Introduction to Psychology

GRADE: 11th-12th

LENGTH: One Semester

Introduction to Psychology is a 3-credit transcripted course through the Northcentral Technical College (NTC) located in Wausau. This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors, and social influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social, and vocational settings.

"Perception is a clash of mind and eye, the eye believing what it sees, the mind seeing what it believes." -Robert Brault

"The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best." -Paul Valery