Psychology is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings. Students are exposed to psychological facts, principles and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. Students also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice. Special emphasis in the first half of the year is placed on the physiological processes that influence the human experience. The second half includes the study of how we learn, what factors determine our personalities, what motivates us, the nature of intelligence, emotion and how thought and language frame our reality, concluding with an examination of abnormal psychology, diagnostic procedure, and the various therapeutic options available to therapists.