Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

IHTE-7106 Introduction to human behaviour, 5 cr

Person responsible

Hannu Soronen, Sari Kujala

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1


Per 1 :
Wednesday 14 - 16, Forte -room in IHTE

  		 


Requirements

Exercises and exam
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. To learn the foundations of psychology for human-centered design purposes.     
2. To understand human characteristics and behaviour.     
3. To improve interaction skills and capability to meet different kinds of people.     


Evaluation criteria for the course

See http://www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/IHTE-7100/

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
-           See http://www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/IHTE-7100/      Suomi  


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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
IHTE-7106 Introduction to human behaviour, 5 cr IHTE-7100 Introduction to human behaviour, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1 See http://www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/IHTE-7100/ The course is an English version of the IHTE-7100 course and based on Moodle tasks and writing a learning portfolio from reading materials.   Lectures
Excercises
Practical works
Study journal, portfolio and other literary work
   		 Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %