Jeremy Jackson
Email: ONLY from within BLACKBOARD. I will not respond to emails to jacksonj@douglascollege.ca
Email Availability: I will be available between Tuesday and Thursday (9 am to 5 pm) on BLACKBOARD mail, etc. If you have questions, please plan to ask them around these times. I will not answer emails sent to jacksonj@douglascollege.ca.
Mail Requirements : All mail correspondence should include: 1) Your name and student number, 2) A salutation such as "Hello Dr Jackson....", 3) An appropriate ending to the email thanking the person for their time in considering your request.
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In Person Office Hours: None. Online tutorials available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays via Collaborate. Book on Blackboard.
This is an ONLINE course. This means you are responsible to engage in Online study, discussion and quiz writting. The syllabus details the weeks and days on which quizzes will be held and when Online discussion is required. Please read the syllabus carefully and watch the introduction videos linked below.
Throughout the course there will be 3 multiple choice and SA exams. The syllabus indicates the weeks on which there will be an exam. All exams will be completed Online. Students will have 45 minutes to complete each exam. Exam 1 is worth 15% and exams 2 and 3 are worth 20% each.
Answers to multiple choice questions are mostly found in the text material and answers to SA questions will be given in the lecture notes. There are 19 SA questions for the course. Please see the "learning objectives" document for the 19 questions. For each exam, I will randomly select 2 of the questions. It is HIGHLY recommended that you prepare your answers to these questions in advance. I am expecting 1 page, well-written, grammatically correct, thoughtful and factually correct answers to these questions.
There will also be 2 discussion questions. These questions and the associated discussion will be completed Online and are designed to engage you in serious discussion and debate about the Online readings. The syllabus and lecture summaries contain details about when the discussion questions are to be answered. Each discussion question is worth 10% of your course grade.
Students are required to complete 1 term assignment, worth 25% of the final course grade. This assignment is a group video presentation. The presentation will be given as a group, put on video and uploaded to Blackboard. The presentation is 20 minutes long. Groups are of 4 students. Each student will present for 5 minutes. The video is to be handed in Online on the date given in the syllabus below.
Groups are expected to open and curate a thread online in which they develop their project and receive ongoing help and feedback from the instructor. The contribution of each student to the thread will be graded. See the "Term Assignment" page and weekly announcements for details.
Introduction to the course - Introduction to the course video, The course syllabus video, Lecture 1.
Introduce yourself Online to the class. Go to the "Discussion Board" tab on Blackboard in the main menu.
Reading: Chapter 1 Schultz and Schultz
Lecture 2 - metaphysics, epistemology, rationalism, empiricism.
Lecture 3 - Philosophy of Science, The Mill's, the mind-body problem.
Discussion Question 1 - See week 3 lecture notes (Lecture 3). Due WEEK 4, 9:00 am Tuesday thru 7:00 pm Friday (May 31st to June 3rd). POST EARLY, ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH CLASSMATES!
Lecture 4 - Weber, Fechner, JND, Wundt., Structuralism, Titchener, FJuneunctionalism, James.
Reading: Chapter 4 Schultz and Schultz video presentation, Chapter 5 Schultz and Schultz video presentation
Lecture 5 - Behaviourism, Watson vs MacDougall debate.
Reading: Chapters 7 & 8 Schultz and Schultz video presentation. Chapter 9 Schultz and Schultz video presentation.
Online Exam 1
Exam 1 opens on Blackboard under the "assessments" tab at 11:00 am on Wednesday June 15th and closes at 7:30pm on Wednesday June 15th. You may write the exam any time between these times/dates. You have 45 minutes to complete the exam. Write your learning objectives answers in advance and cut and paste them in to the spaces provided.
Readings - Schultz and Schultz, chapters 1 - 5, 7 - 9. Metaphysics and epistemology. Lecture notes 1-5. Watson vs MacDougall.
SA Questions: 2, 10 marks each. MC Questions: 25, 1 mark each
Lecture 6 - Behaviourism review, operationism, positivism, Pavlov, Skinner
Reading: Chapter 10 Schultz and Schultz video presentation, Chapter 11 Schultz and Schultz video presentation.
Discussion Question 2 - See Lecture 6. Due WEEK 9, 9:00 am Tuesday thru 9:00 pm Friday (June 28th to July 1st). POST EARLY, ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH CLASSMATES!
Lecture 7 - Construct validity theory
Reading: No readings this week.
Lecture 8 - Cognitive psychology
Reading: Neisser, Chapter 15 Schultz and Schultz video presentation.
Online Exam 2
Quiz 2 opens at 11:00 am on Wednesday July 13th and closes at 7:30 pm on Wednesday July 13th. You may write the quiz any time between these times/dates. You have 45 minutes to complete the quiz.
Readings - Schultz and Schultz, chapters 10, 11 & 15. Cronbach and Meehl, Neisser, lectures 6-8. SA Questions: 2, 10 marks each. MC Questions: 25, 1 mark each
Lecture 9 - The "What Is It" Problem, The OLV, Wittgenstein, Baker and Hacker.
Readings: Principles of the OLV from Baker and Hacker, Hacker in Holland, Hacker in Oxford
Readings:
Thomas Szasz in Australia - Interview part 1 - the nature of mental illness
Thomas Szasz - Dr Szasz in Birmingham - the socio-politics of mental illness
Thomas Szasz - Dr Szasz interview with Randall Wyatt
Thomas Szasz - Psychiatric Times: Critique of Szasz
Readings: Debate About The Nature of Depression: A 5-minute conversation with Joe
Chair of DSM-IV, Allen Frances - The role of definition and meaning on the rate of mental disorder - Allen Frances
Chair of DSM-IV, Allen Frances - The role of economics, paradigms, and zeitgeists in over-diagnosis - Allen Frances
A most beautiful introduction to an international conference on over-diagnosis held in 2014 - Iona Heath
The British Psychological Society on DSM-V - The British Psychological Society on DSM-V
Group Project Due Online by 6:00 pm August 5th
Online Exam 3
Quiz 3 opens at 7pm on Tuesday Aug 9th and closes at 7pm on Wednesday Aug 10th. You may write the quiz any time between these times/dates. You have 45 minutes to complete the quiz.
Readings - Lectures 9 & 10. All readings listed in the syllabus.
SA Questions: 2, 10 marks each. MC Questions: 25, 1 mark each
Late assignments will receive a penalty of 5% per day late including weekends/holidays. The instructor reserves the right to refuse to accept late assignments. Assignments will not be accepted more than 1 week past the date and time given above. Failure to hand in the assignment may result in automatic failure in the course as the assignment is a required course element.
All quizzes are to be completed in class. ONLY MEDICAL extensions are accepted for quizzes. Supporting medical documentation must be provided for a missed quiz.
IMPORTANT: No make-up assignments will be given at the end of the semester for any reason. Only individual tests are eligible for extensions and/or medical accomodations.
Cheating , which includes plagiarism, occurs where a student or group of students uses or attempts to use unauthorized aids, assistance, materials or methods. Cheating is a serious educational offense.
Plagiarism occurs where the student represents the work of another person as his or her own. Douglas College condemns all forms of cheating.
The college will discipline students found to be cheating. Discipline may include:
1. a grade of zero may be awarded for the affected assignment, test, paper, analysis, etc.;
2. a failing grade may be assigned in the affected course;
3. referral to the College President for the assignment of discipline, which may include suspension from the college.