Seminar on Social Sciences(Psychology) Introduction 1

Academic unit or major

Humanities and social science courses

Instructor(s)

Mitsue Nagamine

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

LAH.S156

Number of credits

020

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 14, 2024

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The aim of this seminar is to help students acquire an understanding of the basic concepts of Psychology. The main goal of this seminar is acquaint you with having an more in-depth understanding of "mind" through reading literatures and attending conferences.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please send an email to the following address.

Address: nagamine.mitsue@ila.titech.ac.jp
Subject: Psychology seminar (grade, your name)
Submission deadline:　April 10, 17:00
Capacity is about 10 students.

The first seminar will be held on April 22, 15:25-17:05.

Course description and aims

Students will acquire the fundamentals of psychological-scientific thinking methods through reading literatures, presentations, discussions and attending conferences.

Keywords

modern psychology, critical thinking, society, humanity, diversity

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

We will have a seminar every Monday's 7-8 Period. Students will read several literatures, make presentations and attend the seminar or conference in the field of psychology according to their own interests.
This year students will attend psychology-related conferences (The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology, JSPP2024, to be held at the Shiseido Global Innovation Center) and research meetings held during the 1st and 2nd quarters.

Class：　Face-to-face in the classroom.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Not required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Keith E. Stannovich. How to Think Straight About Psychology, 10th Edition, Pearson Education, 2013.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Conference participation, Presentation and Discussion: 50%
Final report: 50%

Related courses

• LAH.S105 ： Psychology A
• LAH.S205 ： Psychology B
• LAH.S306 ： Psychology C

Prerequisites

None