Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY103/Syllabus

Session	Dates
Session 0
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6

Session 0

Orientation

This first learning pathway asks learners to create a learning journal blog and introduce themselves to other learners. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Review the Learning journal blog section to learn how to create your learning journal
2. Create and customize your course learning journal
3. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
4. Review the content and activities in the multimedia Orientation Course Presentation
5. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY102 #AllowMetoIntroduceMyself
6. Don’t forget to assign your blog URL for the feed scanner (this is needed so that your posts tagged with the course code will be “fetched” and linked from the course feed).
7. Complete the practice Quiz
8. Complete the Learning Challenge: Create and post an organizational graphic that illustrates the different learning pathway components in relation to each other #IPSY102 #MappingPathways

Session 1

Consciousness & Dual Processing

This pathway will review how there are two tracks of consciousness that can influence our thoughts and behaviors. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia Consciousness & Dual Processing Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #DualAwareness
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the Learning Challenge: Explore and reflect on your own implicit biases #IPSY103 #ImplicitBias

Session 2

Other States of Consciousness

This pathway will review how there are two tracks of consciousness that can influence our thoughts and behaviors. Please work through the following activities in order:

We will review some of the other states of consciousness. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia Other States of Consciousness Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #AlteredStates
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the Learning Challenge: Find a peer-reviewed article on the benefits of meditation #IPSY103 #MeditationPublication

Session 3

Cognition, Language & Problem-Solving

This pathway explores some of the more complex forms of mental processes, including schema development, the influence of language, and processes involved in problem-solving. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia Cognition, Language & Problem-Solving Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #Schemas
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the Learning Challenge: Analyze how politicians use specific language to try to influence how voters think about specific topics #IPSY103 #PoliticalSpeechAnalysis

Session 4

Memory: Functions & Structures

In this learning pathway we will examine the fundamental ways that researchers think about memory. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia the Memory: Functions & Structures Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #FlashbulbMemory
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the Learning Challenge: Test your own memory and report your results #IPSY103 #MyMemoryStats

Session 5

Memory: Problems & Strategies

In this learning pathway we will examine the more practical aspects of how memory does and does not work. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia the Memory: Problems & Strategies Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #SurprisingMemories
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the The Learning Challenge: Create a mindmap of the content from both memory learning pathways #IPSY103 #MapsofMemory

Session 6

Intelligence

In this learning pathway we will critically examine the concept of intelligence, including the various ways it can be characterized, measured and interpreted. Please work through the following activities in order:

1. Read through the In this Learning Pathway page
2. Review the content and activities in the multimedia the Intelligence Learning Pathway Presentation
3. Complete the Reflect & Engage Activity #IPSY103 #HighEQ
4. Review your learning by completing the formative Quiz
5. Complete the Learning Challenge: Find and critique some example of an online IQ test #IPSY103 #IQtesting