COLLEGE: Mission SUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME): Psychologycourse NUMBER:2

COLLEGE: Mission SUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME): Psychologycourse NUMBER:2

COLLEGE: MissionSUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME):PsychologyCOURSE NUMBER:2

Los Angeles Community College District

COURSE OUTLINE

(Replaces PNCR and Course Outline)

Section I: BasicCourse Information

OUTLINE STATUS:

1.COLLEGE:

2.SUBJECT (DISCIPLINE) NAME[1]):Psychology

(40 characters, no abbreviations

3.COURSE NUMBER: 2

4.COURSE TITLE: General Psychology 2

5.UNITS: 3

6.CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION -- Provide a description of the course, including an overview of the topics covered:

Covers the biological and physiological basis of behavior. It is presented in the context of fundamental concepts and issues in psychology. The structure and functions of the brain and the nervous system and their effects on human behavior are studied.
  1. CLASS SCHEDULE COURSE DESCRIPTION -- Provide a brief description of the course, including an overview of the topics covered:

Description should match number 6 and have a forty word limit. Covers the biological and physiological basis of behavior. It is presented in the context of fundamental concepts and issues in psychology. The structure and functions of the brain and the nervous system and their effects on human behavior are studied.
  1. INITIAL COLLEGE APPROVAL DATE:
  1. UPDATES (check all applicable boxes) – Identify the area(s) being updated/changed from the current course
    outline that is on file in Academic Affairs:

Content/Objectives Course Title / Unit Value

Prerequisite / Corequisite / AdvisoryDistrictwide Course Attributes

Other (describe)Course Description

  1. CLASS HOURS:

“Standard Hours” per Week (based on 18 weeks) / Total Hours per Term (hrs per week x 18) / Units
Lecture: / 3.00 / 54.00 / 3.00
Lab/activity (w/ homework): / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Lab/activity (w/o homework): / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Total: / 3.00 / 54.00 / 3.00

Note: The Carnegie Rule and Title 5, section 55002 sets forth the following minimum standards: 1 unit = 1 hour lecture per week, 2 hours homework per week; OR 2 hours per week of lab with homework; OR 3 hours of lab per week without homework. The hours per week are based on a standard 18-week calendar. Lecture also includes discussion and/or demonstration hours, laboratory includes activity and/or studio hours.

  1. PREREQUISITES, COREQUISITES, ADVISORIES ON RECOMMENDED PREPARATION, and LIMITATION ON ENROLLMENT

Note:The LACCD’s Policy on Prerequisites, Corequisites and Advisories requires that the curriculum committee take a separate action verifying that a course’s prerequisite, corequisite or advisory is an “appropriate and rational measure of a student’s readiness to enter the course or program” and that the prerequisite, corequisite or advisory meets the level of scrutiny delineated in the policy.

.Prerequisites: (If Yes, complete information below)

Subject / Number / Course Title / Units / Validation Approval Date (official use only)
Psychology 1 / 3 / General Psychology / 3.00
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.Corequisite: (If Yes, complete information below)

Subject / Number / Course Title / Units / Validation Approval Date (official use only)
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.Advisories: (If Yes, complete information below)

Subject / Number / Course Title / Units / Validation Approval Date (official use only)
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  1. REPETITIONS --Number of times course may be repeated for credit (three maximum): 0(see: Section V, #9)
  1. OTHER LIMITATIONS ON ENROLLMENT(see Title 5, Section 58106 and Board Rule 6803 for policy on allowable limitations. Other appropriate statutory or regulatory requirements may also apply):

