Academic Catalog 2025-2026

PSY 210 General Psychology

This course offers a survey of the scope and methods of psychology and a cultivation of a scientific attitude toward behavior. This introductory course facilitates a cross-cultural examination and understanding of the study of human experience through scientific processes and observable evidence provided by thousands of years of traditions defining behavioral norms. Topics include psychology as a discipline, research methods, physiological structures and functions, sensation and perception, state of consciousness, intelligence, and ways of learning, memory, cognition, language acquisition, motivation, emotions, human development, personality, psychological disorders, and treatments.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 109