SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentJunior Class of Department of Psychology
Course NamePsychology of Interpersonal Relationships
InstructorNG TING-TAT
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule































































































































































週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間Student workload expectation



課堂講授In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside- of-class



Hours



1



(2/18)



Introduction to relationship science



Miller (2022) Ch. 1, 2



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



3



2



(2/25)



Attraction



Miller (2022) Ch. 3



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



3



(3/4)



Social cognition



Miller (2022) Ch. 4



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



 



*Submission of group member list



3



5



4



(3/11)



Communication



Miller (2022) Ch. 5



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



 



3



5



5



(3/18)



Interdependency



Miller (2022) Ch. 6



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



6



(3/25)



Friendship



Miller (2022) Ch. 7



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



7



(4/1)



Romantic relationships



Miller (2022) Ch. 8



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



8



(4/8)



Mid-term Exam



Contents of Week 1 – Week 6



Mid-term exam



3



8



9



(4/15)



Sexuality



Miller (2022) Ch. 9



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



10



(4/22)



Stress and conflict



Miller (2022) Ch. 10, 11



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



 



3



5



11



(4/29)



Relationship dissolution



Miller (2022) Ch. 12, 13



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



12



(5/6)



Enhancing relationships



Miller (2022) Ch. 14



Lecture, class discussion, and videos



3



5



13



(5/13)



Revision and project consultation



Project consultation for each group



Project consultation



3



5



14



(5/20)



Class Presentation (I)



Presentation and Q&A



Class presentation



3



5



15



(5/27)



Class Presentation (II)



Presentation and Q&A



Class presentation



3



5



16



(6/3)



Final Exam



Contents of Week 7, Week 9 – 12



Final exam



3



8



17



(6/10)



Self-directed study



/



Self-directed study



/



5



18



(6/17)



Self-directed study



/



Self-directed study



/



5



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

葉珮芸 (Yeh Pei-Yun)



Email: 113752010@nccu.edu.tw

 


Requirement/Grading

1.   Mid-term exam: 25%



           Multiple-choice questions & short questions



2.   Final exam: 30%



           Multiple-choice questions & short questions



3.   Group project: 30%



           Group presentation (25%) & Q&A (5%)



4.   Class participation: 15%



           Attendance, active in-class discussion, & mini in-class presentation


Textbook & Reference

Required Textbook:



Miller, R. S. (2022). Intimate Relationships (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill.



 



Supplementary Readings:



Regan, P. (2011). Close Relationships. Routledge.



Bradbury, T. N., & Karney, B. R. (2019). Intimate relationships (3rd ed.). W. W. Norton.



 



*In-class readings will be uploaded to Moodle.


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