Section II: Course Content and Objectives

  1. COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE –Lecture:
If applicable, outline the topics included in the lecture portion of the course (outline reflects course description, all topics covered in class). / Hours per topic / COURSE OBJECTIVES - Lecture (If applicable):
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to… (Use action verbs – see Bloom’s Taxonomy below for “action verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.”)
Biopsychology as a Neuroscience. What is Biopsychology? Relation between Biopsychology and the other disciplines of Neuroscience. Types of Research that characterize the Biopsychological approach. Studying the workings of the brain. Critical thinking about biopsychological claims.
Evolution, genetics, and experience. Human evolution. Fundamental genetics. Behavioral development: The interaction of genetic factors and experience. The genetics of human psychological differences.
The anatomy of the nervous system. General layout of the nervous system. Cells of the nervous system. Major divisions of the brain. Major structures of the brain.
Neural Conduction and synaptic transmission. Chemical transmission of signals from one neuron to another. The neurotransmitters. Pharmacology of synaptic transmission.
Research methods of Biopsychology. Methods of visualizing the living human brain. Recording human psychophysiological activity. Neuropsychological testing. Invasive physiological research methods. Behavioral methods of cognitive neuroscience.
Mechanisms of perception, conscious awareness, and attention. Principles of sensory system organization. Selective attention. The sensorimotor system. Principles of sensorimotor function.
Development of the nervous system. Postnatal cerebral development in human infants. Effects of experience on neurodevelopment. Neuroplasticity in adults. Disorders of neurodevelopment: autism and Williams syndrome.
Brain damage and neuroplasticity. Causes of brain damage. Neuropsychological dieseases. Neuroplasticity and the treatment of nervous system damage.
Learning, memory and amnesia. Amnesic effects of bilateral medial temporal lobectomy. Anmesia of Korsakoff's syndrome, Alzheimer's diseas and amnesia after concussion. Infantile amnesia.
Hormones and sex. Hormones and sexual development. The hypothalamus and sexual behavior. Sexual orientation, hormones, and the brain.
Sleep, dreaming, and circadian rhythms. The physiological and behavioral events of sleep.
Drug addiction and the brain's reward circuits. Biopsychological theories of addiction.
Lateralization, language, and the split brain. Differences between the left and right hemispheres.
Biopsychology of emotion, stress, and health. Fear, defense, and aggression. Stress and health. Brain mechanisms of human emotion.
Biopsychology of psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia. Affective Disorders. Anxiety disorders. Development of new psychotherapeutic drugs.
Comprehensive Final Examination including mutliple choice questions and an essay. / ,3.00 / Compare and contrast the different disciplines within neuroscience. Analyze the types of research that characterize the biopsychological approach. Analyze the workings of the brain and assess the reasonableness of various biopsychological claims.
Debate evolution and genetics from a psychobioligcal standpoint. Examine the genetics of human psychological differences. Analyze the physiological-or-psychological dichotomy. Examine how experience influences genetics.
Describe the structure and function of neurons and glia. Differentiate the major divisions of the brain. Describe and identify the major structures of the brain and how they relate to behavior. Differentiate central nervous system versus the peripheral nervous system and their functions.
Describe the ionic events underlying the resting and action potentials. Discuss the all-or-none principle. Differentiate between graded and action potentials. Discuss the role of neurotransmitters in the nervous system.
Compare and contrast the different methods utilized in recording human psychophysiological activity. Distinguish between different neuropsychological tests. Examine invasive research methods. Describe behavioral techniques of cognitive neuroscience.
Discuss the mechanisms of perception. Describe different levels of consciousness. Differentiate primary sensory cortex, secondary sensory cortex and associaton cortex. Compare and contrast sensation and perception. Examine case study of indvidual with visual agnosia.
Differentiate the phases of neurodevelopment. Discuss neural proliferation, migration and aggregation. Describe neuron death and synapse rearrangement. Debate the effects of experience on neurodevelpment. Discuss neuroplasticity in adults. Examine case studies of individuals diagnosed with autism and Williams and compare and contrast theories of possible causes.
Discuss various causes of brain damage (i.e., brain tumors, strokes, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia, etc.) Student will be able to discuss neuropsychological diseases (i.e., epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease). Compare contrast various theoretical perspectives on causes of neuropsychological diseases. Differentiate degeneration, regeneration, reorganization, and recovery of the brain.
Discuss the amnesic effects of bilateral medial temporal lobectomy. Examine case study of H.M. Compare and contrast amnesia of Korsakoff's syndrome, amnesia of Alzheimer's disease and amnesia after concussion. Describe infantile amnesia.
Describe and discuss the neuroendocrine system. Discuss the neural/hormonal bases of selected behaviors. Discuss the role of the hypothalamus and its role in sexual behavior. Discuss sexual development and development of sex differences in the brain. Examine case studies of human sexual development.
Differentiate the standard psychophysiological measures of sleep. Identify the four stages of sleep. Debate various dream theories. Identify and discuss circadian sleep cycles and its neural and molecular mechanisms. Discuss the effects of sleep deprivation.
Discuss the basic principles of drug action. Discuss the events underlying synaptic transmission and how drugs may alter communication in the nervous system. Debate various biopsychological theories of addiction.
Discuss cerebral lateralization of function. Examine various split brain experiments. Examine cortical localization of language utilizing the Wernicke-Geschwind Model. Analyze the Wernicke-Geschwind Model.
Analyze various theory of emotion, (i.e., James-Lange and Cannon-Bard). Discuss emotions and the autonomic nervous system. Compare and contrast fear, defense and aggression and their biological origins. Discuss psychoneuroimmunology, (i.e., stress, the immune system and the brain).
Describe the symptoms of schizophrenia. Debate the various causal factors in schizophrenia. Discuss current research neural basis of schizophrenia. Discuss affective disorders (i.e., depression and mania). Discuss causal factors in affective disorders. Discuss four classes of anxiety disorders and causal factors. Examine various clinical trials and the development of new psychotherapeutic drugs.
Demonstrate proficiency in the areas covered in this course.
Total Lecture hours* / 54.00
COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE -- Laboratory:
If applicable, outline the topics included in the laboratory portion of the course (outline reflects course description, all topics covered in class). / Hours per Topic / COURSE OBJECTIVES - Laboratory (If applicable):
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to… (Use action verbs – see Bloom’s Taxonomy below for “action verbs requiring cognitive outcomes.”)[2]
0.00
Total Lab hours* / 0.00

