Psychology

1.  COURSE DESCRIPTION
An intensive study of basic principles of
and issues in psychology from the point
of view of scientific method.
As a survey of the entire field of
Psychology, it attempts to unify all areas
that deal with the basic principles and
concepts of human behavior.

2.  COURSE OBJECTIVES
A. GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
1. Stimulate interest and develop insight in
understanding better, how and why
people behave as they do through
acquiring knowledge, and understanding
of the psychological concepts and
principles governing human behavior.
2. Apply knowledge of psychology to the
solution of problems, create a more
fulfilling social and physical
environment, and help people adjust to
the demands of their changing world.

3.  SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
1. Orient them on the biological and
sociocultural principle governing human
behavior.
2. Acquire knowledge of the dynamics of
human growth and development.
3. Gain an appreciation of human motives,
abilities and interest so as to improve
interpersonal relationships.
4. Promote personal and social efficiency in
handling the problems of everyday living.

4. COURSE CONTENT:
A. Background of Psychology
1. Beginnings of Psychology
2. Conflicting Schools Psychology
3. Fields of Psychology
4. Research Methods in
Psychology

5. B. Biological Bases of Human Behavior
1. Individual Differences
a. Heredity
b. Environment
2. Neurological Bases of Behavior
a. Nervous System
b. Endocrine System (Glands)
c. Muscles and Joints

6. C. Human Development
1. Developmental Processes
a. Growth, Development and Maturation
b. Factors Governing Development
c. Motor development
d. Cognitive Development
e. Personality and Social Development
f. Moral Development
2. Stages of Human Development
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Adolescence
d. Adulthood
e. Aging
PRELIM EXAMINATION

7. D. Sensation and Perception
1. Sensation
a. The External Sense Organs
b. The Internal Senses
2. Perception
a. Characteristics of Perception
b. Organization in Perception
c. Factors Influencing Perception
d. Types of Perception, Errors in Perception
and Extrasensory Perception
3. Attention

8. E. Intelligence and Measurement of Intelligence
1. General characteristics of Intelligence
2. measurement of Intelligence
3. Levels of Intelligence
a. Mental Retardation
- custodial, profound/severe
- trainable, moderate
- educable, mild
b. Average (low, average, above average)
c. Mentally Gifted
4. Mental Retardation (DSM IV Classification)
a. Characteristics
b. Causes
c. Treatment/Prevention
5. Mentally Gifted
a. Genius
b. The Prodigy
6. Emotional Intelligence

9. F. Learning, Thinking, Remembering
1. Learning
a. How Learning Takes Place
b. Types of Learning
c. Laws of Learning
d. Factors Influencing Learning
e. Laws of Forgetting
2. Thinking
a. Meaning and Importance of Thinking
b. Types of Thinking
c. Theories of Thinking
3. Memory
a. Types of Long-Term Memory and Short-Term
Memory
b. Improving Memory

10. G. Motivation and Emotion
1. Motivation
a. Origin of Motives
b. Classification of Motives
c. Theories of Motivation
2. Emotion
a. Difference Between Emotion and feeling
b. Types of Emotion
c. Theories of Emotion
d. Effects of Emotion
e. Control of Destructive Emotions
MID-TERM EXAMINATION

11. H. Personality
1. Personality
a. Aspects of Personality
b. Components of Personality
c. The Measurement of Personality
d. Theories of Personality
I. Frustrations, conflicts, Stresses, and mental
Health
1. Mental Health
a) Differences Between Frustration, Conflict, and
Stress
2. Adjustment Mechanisms and Mental Health

12. J. Personality Disorders and
Maladjustments
1. Anxiety Disorders
2. Psychoses
a. Functional
b. Organic
3. Behavior Disorders
4. Anti-Social Behavior Disorder

13. K. Psychotherapy and Psychotherapeutic
Procedures
1. Hypnotherapy
2. Psychoanalysis
3. Humanistic Psychotherapy
4. Group Therapy
a. Family Therapy
5. Behavior Therapy
6. Cognitive Therapy
FINAL EXAMINATION

14. 1. Active classroom participation
 Oral recitation, group discussion
2. Oral reporting of assigned topic
 Reporting will be from volunteers
only
3. Prelim, Mid-Term and Final Exam
 Oral quiz
4. Project
5. Term Paper

15. 1. What is Psychology?
2. When did it start as a science?
3. What are the different schools of
Psychology? Who are its advocators? Explain
what each school believe in.
4. List down the different branches of
Psychology.
5. Name some methods of psychological
research and describe each.
6. What are the objectives of psychology?