Intro to Psychology: Honors

Catalog description

Survey of psychology including history, perspectives, and methods; structure and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems; development; perception; learning; memory; intelligence, thinking and language; motivation and emotion; personality; psychopathology; psychotherapy; stress and health; and social cognition and behavior. Also may include the following Honors Content: Intensive research using highest standards and best practices for the discipline, and a significant number/variety of readings of both primary and secondary sources; "publishable quality", peer reviewed paper or project in format appropriate for this discipline: presentation of research, in class or to a wider audience.