*Total lecture and laboratory hours (which include the final examination) must equal totals on page 1.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

simple skills <------> complex skills
Critical Thinking
Knowledge
define
repeat
record
list
recall
name
relate
underline
/ Comprehension
translate
restate
discuss
describe
recognize
explain
express
identify
locate
report
review
tell
/ Application
interpret
apply
employ
use
demonstrate
dramatize
practice
illustrate
operate
schedule
shop
sketch
/ Analysis
distinguish
analyze
differentiate
appraise
calculate
experiment
test
compare
contrast
criticize
diagram
inspect
debate
inventory
question
relate
solve
examine
categorize / Synthesis
compose
plan
propose
design
formulate
arrange
assemble
collect
construct
create
set up
organize
prepare / Evaluation
judge
appraise
evaluate
rate
compare
value
revise
score
select
choose
assess
estimate
measure
  1. REQUIRED TEXTS:

Provide a representative list of textbooks and other required reading; include author, title and date of publication:

Pinel, John P.J. (2003). Biopsychology, Fifth Edition. Allyn and Bacon Publishers.
  1. SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:

Reading assignments may include, but are not limited to the following:

None.
  1. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:

Title 5, section 55002 requires grades to be “based on demonstrated proficiency in subject matter and the ability to demonstrate that proficiency, at least in part, by means of essays or, in courses where the curriculum committee deems them to be appropriate, by problem solving exercises or skills demonstrations by students.” Writing assignments in this course may include, but are not limited to the following:

350 word essay on each of 4 Tests and Final Examination.
  1. REPRESENTATIVE OUTSIDE ASSIGNMENTS:

Out of class assignments may include, but are not limited to the following:

Library and Internet research.
  1. REPRESENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL THINKING:

Title 5, section 55002(a) requires that a degree-applicable course have a level of rigor that includes “critical thinking and the understanding and application of concepts determined by the curriculum committee to be at college level”. Critical thinking may include, but is not limited to analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Provide examples of assignments that demonstrate critical thinking.

