Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | PSY400 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |