BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

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Course Unit TitleINTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
Course Unit CodePSY400
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Develop an understanding of the history of psychology.
  2. Define and compare the major theoretical perspectives in the study of psychology: biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive-developmental, behavioural theories.
  3. Think critically about the different perspectives in psychology.
  4. Understand the empirical methods in psychology.
  5. Provide an overview of the organization of the nervous system.
  6. Describe the processes involved in sensation.
  7. Understand and describe cognitive processes such as perception, learning, memory, cognition etc.
  8. Develop an understanding of human motivation and emotion.
  9. Describe the process of language acquisition.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program components Βοσνιάδου, Σ. (2007). Εισαγωγή στην Ψυχολογία (Πρώτος Τόμος).  Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Schacter, D. L., Gilbert, D. T., W. D. M. (2011). Ψυχολογία. Σ. Βοσνιάδου (Επιμ.). Αθήνα: Gutenberg.

Course Contents -  Introduction to psychology: history of psychology, definition of psychology.
-  Introduction to the major theoretical perspectives in the study of psychology: biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive-developmental, behavioural theories (theories of Piaget, Freud, Maslow, Erickson, Pavlov, Skinner, Vygotsky, etc.).
-  Psychological research: empirical methods in psychology.
-  Neuroscience and behavior: the organization of the nervous system, biological basis of behavior.
-  Sensation and perception: processes involved in sensation and perception.
-  States of consciousness.
-  Learning: Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning, observational learning, complex learning.
-  Memory: Theoretical models, memory types, processes
-  Human motivation and emotion: different aspects of human motivation and emotion.
-  Cognition and Language: language acquisition and language development.
 

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Βοσνιάδου, Σ. (2007). Εισαγωγή στην Ψυχολογία (Πρώτος Τόμος). Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
References
  • Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C., Smith, E. E., Bem, D. J. & Nolen - Hoeksema, S. (2004). Εισαγωγή στην ψυχολογία του Hilgard. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση.
  • Feldman, R. (2010). Understanding Psychology. McGraw-Hill.
  • Hayes, N. (2011). Εισαγωγή στη Ψυχολογία. Αθήνα: Πεδίο.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods The course consists of the delivery of lectures by the professor, as well as the use of co-operative learning techniques, reviews of case studies, and presentations of educational DVDs that pertain to the psychological topics discussed in class.
Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. The e-learning platform of the university is used as an educational aid to this course.
 

Assessment methods and criteria
Midterm Examination30%
Literature Review Paper10%
Final Examination60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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