Course Contents
• Introduction to Psychology: Introduction & Definition of Psychology, Schools of Psychology, Areas of specialization within Psychology.
• Methods of Psychological Research: Observation, Experimentation, Case Study, Survey
• Learning: Classical conditioning, application of classical conditioning in everyday life, how classical conditioning is used by marketing managers, Operant Conditioning (Reinforcement and Punishment, types of reinforcement and punishment, application in organizational settings).
• Memory: Definition & processes of memory (encoding, storage, retrieval), Stages of memory (sensory, short term, long term memory), Measurement of memory
• Cognition: thinking and reasoning, Problem solving.
• Work Motivation: Nature of motivation, Classification of motives, Measurement of motives, Application in organizational settings.
• Personality: Definition, Personality assessment, use of personality assessment by organizations.
• Work Attitudes: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship, and retaliation, Psychological contracts, organizational justice.
• Stress Management: stress, coping strategies, promoting health and wellness, Employee assistance programs.
Course Synopsis
The course will provide an insight and understanding of the discipline of Psychology. It highlights the importance of Psychology in everyday life, helping the students acquire a new vision of their own and others behavior while sharpening their observation.
Course Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes of this course are to:
• Introduce students to the subject matter of the discipline and to familiarize them with the vocabulary and concepts of human psychology.
• Psychology is the study of human experience: the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that we experience as we interact with our world.
• In this course students will see how research has been applied to test intuitive assumptions about human life.
• They will find that many of their beliefs about human existence are scientifically supported; but they will also find many beliefs are refuted by the evidence.
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Book Title : Understanding Psychology
Author : Feldman, R. S., & Garrison, M. (1993).
Edition : 10th
Publisher : New York: McGraw Hill
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