This course will give you the knowledge to: * Understand the nature of the individual, of human values and of the relationship between the self and the community. Note: Often people have had traumatic experiences or have strong feelings on certain topics. If you feel any of the topics in the text or class will be emotionally damaging to you, or difficult to learn about or discuss, or would create a for you “hostile environment” - do not take this course. Materials for the course: Required Access code: LaunchPad” (With Myers Psychology e-book) “Psychology Access code: May be purchased from the College bookstore or the Publishers at: Computer: Your computer needs to be a PC or Mac with a good internet connection, internet browser, ability to view Power Point, PDF, and MP4 video files. Most computers come with the ability to view these, if not, you can search for free player downloads for these Power items. Search for: “Microsoft Point Viewer”, “Adobe PDF reader”, Windows or Media Player MP4” “Apple QuickTime”. Google Chrome netbook computers are not recommended. Psychology LaunchPad (Required) is a website that provides the videos to view and take a “Psychology LaunchPad” short multiple choice quiz based on the material. This will add interest to the class, and show you material we do not have time to cover in class. It will also give you one hundred points in the class (one third of the total points). These are designed so you can view the activity, take the quiz, or view the video again and change your quiz answers as needed before submitting your answers. Therefore, you should get 100% on this portion of the course. Videos turn off each Saturday: The activities are seen on the right side of the Course Calendar at the back of this syllabus. All the activities are available from the first day of class, and will turn off each week on the following Saturday (except for the last week). If you have not completed the quiz by that time, you will receive a zero for that activity, which cannot be made up – please believe me. Please complete these activities on or before the scheduled date in the
This course will give you the knowledge to: * Understand the nature of the individual, of human values and of the relationship between the self and the community. Note: Often people have had traumatic experiences or have strong feelings on certain topics. If you feel any of the topics in the text or class will be emotionally damaging to you, or difficult to learn about or discuss, or would create a “hostile environment” for you - do not take this course. Materials for the course: Required Access code: “Psychology LaunchPad” (With Myers Psychology e-book) Access code: May be purchased from the College bookstore or the Publishers at: Computer: Your computer needs to be a PC or Mac with a good internet connection, internet browser, ability to view Power Point, PDF, and MP4 video files. Most computers come with the ability to view these, if not, you can search for free player downloads for these items. Search for: “Microsoft Power Point Viewer”, “Adobe PDF reader”, Windows Media Player MP4” or “Apple QuickTime”. Google Chrome netbook computers are not recommended. Psychology LaunchPad (Required) “Psychology LaunchPad” is a website that provides the videos to view and take a short multiple choice quiz based on the material. This will add interest to the class, and show you material we do not have time to cover in class. It will also give you one hundred points in the class (one third of the total points). These are designed so you can view the activity, take the quiz, or view the video again and change your quiz answers as needed before submitting your answers. Therefore, you should get 100% on this portion of the course. Videos turn off each Saturday: The activities are seen on the right side of the Course Calendar at the back of this syllabus. All the activities are available from the first day of class, and will turn off each week on the following Saturday (except for the last week). If you have not completed the quiz by that time, you will receive a zero for that activity, which cannot be made up – please believe me. Please complete these activities on or before the scheduled date in the
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