What is understanding the self subject?

. Course Outline

Time Desired Learning Outcomes Topic Teaching and Learning Activities Assessment Task References
Frame

Prelim
Week
1 o Appreciate o Orientation o Orientation: Assignment/Library Book:
the Introduction to Class Introduction of each Work: 1. Why do Chapter 1:
importance of Syllabus students: name & we need scientific Myers, A, & Hansen,
Experimental expectations; methods? C.H.(2012).Experimen
Psychology; Discussion of the 2. How can Psychology: Seventh
o Understand Introduction to Course Outline & commonsense Edition, International
why we rely Experimental Psychology: House Rules. psychology reduce Edition. Wadsworth,
on scientific Psychology and Scientific o 1st Activity: objectivity when Cengage Learning
method Method Make a group and we gather data?
rather than o The Need for give an idea about 3. What are the
common Scientific the steps on characteristic of
sense to Methodology Scientific Method on modern science?
explain o The Experimental 4. Give an
behavior. Characteristics Psychology, present example of how
o Learn the of Modern it in class and you used common
principles of Science discuss it with other sense psychology
the scientific o The Objectives groups. in the past week.
method. of 5.What do we
o Learn the Psychological mean by
basic tools of Science objectivity? How
psychological o The Scientific does objectivity
research Method: Tools influence
of observation,
Psychological measurement and
Science experimentation?
Week Book:
2 o Understand the Research Ethics: o 2nd 5 Long Quiz: Chapter 2:
roles of IRBs o Evolution of Ethics Activity: Chapter 1: 100 Myers, A, & Hansen,
and the APA in Research The myth: Opposite attracts. items C.H.(2012).Experimen
Guidelines in o The APA In the class suppose a researcher Psychology: Seventh
the ethical Guidelines conducted an experiment, he/she Brainstorming: What Edition, International
conduct of o Protecting the used confederates who were topics that give an Edition. Wadsworth,
research using Welfare of Animal instructed to agree with everything an interest that need Cengage Learning
human Subjects opposite-sex subject said while they further
participants. o Fraud in Science were getting acquainted. At the end experimentation and
o Learn the o Plaigarism of experiment, he/she measured how research?
meaning of strongly the subject was attracted to
animal welfare the confederate. Advance reading:
and how it is Possible issues and
protected. o 3rd Activity: topics that can be
o Understand The teacher used in experiments.
scientific fraud will be
and how to showing
avoid plaigarism different
famous
experiment
such as
Bobo Doll,
Little Albert
and Stanford
Prison
Experiment.
After the
presentation,
students will
be assigned
in pairs and
discuss
about the
ethical
issues why
the
experiment
went wrong.

Book:
Week o Learn the Formulating the Group Discussion: Assignment/Library
3 differences between Hypothesis Submit a tentative topic and Work: Chapter 6- Myers, A,
nonexperimental hypothesis of your experimentation Hansen,
 and experimental o The Make a draft on the C.H.(2012).Experimen
hypothesis Characteristics of 4th Activity: Group Activity chosen topic and a Psychology: Seventh
o Understand the an Experimental The myth: Animals have emotions the hypothesis Edition, International
components of a Hypothesis same as humans do. individually Edition. Wadsworth,
good experimental o The Inductive The problem: Find the authors’ Cengage Learning
hypothesis Model hypothesis in the Introduction of the Reporting:
Learn how to o The Deductive article published in the January 2000 Explain the
conduct a Model volume of Psychological Science; assignment as a
literature o Combining Discuss the hypothesis relative to the group and make a
research Induction and idea of parsimony. summary.
Deduction