Prerequisite to all other courses in psychology. An introduction to the essentials of psychology, from physiological facts and experimental methods to classical themes and concepts.
Areas covered include motivation, learning, personality, social and abnormal psychology.
Films and demonstrations used. This course is a survey of the principle topics and methods used to perform scientific research in various fields of Psychology. Topics include naturalistic observation of behavior in children and adults, measurement and scaling of attitudes and perceptual phenomena, qualitative and quantitative description and analysis of behavior, correlational research in personality and social psychology, and sampling as applied to the study of intelligence and other normative psychological states. This course is a survey fo the principle topics and methods used to perform scientific research in various fields of Psychology. Topics include naturalistic observation of behavior in children and adults, measurement and scaling of attitudes and perceptual phenomena, qualitative and quantitative description and analysis of behavior, correlational research in personality and social psychology, and sampling as applied to the study of intelligence and other normative psychological states.