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Elementary Psychology


Course Description

The phenomena, laws, theories, and history of psychology. Topics include animal and human learning, motivation, perception, individual differences, social behavior, and biopsychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles rather than on application. Students are given the opportunity to participate in ongoing research.


Athena Title

Elementary Psychology


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in PSYC 1030H, PSYC 1101E


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall, spring and summer


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

By the end if this course, students should have learned: 1. About the broad outlines of psychology as a formal discipline 2. About important topics within the field of psychology 3. To think critically about the facts of psychology 4. To explore the ways in which theories are developed, accepted and discarded 5. To develop a set of broad ideas on what shapes our own behavior and experience 6. To improve the ability to evaluate the many


Topical Outline

1. Orientation to course 2. Introducing psychology 3. Research methods 4. Psychobiology 5. Sensation 6. Perception 7. Learning 8. Memory 9. Cognition and language 10. Consciousness 11. Intelligence 12. Motivation and emotion 13. Development 14. Health and stress 15. Personality 16. Psychological disorders 17. Psychotherapy 18. Social psychology


General Education Core

CORE V: Social Sciences

Syllabus