Introduction to Psychology

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the study of human behavior with an emphasis on basic psychological principles and concepts. Topics covered in this course include the history of psychology, research methods, psychobiology, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning, memory, cognition and intelligence, motivation and emotion, biopsychosocial development, gender and sexuality, personality, social behavior, stress and health, and abnormal behavior and therapies. The goal of this course is to nurture an understanding of basic psychological concepts, and to demonstrate how to apply these understandings to our everyday lives and experiences.