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Current Catalog Year: 2025-2026

Course Blurbs and Essential Objectives

PSY-1010   Introduction to Psychology   3 Credits
 
This course is a survey of the basic issues, concepts, theories, and methods of psychology. Students explore the scientific approach to understanding human behavior through a study of sensory processes, perception, emotion, motivation, intelligence, learning, and personality formation.
 
    1. Discuss the development of psychology as a social science, including practices that create, maintain, or dismantle social inequalities.
    2. Understand the basic components of neurobiology and explore emerging neuroscience research.
    3. Discuss how environmental stimuli are sensed and perceived.
    4. Describe the nature of consciousness and its relationship to psychological well-being.
    5. Explain theories of learning and memory formation and discuss how intelligence is measured.
    6. Understand key milestones in language, cognitive, and socio-moral development.
    7. Compare theories of motivation and emotion.
    8. Identify psychodynamic, behavioral, social, cognitive, and humanistic theories of personality and discuss the approach each takes to understanding human behavior.
    9. Discuss how individuals and groups are influenced in social settings over time.
    10. Evaluate how socio-cultural norms and values shape psychological diagnosis and treatment and discuss the importance of cultural competence in the field of psychology.
    11. Demonstrate proficiency in understanding the scientific method and in interpreting and evaluating statistical and other quantitative data as applied to human behavior in an ethical manner.
    12. Explore the scope and diversity of career opportunities in the field of psychology and related professions through assignments such as informational interviews, job shadows, or other career exploration activities.


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