This course offers an introduction to topics such as learning, memory, sensation and perception, personality, life-span development, physiological basis of behavior, stress and health, psychological disorders, social psychology, and research methods. The purpose of a course in Introductory Psychology is to introduce the student to the scientific study of animal and human behavior and mental processes. The Department of Psychology at ACC has directed that all PSYC 2301 classes must cover these Core Topics:

• Research Methods

• Personality

• Learning

• Life-Span Development

• Physiological Basis of Behavior

• Cognition (including Sensation, Perception & Memory)

• Stress (and intellectual, social, physical and emotional health)

• Psychological Disorders

• Social Psychology

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Required Textbook: Psychology, The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy. Retrieved at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/thescienceofhumanpotential/.