Description
Introduction to the study of behavior. Analysis of the biological bases of behavior, learning, thinking, motivation, perception, human development, social behavior, and the application of basic principles to more complex phenomena such as education, personal adjustment, and interpersonal relations.
In this course, you will:
💡 Critically examine and challenge your own understanding of psychology.
💡 Connect course concepts to your own life.
💡 Identify the major breakthroughs and influential theories that shaped various disciplines of psychology.
Course Assignments:
Homework Assignments - 20%
Exams - 80%
Schedule:
Topics that we will cover include:
Individual Differences
Research Methods
Personality
Intelligence
Nature-Nurture Debate
Human Development
Learning
Cognitive Development
Social and Moral Development
Development of Aggression
Biopsychology and Cognitive Psychology
Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology
Memory
Thought, Language, and Perception
Consciousness
Social Psychology and Abnormal Psychology
Social Psychology
Sex, Love, and Romance
Happiness
Psychological Disorders and Therapy