This course surveys content areas of general interest in psychology. Topics include major schools of thought in psychology, development, states of awareness, learning, memory, health and stress, personality, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, and social issues. This course surveys content areas in a more specific and in-depth way than General Psychology I. Topics include biological psychology, sensation, perception, cognition, intelligence, and motivation and emotion.
Students learn to use primary sources in psychology.
This is a lecture and seminar course which helps students develop skills related to finding, reading, abstracting, and synthesizing published research in psychology. It also introduces students to the psychology major and to career planning in psychology. This course acquaints the student with the application of psychological principles and methods in a wide variety of settings. Topics include problems addressed by applied psychologists working in business and industry, clinical, community, health, legal, environmental and developmental settings. This course introduces facts, concepts, and theories that provide a foundation for understanding the kinds of violence that may occur regularly in relationships.