Foundations in Psychology

You will receive written feedback on 2 assessments including [...] and [...] to improve your academic skills

• 2 practical knowledge application tasks

• Literature search & literature review

• Literature review & practical knowledge application task 2

• There will be no written feedback

Following Wilhelm Wundt, 2 early schools of psychological thought emerged. They were:

• Structuralism & behaviouralism

• Structuralism & functionalism

• Behavirouralism & functionalism

• Behaviouralism & humanism

Among the major perspectives in psychology, the earliest was [...] and it was developed by [...]

• Psychodynamic perspective, Sigmund Freud

• Behaviouralist perspective, John B. Watson

• Humanistic perspective, Carl Rogers

• Evolutionary perspective, Joseph Le Doux

'Psychology should be concerned with helping people reach their full potential.' This is the viewpoint of:

• Evolutionary perspective

• Cognitive perspective

• Behaviouralist perspective

• Humanistic perspective

How many Assessment Tasks are there in this course?

• None

• 2 (mid-term & final assessments)

• 4 (literature search, literature review & 2 knowledge application tasks)

• 4 (literature search, literature review, mid-term & final assessments)

The first ever psychology textbook is

• The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud, 1899)

• Verbal behaviour (B. F. Skinner, 1957)

• Principles of Psychology (William James, 1890)

• Textbook of Human Physiology (Wilhelm Wundt, 1864/1865)

The assessment with the highest weighting in this course is:

• Literature search; 30%

• Practical knowledge application task 2; 30%

• Practical knowledge application task 2; 40%

• Literature review; 40%

What is a literature review?

• A summary of research literature

• An argumentative essay

• A copy of scientific articles on the same topic

• A critical examination of research literature on a specific topic

'The way we respond to our world is a product of our thoughts and their influence on us.' This is the viewpoint of:

• Evolutionary perspective

• Cognitive perspective

• Behaviouralist perspective

• Humanistic perspective

You may need to stay focused in these weeks when the assessments are due:

• Weeks 5, 6, 11 & 12

• Weeks 5, 6, 7 & 8

• Weeks 9, 10, 11 & 12

• They all are due in Week 12