1. General information
Course:
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
Code:
44314
Type:
CORE COURSE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
375 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HUMANITIES AND HERITAGE
Academic year:
2023-24
Center:
502 - FACULTY OF HUMANITIES IN TOLEDO
Group(s):
40
Year:
2
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
MARIA JUANA AMERIGO CUERVO-ARANGO
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Facultad de Humanidades de Toledo, nº 16
PSICOLOGÍA
926051706
maria.amerigo@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
Not established
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E26 | Be able to develop an articulated speech around ethical and political values while cultivating self-critical habits. |
| E28 | Apply the basic theoretical concepts of anthropological, philosophical and psychological knowledge, identifying and placing in their temporal context the main schools and authors of the tradition of these disciplines. |
| E31 | Understand from a scientific attitude the functioning of the human mind through basic cognitive and motivational processes. |
| E32 | Understand basic and applied research in Social Psychology through its theoretical and methodological foundations. |
| G04 | Ethical commitment and professional ethics. |
| G05 | Possess and understand knowledge in Humanities at a higher level, including some cutting edge knowledge in the different fields of study within the Degree. |
| G07 | Be able to develop and defend arguments and solve problems within the Humanities and Heritage field. |
| G08 | Have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. |
| G10 | Ability to write a monograph, undertake field work or perform basic empirical study, using the methodological criteria of the disciplines of the Degree. |
| G11 | Be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
| G12 | Develop those skills neeeded to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy. |
| G15 | Know, understand and interpret social and cultural diversity while respecting equality of opportunity among all human beings, valuing freedom, tolerance and the culture of peace. |
| G16 | Open to approaches where paradoxes and human contradictions are transformed into necessarily complementary forces. |
| G17 | Develop the ability to overcome stereotyped relationships and interpretations. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Put into practice the basic theoretical and methodological tools to start building their own critical analyses and judgments. | |
| Possess an integral vision of the human being from the diverse, complementary and historically contextualized approaches of anthropology, philosophy and psychology. | |
| Acquire a critical knowledge of human reality in its diversity, and an ethical commitment to the values ¿¿of coexistence and dialogue between different individual and cultural life options. | |
| Understand the variety of theoretical and methodological criteria that allow the study of human phenomena. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1:
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Unit 1.1:
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Unit 1.2:
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Unit 1.3:
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Unit 2:
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Unit 2.1:
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Unit 2.2:
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Unit 2.3:
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Unit 3:
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Unit 3.2:
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7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Combination of methods | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | ||
| Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE] | Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 0.8 | 20 | Y | N | ||
| Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Other Methodologies | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 0.24 | 6 | Y | N | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 1.8 | 45 | Y | N | ||
| Progress test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 0.12 | 3 | Y | N | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 0.04 | 1 | Y | Y | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Combination of methods | E26 E28 E31 E32 G04 G05 G07 G08 G10 G11 G12 G15 G16 G17 | 1.8 | 45 | Y | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Projects | 40.00% | 40.00% | |
| Final test | 50.00% | 50.00% | |
| Assessment of active participation | 10.00% | 10.00% | |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:Evaluation criteria not defined
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Non-continuous evaluation:Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 30 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL)] | 20 |
| Individual tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Other Methodologies] | 6 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 45 |
| Progress test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 3 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 1 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 45 |
| Global activity | |
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| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
| Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
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| Amérigo, M. | Modelos psicológicos de ser humano: Un perfil disciplinar de la Psicología contemporánea | Cuenca | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha | 84-89958-06-8 | 1997 | ||||
| Butler-Bowdon, Tom (1967-) | 50 clásicos de la psicología / | Sirio, | 978-84-7808-600-9 | 2015 |
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| Delgado Losada, M. L. | Fundamentos de Psicología para ciencias sociales y de la salud | Médica Panamericana, | 978-84-9835-253-5 (r | 2014 |
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| Ferguson, Ch. J. | Everybody Knows Psychology Is Not a Real Science | American Psychologist, 70, 527-542. | American Psychological Association | 2015 | |||||
| Kahneman, D. | Pensar rápido, pensar despacio (7 ed.). | Debate | 2015 | ||||||
| Lilienfeld, S. O. | Public Skepticism of Psychology. Why many people perceive the study of human behavior as unscientific. | American Psychologist, 67, 130-159. | American Psychological Association | 2012 | |||||
| Lilienfeld, S. O.; Lynn, S. J.; Ruscio, J.; Beyerstein, B. | 50 grandes mitos de la psicología popular : las ideas falsas | Biblioteca Buridán | 978-84-92616-53-4 | 2010 |
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| Myers, D. G y DeWall, N. C. | Exploring Psychology. Eleventh Edition in modules | Macmillan | 2019 | ||||||
| Myers, D. G. | Psicología (9ª ed.) | Madrid: | Médica Panamericana | 84790939175 | 2011 | ||||
| Méndez Paz, Cástor | Pensar la psicología / | Siglo XXI, | 978-84-323-1777-4 | 2015 |
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| Psychology's Comprehensive Online Resources | Psychology.org | 2011 | http://www.psychology.org/ | ||||||
| Rodríguez; A.; Morales, J. F.; Delgado, N.; Betancor, V. | 50 experimentos imprescindibles para entender la Psicología Social | Madrid | Alianza Editorial | 9788491044338 | 2016 | ||||
| Smith, E. E.; Nolen-Hoeksema, S.; Fredrickson, B. & Loftus, G.R. | Atkinson & Hilgard's Introducción a la Psicología | Thompson | 2003 | ||||||
| The British Psychological Society | Milgram's obedience studies. Not about obedience after all. | 2011 | http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/02/milgrams-obedience-studies-not-about.html | ||||||
| The British Psychological Society | The BBC Prison Study | http://www.bbcprisonstudy.org/ |