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Assignments.
The assignments in this course are openly licensed, and are available as-is, or can be modified to suit your students’ needs. Selected answer keys are available to faculty who adopt Waymaker, OHM, or Candela courses with paid support from Lumen Learning. This approach helps us protect the academic integrity of these materials by ensuring they are shared only with authorized and institution-affiliated faculty and staff.
If you import this course into your learning management system (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.), the assignments will automatically be loaded into the assignment tool, where they may be adjusted, or edited there. Assignments also come with rubrics and pre-assigned point values that may easily be edited or removed.
The assignments for Introductory Psychology are ideas and suggestions to use as you see appropriate. Some are larger assignments spanning several weeks, while others are smaller, less-time consuming tasks. You can view them below or throughout the course.
You can view them below or throughout the course.
| —Perspectives in Psychology Explain behavior from 3 perspectives | Watch a TED talk | |
| —Analyzing Research Describe and discuss a PLOS research article | —Psychology in the News Compare a popular news article with research article | |
| —Using Your Brain Describe parts of the brain involved in daily activities | –Brain Part Infographic Create a visual/infographic about a part of the brain
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| —Sleep Stages Describe sleep stages and ways to improve sleep | Track and analyze sleep and dreams. Record sleep habits and dreams a minimum of 3 days.
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| —Cultural Influences on Perception Demonstrate cultural differences in perception. *If used in conjnuction with the “Perception and Illusions” assignment, this post could ask students to bring in examples/evidence from the illusion task | —Applications of the Delbouef Illusion Apply Food Lab research and the Delbouef Illusion to recommend plate size and dinner set-up. Apply an understanding of Martin Doherty’s research on developmental and cross-cultural effects in the Ebbinghaus illusion. Find an illusion, describe it, and explain whether or not it may show cross-cultural effects. | |
| Thinking about Intelligence Choose to respond to two questions from a list | —What Makes Smarts? Describe 3 smart people and analyze what contributes to their intelligence. —The Paradox of ChoiceExamine an experiment about cognitive overload and decision-making when given many options. | |
| —Explaining Memory Create a mnemonic and explain an early childhood memory | —Study Guide Apply knowledge from module on memory, thinking and intelligence, and states of consciousness to help a struggling student. | |
| —What I Learned Write examples of something learned through classical, operant, and observational learning | —Conditioning Project Spend at least 10 days using conditioning principles to break or make a habit.
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| —Stages of Development Pick an age and describe the age along with developmental theories and if you agree or disagree with the theoretical designations | —Developmental Toys Assignment Find toys for a child of 6 months, 4 years, and 8 years, then explain theories for the age and why the toys are appropriate. | |
| —Thinking about Social Psychology Pick one question to respond to out of 4 options | —Designing a Study in Social Psychology Create a shortened research proposal for a study in social psychology (or one that tests common proverbs).
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| —Personality and the Grinch Use two of the theories presented in the text to analyze the Grinch’s personality | —Assessing Personality Take two personality tests then analyze their validity and reliability. —Personality—BlirtatiousnessExamine various types of validity and design a new way to test the validity of the Blirt test. | |
| –What Motivates You? What motivates you to do your schoolwork? | —Theories of Emotion Demonstrate the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, and cognitive-mediational theories of emotion. –Growth Mindsets and the Control ConditionTake a deeper look at the Carol Dweck study on mindset and analyze how the results may appear different if the control benchmark varied. | |
| —Thinking about Industrial/Organizational Psychology Pick a favorite I/O topic or give advice on conducting an interview | — KSAs Assignment Investigate and reflect on KSAs needed for future job. | |
| —Diagnosing Disorders Diagnose a fictional character with a psychological disorder | —Disorder At-a-Glance Research one disorder and create an “At-a-Glance” paper about the main points. | |
| —Thinking about Treatment Choose to respond to one of four questions | —Treating Mental Illness Describe 3 different treatment methods for the fictional character diagnosed for the “Diagnosing Disorders” discussion.
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| —Thoughts on Stress and Happiness Give advice on managing stress or increasing happiness | –Time and Stress Management Pick from three options to do things related to tracking stress and time management.
