THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Preliminary

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (JULY March 2018

SESSION)
27 JUNE – 30 JULY 2018

Course PSYC1000 General Psychology

Class Time 14:30–17:15 Tue, Wed, Thur
Class Location TBC
Teacher Dr. Roy de Kleijn
Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology,
Institute of Psychology, Leiden University
Visiting Scholar, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email TBC
Teaching Assistant TBC

COURSE DESCRIPTION
A broad-based introduction to the study of behaviour and mental processes. This course is suitable for
students who might be interested in taking further courses in psychology. Topics include learning,
development, psychotherapy, the brain and states of consciousness, sensation and perception, memory,
social behaviour, personality, psychological disorders, coping and health, stress, and others.

Remarks:
Not for students who have obtained grade E or above in Psychology in HKALE or equivalent (including
GCEAL but not HKASL) or obtained grade 3 or above in Psychology in the AP Examination.
Not for CUHK students who have taken UGEC2581 or UGED2581.

COURSE OBJECTIVE(S)
At the satisfactory conclusion of this course, students will have achieved the following objectives:
• Compare and contrast main theories and concepts in the field;
• Explain how human behaviour and the mind can be studied empirically;
• Relate phenomena in everyday life to theories of human behavior and the mind, and, to key empirical
studies in psychology;
• Create a scientific poster to explain and illustrate the main findings of a psychological study.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Gray, P. & Bjorklund, D.F. (2014), Psychology (7th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers. ISBN-10:
1464141959 ISBN-13: 978-1464141959

READING(S)/REFERENCE(S)
Supplemental lecture notes and reading materials will be available in Blackboard.

GRADING WEIGHTS
A. Mid-term exam and Final exam, each worth 30% (total 60%)
Exams will consist of multiple-choice, short answer, and short essay questions, and will take two hours
duration.

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B. Poster assignment (30%)
In groups you will create a scientific poster, similar to the ones presented at conferences. The poster should
be based on one of the seminal experiments we will discuss in class. The posters will be presented on on
19 July.

C. Attendance in class and participation in group discussions (10%)

Your attendance during the course, and participation in two group discussions will be assessed.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION & FEEDBACK

All assignments should be submitted with the declaration of VeriGuide via Blackboard.

Feedback on the mid-term exam will be emailed to students before the next assignment is due.

CLASS SCHEDULE
Week Date Topics Readings/Assignment
What is psychology, and what Chapter 1: Foundations for the Study of
1 makes it a science? Psychology
Wed, June 27 Chapter 2: Methods of Psychology
1
How did our mind originate? Chapter 3: Genetic and Evolutionary
2
Thu, June 28
Foundations of Behaviour

How do we learn things? Chapter 4: Basic Processes of Learning

Group discussion: Hold a group

3
Tue, July 3
discussion in which you argue for or
against the idea that all human behavior
is conditioned at some level.
2 What is the relationship between Chapter 5: The Neural Control of
4
Wed, July 4
the brain and behavior? Behaviour

Why do we do the things we do, Chapter 6: Mechanisms of Motivation

5 and how does that make us feel? and Emotion
Thu, July 5

How can we perceive the outside Chapter 7: Smell, Taste, Pain, Hearing
6
Tue, July 10
world? and Psychophysics

7 Mid-term exam
3 Wed, July 11
What is consciousness and what Chapter 9: Memory and Consciousness
8
Thu, July 12
role does memory play?

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Week Date Topics Readings/Assignment
Why are humans so smart? And Chapter 10: Reasoning and Intelligence
more importantly, what does being
smart mean? Group discussion: Hold a group
9
Tue, July 17
discussion in which cause of the
difference in IQ scores between two
groups is discussed.
4 How do we perceive and judge Chapter 13: Social Perception and
10
Wed, July 18
others? Attitudes

How do other people influence our Chapter 14: Social Influences on

11 behavior? Behaviour
Thu, July 19
Poster presentations.
What determines our personality, Chapter 15: Personality
12
Tue, July 24
and how do we measure it?

What are psychological disorders Chapter 16: Mental Disorders

5 13 and how can these be treated? Chapter 17: Treatment of mental
Wed, July 25 disorders

14 Final exam
Thu, July 26
ACADEMIC POLICIES
Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the
disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may
be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/.

With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these
policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
• In the case of group projects, all students of the same group should be asked to sign the declaration,
each of whom is responsible and liable to disciplinary actions should there be any plagiarized contents in
the group project, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has
contributed directly or indirectly to the plagiarized contents.

• For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and
submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students'
uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. A user manual of VeriGuide can be found at:
https://academic.veriguide.org/academic/documents/VeriGuide_Academic_Student_User_Manual_CUH
K.pdf

Assignments without the properly signed declaration will not be graded by teachers.

Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.

The submission of a piece of work, or a part of a piece of work, for more than one purpose (e.g. to satisfy
the requirements in two different courses) without declaration to this effect shall be regarded as having
committed undeclared multiple submission. It is common and acceptable to reuse a turn of phrase or a
sentence or two from one’s own work; but wholesale reuse is problematic. In any case, agreement from
the course teacher(s) concerned should be obtained prior to the submission of the piece of work.

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