| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
51019001 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
心と社会A［旧パッケージ］ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ココロトシャカイA |
Subject Name in
English |
Mind and Society A |
| Instructor |
KOMIYA ASUKA |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
コミヤ アスカ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1T) Thur1-4：IAS K110 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face, Online (on-demand) |
Lecture
Lessons 7&8, 15: Online (on-demand)
Other lessons: Face-to-face |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
:
Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Psychology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Psychology, Society, Human, Scientific methods |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Psychology
【As for student who enrolled after AY2018, and if they take this subject and get credit, this subject are regarded as “Area Courses“. But as for the student who enrolled before AY2017, “Package-Based Subject”. And also, for the student who enrolled before AY2017, if they take this subject, not regarded as “Area Courses”.】 |
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| Expected Outcome | 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
How does psychological research contribute to understanding of social phenomena and problems? In this lecture, I will introduce how psychological studies explain daily-life phenomena and problems, and how they contribute to providing the solutions. |
| Class Schedule |
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Methodologies of psychology and their real-life applications
Lesson 3: Why do we buy the same products? (Loss aversion)
Lesson 4: Why do we tickle the till? (Dual process theory)
Lesson 5: Eyewitness testimony (memory)
Lesson 6: Why is rumor prevalent during disasters? (Mechanism of rumor)
Lesson 7: Against empathy (Empathy)-1
Lesson 8: Against empathy (Empathy)-2
Lesson 9: Where does your impression come from? (Impression formation)
Lesson 10: "Who's really bad?": On-screen villains (Attribution bias)
Lesson 11: Religion and psychology (Intergroup conflict)
Lesson 12: The eyes are the window to the soul (Non-verbal communication)
Lesson 13: The planning fallacy (future thinking)
Lesson 14: Neurosexism (science and individual difference)
Lesson 15: Wrap up
Term-paper will be assigned. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
No textbook. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, moodle |
| (More Details) |
PowerPoint (PC)・Handout |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Consider how methodologies and theories of psychology explain daily-life phenomena.
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| Requirements |
Please participate in the first lesson. |
| Grading Method |
Term paper (45%), Quizzes in the class (55%) |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
Notebook PC |
| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |