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Introduction to General Psychology - PSYC 1101

Description

A broad survey of the major topics in psychology including, but not limited to, research methodology, biological and social factors influencing behavior, development, learning, memory, and personality.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Apply course content to everyday life - making better decisions, enhancing relationships, and increasing self understanding.
• Recognize that human experience and behavior vary as a function of context, culture and situation.
• Identify, understand, and contrast fundamental psychology perspectives within a historical context; past, present, and future trajectory.
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the major methods of scientific inquiry.
• Understand the relation among mind, body, consciousness, and behavior.
• Relate the importance of objectivity in scientific inquiry to the inherently subjective nature of human experience.

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