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| Course ID: | PSYC 1030H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | General Psychology (Honors) | Course
Description: | A survey of psychology, with emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues. | | Oasis Title: | General Psychology (Honors) | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PSYC 1101, PSYC 1101E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | By the end of this course, students should have learned:
1. To think more scientifically and complexly about human behavior
2. About the different topic areas of the field of psychology
3. About the interactive roles of heredity and environment in governing behavior
4. About basic biological, sensory, and perceptual influences on behavior
5. About the interactive roles of conscious and unconscious processes in governing
behavior
6. About changes over the life span
7. About personality and interpersonal relations
8. About emotions, coping, psychological disorders, and therapies
9. About real world applications of psychology (e.g., workplace, courtroom) | | Topical Outline: | 1. Methods, History and Perspectives in Psychology
2. Biological Bases of Behavior
3. Sensation and Perception
4. Human Development
5. Learning and Memory
6. Cognition and Intelligence
7. Emotion and Stress
8. Personality
9. Abnormal Behavior
10. Psychotherapies
11. Social Psychology
12. Applications of Psychology | |
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