paper after the first few sentences. I will not grade it. You will get a zero and you will have one chance to resubmit it.

Student Conduct

Consistent with a collegiate environment of educational study, students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate for an institution of higher learning.

1. The disruption or obstruction of teaching will not be tolerated. 2. Students are expected to be respectful and tolerant of diverse opinions/ideas even if they

do not agree with them. 3. Students should be aware that this course might generate discussions, use videos, which

portray a graphic and honest look at the issues of the aging population. All students are expected to be active participants, learners, and teachers

4. Added material may supplement the chapter topics. Due to time restrictions, not every piece of information contained in the book will be covered in power points, lectures etc., but nevertheless, you are expected to read all the assigned material

5. Students are expected to invest 2-3 hours outside of class for each hour in class. A three-hour class includes 6-9 hours per week of outside work.

INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Students are required to adhere to the behavior standards listed in GBC Student Conduct and Netiquette Guidelines. Students are entitled to receive instruction free from interference by other members of the class. If a student is disruptive, an instructor may ask the student to stop the disruptive behavior and warn the student that such disruptive behavior can result in withdrawal from the course. An instructor may withdraw a student from a course when the student's behavior disrupts the educational process under Great Basin College Policy. In accordance with the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) CODE, Title 2, Chapter 10, Sections 10.2.1, and 10.2.2.

Appropriate classroom behavior is defined by the instructor. Great Basin College policy states: "Messages, attitudes, or any other form of communication deemed outside the bounds of common decency/civility as judged by common standards of classroom behavior (determined as they would in a regular classroom by the instructor) will not be tolerated. This includes the number and length of individual messages online. Course discussion messages should remain focused on the assigned discussion topics. Students must maintain a cordial atmosphere and use tact in expressing differences of opinion. Inappropriate discussion board messages may be deleted if an instructor feels it is necessary. Students will be notified privately that their posting was inappropriate.

Student access to the course In Box and Discussion tools may be limited or removed if an instructor feels that students are sending inappropriate or disparaging remarks about the course in electronic messages to other students in the course.

Academic Integrity & Dishonesty

GBC expects and requires all its students to act with honesty and integrity, and respect the rights of others in carrying out all academic assignments. For more information, here is the policy on academic integrity, including the policy and appeal procedures and read the Student Conduct Statement below.

Great Basin College considers academic honesty one of its highest values. A student who obtains academic credit for work that is not the product of his or her own effort is being dishonest and undermining the academic integrity of the college. Students are expected to be the sole authors of their work. Use of another’s ideas must be accompanied by specific citation and reference. In addition, a learner may not submit the same work for credit in more than one course. The disciplinary consequences of plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty include non-acceptance of work submitted, a failing grade in the course, and/or or other disciplinary action as outlined in Great Basin College’s Student Conduct Policy.

The instructor of this course will take appropriate actions in response to Academic Dishonesty, as defined the College's Student Conduct Policy. Acts of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to:

Cheating: using, attempting to use, or providing others with any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, examinations, or in any other academic exercise or activity. Unauthorized assistance includes:

o Working in a group when the instructor has designated that the quiz, test, examination, or any other academic exercise or activity be done “individually;”

o Depending on the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments;

o Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, in taking an examination or preparing academic work;

o Acquiring tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty member, staff member, or another student without express permission;

o Continuing to write after time has been called on a quiz, test, examination, or any other academic exercise or activity;

o Submitting substantially the same work for credit in more than one class, except with prior approval of the instructor; or engaging in any form of research fraud.

Falsification: altering or fabricating any information or citation in an academic exercise or activity.

Plagiarism: representing, by paraphrase or direct quotation, the published or unpublished work of another person as one‘s own in any academic exercise or activity without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes using materials prepared by another person or by an agency engaged in the sale of term papers or other academic materials.

Student Assistance, Technical Support, & Security

GBC's Academic Success Centers (ASC) 775-753-2149 on the Elko campus and at GBC's rural centers offer the following services to GBC students, all at no cost. GBC is committed to your success!

Live tutoring -- free to all GBC students Free placement testing Proctored testing Open computer labs Help for students where English is their second language. You can also request a

personalized one-on-one success plan utilizing the Student Support & Retention Office. 775-753-2255

Smarthinking is a tutoring program in WebCampus. This tutorial service provides students an optional seven hours, per school year, of live 24/7 tutoring through online discussion boards, or live chat with a tutor. Subjects covered include Writing/English, MLA & APA assistance, Math, Economics, Accounting, Spanish, Biology, Chemistry, and Anatomy & Physiology

GBC's Library 775-753-2222 provides electronic and digital resources to help students located in any area in their research and learning.

GBC's Technology HelpDesk 775-753-2167 provides WebCampus assistance when students click on the Help button in the lower left corner in WebCampus or email helpdesk@gbcnv.edu.