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Discussion Grading Rubric
The discussions in the course vary in their requirements and design, but this rubric below may be used and modified to facilitate grading.
| Response is superficial, lacking in analysis or critique. Contributes few novel ideas, connections, or applications. | Provides an accurate response to the prompt, but the information delivered is limited or lacking in analysis. | Provides a thoughtful and clear response to the content or question asked. The response includes original thoughts and novel ideas. | __/4 | |
| Includes vague or incomplete supporting evidence or fails to back opinion with facts. | Supports opinions with details, though connections may be unclear, not firmly established, or explicit. | Supports response with evidence; makes connections to the course content and/or other experiences. Cites evidence when appropriate. | __/2 | |
| Provides brief responses or shows little effort to participate in the learning community. | Responds kindly and builds upon the comments from others, but may lack depth, detail, and/or explanation. | Kindly and thoroughly extend discussions already taking place or poses new possibilities or opinions not previously voiced. Responses are substantive and constructive. | __/4 | |
| Total | __/10 |
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Faculty Resources
Assignments
The assignments in this course are openly licensed, and are available as-is, or can be modified to suit your students’ needs. Selected answer keys are available to faculty who adopt Waymaker, OHM, or Candela courses with paid support from Lumen Learning. This approach helps us protect the academic integrity of these materials by ensuring they are shared only with authorized and institution-affiliated faculty and staff.
If you import this course into your learning management system (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.), the assignments will automatically be loaded into the assignment tool, where they may be adjusted, or edited there. Assignments also come with rubrics and pre-assigned point values that may easily be edited or removed.
The assignments for Introductory Psychology are ideas and suggestions to use as you see appropriate. Some are larger assignments spanning several weeks, while others are smaller, less-time consuming tasks. You can view them below or throughout the course.
You can view them below or throughout the course.
| Explain behavior from 3 perspectives. | Watch a TED talk | |
| Describe and discuss a PLOS research article. | Compare a popular news article with research article | |
| Describe parts of the brain involved in daily activities. | Create a visual/infographic about a part of the brain
| |
| Describe sleep stages and ways to improve sleep. | Track and analyze sleep and dreams. Record sleep habits and dreams a minimum of 3 days.
| |
| Demonstrate cultural differences in perception. *If used in conjunction with the “Perception and Illusions” assignment, this post could ask students to bring in examples/evidence from the illusion task. | Apply Food Lab research and the Delbouef Illusion to recommend plate size and dinner set-up.
Apply an understanding of Martin Doherty’s research on developmental and cross-cultural effects in the Ebbinghaus illusion. Find an illusion, describe it, and explain whether or not it may show cross-cultural effects. | |
| Choose to respond to two questions from a list. | Describe 3 smart people and analyze what contributes to their intelligence.
Examine an experiment about cognitive overload and decision-making when given many options. | |
| Create a mnemonic and explain an early childhood memory. | Apply knowledge from module on memory, thinking and intelligence, and states of consciousness to help a struggling student. | |
| Write examples of something learned through classical, operant, and observational learning. | Spend at least 10 days using conditioning principles to break or make a habit.
| |
| Pick an age and describe the age along with developmental theories and if you agree or disagree with the theoretical designations. | Find toys for a child of 6 months, 4 years, and 8 years, then explain theories for the age and why the toys are appropriate. | |
| Pick one question to respond to out of 4 options. | Create a shortened research proposal for a study in social psychology (or one that tests common proverbs).
| |
| Use two of the theories presented in the text to analyze the Grinch’s personality. | Take two personality tests then analyze their validity and reliability.
Examine various types of validity and design a new way to test the validity of the Blirt test. | |
| What motivates you to do your schoolwork? | Demonstrate the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, and cognitive-mediational theories of emotion.
Take a deeper look at the Carol Dweck study on mindset and analyze how the results may appear different if the control benchmark varied. | |
| Pick a favorite I/O topic or give advice on conducting an interview. | Investigate and reflect on KSAs needed for future job. | |
| Diagnose a fictional character with a psychological disorder. | Research one disorder and create an “At-a-Glance” paper about the main points. | |
| Choose to respond to one of four questions. | Describe 3 different treatment methods for the fictional character diagnosed for the “Diagnosing Disorders” discussion.
| |
| Give advice on managing stress or increasing happiness. | Pick from three options to do things related to tracking stress and time management.
|
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