Required group debate on various psychobiological theories as they relate to human behavior. Both the four tests and final examination are based on chapter readings. Tests and final examination contain essays that measure critical thinking by comparing and contrasting the relationships between biopsychology and other neuroscience disciplines (i.e., neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology and neurophysiology). Discuss the role of the hypothalamus on sexual behavior.
  1. METHODS OF EVALUATION:

Title 5, section 55002 requires grades to be “based on demonstrated proficiency in subject matter and the ability to demonstrate that proficiency, at least in part, by means of essays, or, in courses where the curriculum committee deems them to be appropriate, by problem solving exercises or skills demonstrations by students.” Methods of evaluation may include, but are not limited to the following (please note that evaluation should measure the outcomes detailed “Course Objectives” at the beginning of Section II):

Standardized Tests / Criterion Reference Tests
Observance Record of Student
Performance / Homework
Essays/Essay Test Midterm / Written Compositions
Laboratory Reports / Oral Presentations
Term Papers, Projects, Reports / Class Participation
Problem –solving Exercises / Skills Demonstrations
Final Exam
Other (specify):
  1. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

Methods of instruction may include, but are not limited to the following:

Lecture

Discussion

Laboratory

Activity

Field Experience

Independent Study

Other (explain)

Anatomical Brain Models.
PBS Video series entitled The Secret Life of the Brain.
  1. SUPPLIES:

List the supplies the student must provide.

Textbook, Scantron, #2 pencil.
  1. COMPUTER COMPETENCY:

If applicable, explain how computer competency is included in the course.

Computers will be utilized to acquire information and research materials.
  1. INFORMATION COMPETENCY:

Information competency is the ability to find, evaluate use, and communicate information in all its various formats. It combines aspects of library literacy, research methods and technological literacy. Information competency includes consideration of the ethical and legal implications and requires the application of both critical thinking and communications skills. If applicable, explain how information competency is included in the course.

Information competency will be developed through writing research papers, including library literacy and internet research methods. American Psychological Association methods for citing references will be taught and demonstrated by students.
  1. DIVERSITY:

If applicable, explain how diversity (e.g., cultural, gender, etc.) is included in the course.

Course does not meet cultural diversity requirement.

13.SCANS COMPETENCIES (required for all courses with vocational TOP Codes; recommended for all courses):

SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Necessary Skills) are skills the Department of Labor identified, in consultation with business and industry leaders, which reflect the skills necessary for success in the workplace. Check the appropriate boxes to indicate the areas where students will develop the following skills (please note that all SCANS competencies do not apply to all courses):

RESOURCES

Managing Time: Selecting relevant goal-related activities, ranking them in order of importance, allocating time to activities, and understanding, preparing and following schedules.

Managing Money: Using or preparing budgets, including making cost and revenue forecasts; keeping detailed records to track budget performance, and making appropriate adjustments.

Managing Material and Facility Resources: Acquiring, storing, allocating, and distributing materials, supplies, parts, equipment, space or final products in order to make the best use of them.

INTERPERSONAL

Participating as Member of a Team: Working cooperatively with others and contributing to group’s efforts with ideas, suggestions and effort.

Teaching Others New Skills: Helping others learn needed knowledge and skills.

Exercising Leadership: Communicating thoughts, feelings, and ideas to justify a position, encouraging, persuading, convincing or otherwise motivating an individual or group, including responsibly challenging existing procedures, policies or authority.

Negotiating: Working toward agreement that may involve exchanging specific resources or resolving divergent interests.

Working with Cultural Diversity: Working well with men and women and with people from a variety of ethnic, social, or educational backgrounds.

INFORMATION

Acquiring and Evaluating Information: Identifying a need for data, obtaining the data from existing sources or creating them, and evaluating their relevance and accuracy.

Organizing and Maintaining Information: Organizing, processing and maintaining written or computerized records and other forms of information in a systematic fashion.

Interpreting and Communicating Information: Selecting and analyzing information and communicating the results of others, using oral, written, graphic, pictorial, or multimedia methods.

Using Computers to Process Information: Employing computers to acquire, organize, analyze and communicate information.

SYSTEMS

Understanding Systems: Knowing how social, organizational and technological systems work and operating effectively with them.

Monitoring and Correcting Performance: Distinguishing trends, predicting impacts of actions on system operations, diagnosing deviations in the functioning of a system/organization, and taking necessary steps to correct performance.

Improving or Designs Systems: Making suggestions to modify existing systems in order to improve the quality of products or services and developing new or alternative systems.

TECHNOLOGY