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.