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Toward Self Understanding (PSY103)

Instructor: Dr. Shanette M. Harris

Office: 131 or 420 Chafee Building

Office Hours: hursda! 3:00"#:00 $.%.Class Meeting: O&'I&(

("%ail )ddress: shanette3*!ahoo.co%

COURSE DESCRIPTION

his course $resents and discusses $ers$ecti+es, conce$ts and strategies -ased in $s!chological

theor! and research to hel$ understand, co$e ith and i%$ro+e the hu%an e/$erience in order tohandle t!$ical $ro-le%s in li+ing and %ore at!$ical $s!chological concerns. ) $ri%ar! $ur$ose

of the course is to $ro%ote and encourage self"noledge and indi+idual accounta-ilit! -!

$ro%oting self"aareness ith the o-ecti+e of i%$ro+ing $ersonal adust%ent and groth.

Conseuentl!, se+eral areas of adult groth and adust%ent are e/a%ined including -ut not

li%ited to: social ad+ance%ent and technolog!, stressresilience, $ersonalit!, $s!cho$atholog!,

inter$ersonal relationshi$s, freedo% of choice, and s$iritualit!.

SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES:

5ecogni6e assu%$tions and tenets of $s!chological theories discussed and $resented

Sho aareness of $ersonal +alues, -eliefs and orld+ies that %oti+ate -eha+ior

De%onstrate understanding of the stress"health relationshi$

)areness of the reci$rocal relationshi$ a%ong thoughts, -eha+iors and e%otions

(ngage in critical reasoning and anal!sis of li+ing situations for others

)$$l! theoretical %odels to or and inter$ersonalsocial situations

Greater in battle

than the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquer

just one himself.

Better to conquer yourselfthan others.

When you've trained yourself,livin in constant self-control,

neither a deva nor andhabba,nor a !ara banded with Brahmas,could turn that trium"h

bac# into defeat.$

% Gautama Buddha
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At the end of this course it is exected th!t "ou #i$$:

7nderstand ho to a$$l! $s!chological $rinci$les to issues and concerns of e+er!da! life

De%onstrate fa%iliarit! ith i%$ortant theories in the field of 8s!cholog! and their

associated assu%$tions and tenets

Be a-le to a$$l! inter+entionstechniuesstrategies fro% se+eral theoretical %odels to

i%$ro+e $ersonal and inter$ersonal adust%ent

De%onstrate the a-ilit! to e+aluate !our on -eha+ior and a$$l! a$$ro$riate

$s!chological strategies

De+elo$ aareness and understanding of ho the s!ste%s in hich e are e%-edded

9e.g., fa%il!, co%%unit!, culture influence our $ers$ecti+es, +alues, -eliefs and

inter$retations

Re%uired Course &!teri!$s:

Ps"cho$o'" A$ied to &odern (ife: Ad)ust*ent in the +,st

Centur"- ,,th Edition

;a!ne ;eiten< Dana S. Dunn< (li6a-eth =ost Ha%%er

ISB&"10: 1"2>#"4#??#"4

ISB&"13: ?@>"1"2>#4#??#""

he te/t-oo can -e found at the -oostore in the Me%orial 7nion on the 75I Aingston ca%$us.


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.RADIN. AND EVA(UATION PROCEDURE

Calculation of inal rade

Se%ester ournal 100 $oints

Boo Critiue 100 $oints

Discussions 100 $oints

)cti+ities 100 $oints

4 (/a%s 100 / 4E400 $oints

>00>E100 $oints I&)' 5)D(

,/ Journ!$ 0ritin' Assi'n*ent

5esearch has shon that riting can !ield $ositi+e effects on e%otional and $h!sical ell"-eing

9see htt$s:.ute/as.edufeatures200#riting. he i%$ortance of riting to

$s!choe%otional and $h!sical health $articularl! folloing sensiti+e or trau%atic e/$eriences is

discussed on $age 11F in !our te/t-oo 9i.e. ;eiten, Dunn G Ha%%er, 201#. During the

se%ester, !ou ill %aintain a ournal of !our e/$eriences during the course. =ou ill ritea-out !our thoughts, e%otions, insights, and -eha+iors. =ou ill %aintain !our ournal on a

co%$uter to %ae it eas! to su-%it to %e at the end of the ter%. =ou are e/$ected to ha+e at

least to entries $er ee for a minimumof 22"24 entries and a concluding summary.

=ou should la-el each entr! ith the Da!, Date and i%e 9e.g., Monda!, March 3, 201F< 4:00

$.%..

In the final su%%ar! !ou should 9a discuss an! insight that !ou gained a-out !ourself 9e.g.,

drea%s, as$irations, regrets, orries, conflicts, fears, 9- an! ne lesson that !ou learned orlesson that !ou re+isited in !our life, and 9c an! change !ou ha+e %ade or -elie+e that !ou

%ight need to %ae. inall!, !ou should also 9d descri-e ho !ou felt a-out this ournaling

assign%ent including lies and dislies.

ournal Infor%ation:
https://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/writinghttps://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/writing


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7se &icrosoft 0ord ON(1and ee$ the ournal in !our co%$uter< use %ore than a

single -acu$ to a+oid lost infor%ation.

Begin to rite entries in !our ournal the First0ee2of the course.