For information on college closures and outages see the GBC Homepage.

Campus Security 775-934-4923 GBC is committed to the safety of our students and has a duty to promote awareness and prevention programs for violence on campus under the Jeanne Clery Act as well as the Campus SaVE (Sexual Violence Elimination Act) and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), which are amendments to Clery. Acts of violence include, but are not limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Acts of violence can occur on the physical campus or centers of GBC in addition to field placement sites, clinical practice settings, GBC's online WebCampus, and other places where college or class activities occur. If you feel you are in immediate danger on the Elko Campus contact security at 775-934-4923 or call 911, GBC Centers contact the Center Director or call 911, or the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs 775-753-2282.

Each year all registered students are automatically enrolled in Title IX Sexual Harassment on-line training. The course is provided, free to each student, regardless of the number of credits they register for and should be completed once every two year. Students will receive an email invitation to the course the week after the 100% drop date with a sender address of Vice President Mahlberg, Director Patricia Anderson or from our training provider Campus Clarity

Withdraw Policy

If you feel it is necessary to withdraw from the course, please see GBC Calendar for refund and withdrawal dates for full-semester courses. To avoid an F in a course, be sure to drop it before 60% of the course has elapsed. For more detail information, see the Refunds and Withdrawals page.

April 5 Official Course Drop Deadline

Must drop class(es) by midnight 4/5/2017 to receive a "W" rather than an "F"

Accessibility

Great Basin College is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to qualified students with disabilities in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. A qualified student must furnish current verification of disability.

This course is designed to be compatible with most universal screen readers. If you are a student needing video and/or audio captioning, GBC's Disabilities Office will provide captioning for you in this course.

The Students with Disabilities Office, located in Berg Hall, will assist qualified students with disabilities in securing the appropriate and reasonable accommodations, auxiliary aids, and services. For more information or further assistance, please call 775-753-2271.

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Other stuff

I consider your participation and enthusiasm at the end of the semester. If you have been an active participant and your best work is reflected I consider that when grading it may mean the difference between a B+ and an A-. For instance, if you are 1 or 2 points away from the next highest grade and you have been an enthusiastic participant, meaning work on time, active in class discussions, etc. you can get that next highest grade!

You may quote or cite additional resources, including internet resources, but they should be clearly documented.

Students are expected to complete the assigned reading. Students are encouraged to seek additional materials from the media, libraries, and the

Internet; to share these with the class; and to use these in their assignments. Intellectual integrity and academic honesty are expected from all students. If you do not

know how to cite your work or you do not know what plagiarism is, contact the library or the Academic Success Center.

Students are to maintain the confidentiality of others, including classmates, and/or guest presenters, as applicable. During this course, students are expected to demonstrate respectful, ethical behaviors, as outlined in the GBC Catalog, when participating in class activities with peers, instructors and/or speakers.

Emails should contain the name of the sender and addressee, be written with correct grammar, punctuation, capitalization, usage and style. Please use the spell check feature. Avoid slang or contractions.

All assignments should:

Be typed, double-spaced, with two spaces after punctuation between sentences Be in 12 pt. Times New Roman or a similar font Always include a page header (title) in the upper left- hand side of every page and a page

number in the upper right-hand side of every page Be logically organized in complete sentences, and should contain references to reliable,

current, evidence-based, social work resources. APA documentation is required, and should conform to the American Psychological

Association (2001) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th. ed.). Washington, DC: APA. The “OWL at Purdue” website contains examples of APA formatting. The Academic Success Center staff and/or the GBC librarians can also help with APA style/format questions.

If you have technical difficulties, call the GBC technology help desk number (775-753-2167) first for technical assistance as soon as possible. If you are unable to resolve the problem or to access the course by using another computer (such as the learning center or a library), then notify the instructor.

Having an incomplete can interfere with your financial aid!

There is a risk of losing data or an assignment if responses are typed directly into the course instead of uploading work in a file that you have saved. You may upload multiple files for one assignment--until you click “submit.” Once you have submitted an assignment, you will no longer be able to add pages or files to that assignment, so do not “submit” assignments until you have finished adding to them.

I will not accept an assignment that does not follow these instructions so read them carefully

All assignments are to be submitted to the assignment drop box as a word document otherwise they will not be accepted. No e-mails!

Assignments

Class Goal Paper 30 Points

Each student will write a 1-2-page paper on the goal(s) that they have for this class and how they will achieve it. The paper will include:

1. Name of student and where they live 2. A short paragraph about them such as what you like to do family structure or anything they want to include 3. Where they are at on their college journey i.e. I just graduated from high school and where from. this is my first

class, or I am a sophomore, etc. 4. Why are they taking this class? 5. What goal they have for this class 6. List at least 3 detailed specific steps that they will take to achieve their goal(s)

This will be typed with at least a 12 font, double spaced.

