Dear students,
PLEASE DO YOUR COURSE VALIDATION (VALIDASI SUBJEK) STARTING FROM 5/8/09 - 8/8/09. FAILURE TO VALIDATE WILL CAUSE YOU TO STATUS DROPPED. TQ
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CHAPTER 1 - Introducing psychology
Define psychology.
List and describe the four goals of psychology.
Contrast the nine approaches/perspectives in psychology: structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, cognitive, neuroscience, evolutionary and sociocultural.
The students understand the history how psychology developed as an independent discipline.(Specialties)
Define basic and applied research, then describe the first four basic steps involved in scientific research.
Describe the guidelines for respecting the rights of human and nonhuman animal participants in research and psychotherapy clients.
Define experiment and describe how independent and dependent variable, and experimental and control groups are important to the experimental method.
Describe researcher and participant problems in research and the experimental safeguards related to them.
CHAPTER 2 - Neuroscience and Biological Foundations
Draw a neuron, label its part and describe the function of each part.
Define neurotransmitter and explain how neurotransmitters act to excite or inhibit action potentials.
Describe the effects of the major neurotransmitters and explain how they are related to some disease, poisons and mind-altering drugs.
Define the major division of the nervous system, list the subdivisions of the central nervous system and describe the functions of the spinal cord.
Locate and describe of the cerebellum and the three parts of the brain stem.
Describe the methods for studying behavioral genetics.
CHAPTER 4 - Perception
List and discuss Gestalt principles of perceptual organization.
Explain perceptual constancy as it relates to size, shape color and brightness.
Explain how a person perceives depth, using binocular and monocular depth cues.
Define potential problems with believing in extrasensory perception.
CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Define learning and conditioning.
Explain the process of classical conditioning, describing the differences between an unconditioned, neutral and conditioned stimulus, and an unconditioned, conditioned and conditioned emotional response.
For classical conditioning: describe stimulus generalization, stimulus discrimination, extinction, spontaneous recovery and higher-order conditioning.
Define operant conditioning and differentiate it from classical conditioning.
Define positive and negative reinforcement
Compare and contrast classical and operant conditioning.
Describe the four processes involved in learning through observation, and describe how cognitive-social learning is related to prejudice and the influence of various media.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
PRE-MID TERM TEST (WHAT TO READ)
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sweet Home Inderapura
This is a story of my home development...
It took about 2 months for me and my "papa" to find the best house yet affordable around Kuantan area and finally somewhere in October 2008, we found a semi-D house in Taman Sri Inderapura.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Effectiveness of Reflective Teaching - by me
Teaching? Well it sounds easy for me. I give lecture, students nod their heads. I give more lectures, students jot down the notes. That is only for those who are interested. I give lecture, students yawning or playing fool at the back without knowing their objectives for coming to class. When the time is up, I get out from the class and return to my cubicle smiling happily assuming that the students understood what I have taught. Then the process remains the same as it should be every time I teach. Isn’t it easy to be a teacher? It was easy to me but that was long before I joined the Kursus Asas Pengajaran (KAP) held at UiTM. The course had reflected me so much that now I don’t want to be the ‘old me’ anymore.
In general reflections on education, the questions are more likely to help you articulate your philosophy of education. The following sets of questions below are some of the examples:
• Who am I teaching?
• What should we be teaching?
• Why teach?
• Who teaches?
The second space, classroom reflections is also crucial to help you think about the atmosphere and design of your classroom. The following question might help you to have a better environment.
• In what ways is it important for students to interact with the community in which
they live?
• What resources should be available to my students?
• How can I use the wall space in my classroom to further active learning?
The last space, self-assessment reflections can help you think about your work this week and this year for instance, what have you learned this week? What have you taught this week? How are you doing in your work? Below questions are designed to provide you with some space in which you can consider your own professional development.
• What is/are the most important thing(s) my students will learn from me this year?
• What did I learn from my students this week?
• What was I thinking?
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