IHTE-7100 & IHTE-7106 Introduction to human behaviour 5 cr

The course gives basic information of psychology suitable for all students of technology. The goal of the course is to increase knowledge of human behaviour and applying it in human-centered design of technology. Main topics: human development, personality, memory and learning, cognition, emotion, communication, group-behaviour, organizational psychology, creativity, psychology of aesthetics and consumer behaviour.

Objectives of the course:

• To learn the central fields and application areas of psychology.
• To understand human characteristics and behaviour.
• To improve interaction skills and capability to meet different kinds of people.

Implementations

• Lectures 2 h/week at periods 1 and 2
• Weekly excercises 2 h/week. Five exercises at period 1 and one exercise at period 2
• Two home exercises related to weekly exercises
• Moodle assignments including portfolio and peer review of portfolio
• Exam

See grading and requirements for passing the course from Moodle, instructions below.

Language

Languages used in this course are English (IHTE-7106) and Finnish (IHTE-7100). All reading materials that are required for passing the course are in English, so that both Finnish-speaking and international students have the same materials. Lectures are in Finnish, but international students can read lecture slides and related reading materials from Moodle.

Course online

The Course has an online learning environment Moodle(intra) in use. You can sign in Moodle by using your TUT intranet account. After signing in select "all courses.." from lower left-hand corner -> choose "Ihmiskeskeinen teknologia/Human centered technology" -> sign up to the course by clicking the course's name(in Finnish)"Johdatus ihmisen käyttäytymiseen".

Moodle is the main information channel of the course and all exercise works are done or submitted in Moodle. Make sure to visit Moodle regulary. This way you don't miss deadlines. Important news and messages are posted automatically to all participants via e-mail.