News Reporting 30 points

Each week you will need to either watch the news on TV, listen to the news on the radio or read the news in the newspaper, online or in a magazine like Time or Newsweek and be prepared to share it with the class. We will start in Week 3. I will call on each one of you during the semester but I will not tell you who it will be from week to week so you need to be prepared each week to tell us about your news story. In other words, you need to be keeping up on current events by perusing the news each week. I will provide you a format and we will talk about this as we go along.

Annotated bibliography of 5 references X 30 points a piece

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Cornell University Library

Go to or call the library and have them help you find 3 peer reviewed journal articles, two internet articles/sites and 1 newspaper or magazine article that will help you write your final paper. (So, it is a good idea to think about your final paper now!) Anyway, make sure you have a GBC library card first, then find your sources Then read the articles review the web sites.

Here are a couple of websites that can help you with this assignment. If you have questions, please ask?

http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/

Mid Term Discussion (Different topics will be available) 50 Points

Mental Health Disorder” Paper 50 points

1. Pick a mental health disorder for your paper. It can be on any disorder found in the text or in the DSM 5. 2. Use the 5 resources you found for your annotated bibliography to help you explain your disorder. You may use

your text and other reputable resources as well. 3. Your paper should be at least 6-8 pages long Typed, 12 Font Times New Roman Font. 4. Each Page must have a header with your name and Psych 101 and the shortened name of your paper on it. 5. Use the resources in your annotated bibliography to fully explore your topic. 6. Most papers of this type should cover at least:

Who gets this disorder, i.e. men? Women of childbearing age? Teens? etc. How does it occur? Is there a biological basis, stress, environmental? What are the symptoms? What makes it worse or better? How is it diagnosed? What are the treatments? Where does it occur? Meaning is there a certain area of the world that is more prone to this disorder

Have your paper proofread before you turn it in. You can take it to the Academic Success Center or submit your paper online to them http://www.gbcnv.edu/asc/ (Links to an external site.)

Your paper should be written in the APA format. The Academic Success Center can help you with this too.

Papers will be placed in the assignment drop box for grading no later than Dec 1 at 11:59

Below are some resources for you to use to help you write your paper.

http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html (Links to an external site.)

http://faculty.georgetown.edu/kingch/How_to_Write_a_Research_Paper.htm (Links to an external site.)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/01/ (Links to an external site.)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book (Links to an external site.)

Quizzes

There 10 quizzes throughout the semester

Points and dates still to be determined.

Final-Recap Assignment 25 points

Pick 5 theories or concepts out of the text that were particularly interesting to you.

1. Define the theory or concept

2. Explain why you chose this theory or concept

3. To show that you know how that theory or concept works in everyday life apply it to a situation in your own life.

4. We will talk more about this in class

All course components are graded using points. At the end of the course, points will be converted to a letter grade as shown:

Letter Grade Percentage

A 94% to 100%

A- 90% to 93%

B+ 87% to 89%

B 83% to 86%

B- 80% to 82%

C+ 77% to 79%

C 73% to 76%

C- 70% to 72%

D+ 67% to 69%

D 63% to 66%

D- 60% to 62%

F Below 60%

Grade Appeals or Professional Conduct:

See Great Basin College catalogue for details. This is the process for dealing with complaints about grades or professional conduct. There are deadlines in the procedures, so be aware of this information.

Explanation of Terms [*]:

Incomplete [“I”] grades will be assigned sparingly, when, in the judgment of the instructor, the student has completed the major portion of his/her work for the course, is passing the course, but cannot finish the course by semester’s end for a compelling reason such as injury or illness, death in the immediate family, etc. If the Incomplete has not been removed by the middle of the ensuing semester (October 15 or March 15), the “I” on the student’s record will revert to a letter grade (which could be an “F”).

Withdrawal [“W”] will be given to students only when the following conditions are met:

1) The student must notify the instructor regarding his/her intent to withdraw.

2) The student must notify Admissions and Records and officially withdraw from the class.

3) If you do not officially withdraw, and you remain enrolled in the class but you don't participate you will get an

If you do not drop by the official Drop deadline, you will receive an “F” per NSHE guidelines.

APA Format

The final paper needs to be in APA format. If you are unfamiliar with this format, please check out the following web sites for information. The first is a great reference showing how to cite various types of resources, from web sites to journals:

http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/citation/apa/

The second offers a tutorial on the basics of APA:

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

The third is the most updated web site on APA style, and has a lot of specific information:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Finally, for a PowerPoint tutorial on the basics of APA, go to the GBC Academic Success Center link and click on the APA link on the left:

http://www.gbcnv.edu/asc/