If !ou %iss the deadline or due date for the assign%ent, !our or ill NOT-e acce$ted.

ournals ill -e e+aluated according to the $resence, ualit! and de$th ith hich !ou

a$$roach each of the ournal co%$onents $resented a-o+e.

ournaling 8ro%$ts

htt$:$s!chcentral.co%-logarchi+es20140?2@30"ournaling"$ro%$ts"for"self"reflection"and"

self"disco+er!

htt$:.self"estee%"health.co%reflecti+e"ournal"riting"$ro%$ts.ht%l

+/ Se$f 3e$ Boo2 Criti%ue

he idea -ehind this assign%ent is to gi+e !ou the o$$ortunit! to read a a-out a $articular su-ect

of interest and to anal!6e the -oo criticall!. he $a$er !ou ill -e riting should -e a -oo

critique, rather than a -oo report. In a -oo re$ort, !ou si%$l! su%%ari6e the -oo. In a -oo

critiue, !ou go %uch further " !ou anal!6e and e+aluate the -oo. his $a$er should -e at least

fi+e $ages not including the )8) st!le co+er, a-stract and reference $ages. 8lease see the

$osting related to the $roect 9Ho to rite a -oo critiue.

4/ Discussion Posts

=ou are to res$ond to discussion $osts during the se%ester. =ou ill -e e+aluated on ualit!,

ti%eliness and uantit! of $osts. Mae sure to res$ond to !$$ ele%ents of the discussion $ro%$ts

and to de%onstrate critical reasoning and noledge. 8lease re+ie the ru-rics $osted on

indi+idual and threaded discussions

5/ On$ine Acti6it" Posts

=ou ill -e ased to res$ond to acti+ities selected to re$resent +arious cha$ters during the

se%ester. Mae sure to follo directions and to res$ond on ti%e. )gain, res$ond to each

ele%ent of the assign%ent and $ost in the correct location.
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7/ Four &u$ti$e Choice Ex!*s

=ou ill -e ased to $ro+ide res$onses to four %ulti$le choice e/a%s including the inal e/a%.

hese e/a%s co+er a$$ro/i%atel! four cha$ters and are not cu%ulati+e. 8lease see the attached

tentati+e schedules.

(/$ectations of Students:

Re6ie# the3o# to .et St!rted infor*!tionlocated in the course content.

Pro6ide erson!$ introduction of "ourse$f during the first ee -! $osting a self"

introduction in the a$$ro$riate discussion foru%.

&!2e sure th!t "ourco%$uter is co%$ati-le ith saai used -! 75I.

Inter!ctonline ith instructors and $eers and ee$ u$ ith all assign%ents.

Re6ie#and follo the course calendar.

Re!d !nd fo$$o# course rules, nor%s and guidelines

Re!d !$$ co%$onents of the course s!lla-us

Course Re$!ted !nd Usefu$ 0e8site (in2s

http://www.mentalhealth.com/Internet Mental Health Master Site

http://psychcentral.com/Information about Abnormal Behavior

http://www.psychwww.com/Psych Web Master Sitehttp://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Psychology Electronic Journal

http://www.psychology.info/Netsych

http://www.apa.org/A.P.A.

http://www.seekwellness.com/Patient!s Net"or# for Health

http://www.medscape.com/home

http://www.healthtouch.com/$eneral Health %elate& Site

http://www.human-studies.com/index.php

http://www.mythosandlogos.com/May.html%ollo May

http://www.existentialpsychology.org/ E'istential an& Humanistic Psychology

http://www.ahpweb.org/Humanistic Psychology

http://www.adpca.org/node/15Person()entere& Psychology site

http://www.psychotherapy.net/Psychotheray

9Re!d it #ith sorro# !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ h!te/

Re!d it #ith !n'er !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ 6en'efu$/
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Re!d it #ith !r!noi! !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ confusion/

Re!d it #ith e*!th" !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ co*!ssion/

Re!d it #ith $o6e !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ f$!tter"/

Re!d it #ith hoe !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ ositi6e/

Re!d it #ith hu*or !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ )o"/

Re!d it #ith .od !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ the truth/

Re!d it #ithout 8i!s !nd "ou #i$$ fee$ e!ce/

Dont re!d it !t !$$ !nd "ou #i$$ not fee$ ! thin'/;


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0ee2 ,J!nu!r" +=th

to Fe8ru!r" =th

Cha$ters one and to

)cti+it!

Discussion uestion

0ee2 +Fe8ru!r" >thto Fe8ru!r" ,>th

Cha$ters three and four

)cti+it!

Discussion uestion

FIRST E?A& @C3APTERS ,5

0ee2 4Fe8ru!r" +thto &!rch +nd

Cha$ters fi+e and si/

)cti+it!

Discussion uestion

0ee2 5&!rch 4rdto &!rch ,4th

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)cti+it!

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SECOND E?A& @C3APTERS 7=

0ee2 7&!rch ,5thto &!rch +5th

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)cti+it!

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Boo2 Criti%ue Due 8efore &idni'ht

0ee2 &!rch +7th

to Ari$ 5th

Cha$ters ele+en and tel+e

)cti+it!

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T3IRD E?A& @C3APTERS >,+

0ee2 Ari$ 7thto Ari$ ,7th

Cha$ters thirteen and fourteen


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)cti+it!

Discussion uestion

0ee2 =Ari$ ,thto Ari$ +7th

Cha$ters fifteen and si/teen

)cti+it!

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FINA( AND FOURT3 E?A& @Ch!ters ,4,

Journ!$ Due 8efore &idni'ht of Ari$ +th

NOTE:

G Ex!* D!te GBoo2 Criti%ue

E0ee2$" On$ine Acti6it" GCo*uter Journ!$

E0ee2$" Discussion Huestion