This course satisfies the liberal education requirement. PORT 110 Course satisfies the liberal education requirements. A survey of careers frequently sought by psychology majors, and recommendations for course work and experience for attaining students' career goals. Other topics include departmental, college, and university resources of value to students' educational and career objectives, and preparation for graduate study in psychology and related fields. Students should take this course as early in their studies as possible, even if they have not taken Psychology 181.
Quizzes occur at each lecture and at alternate discussion classes.
An introduction to the psychological processes involved in pattern recognition, memory, human learning, problem solving, language development, verbal communication, and decision making, as viewed from an information processing standpoint. An introduction to processes of instrumental and classical conditioning in animals and humans, and to theories of and research on motivation. Social factors influencing the values, attitudes, and behavior of the individual, including the study of language, propaganda leadership, and group identifications. Not open to students with credit in EdPsych 261. Developmental approaches to human behavior from conception to senescence.