Catalog 2016-2017 
    
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Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC& 100 General Psychology

5 credits
This course will introduce students to the principles of motivation, communication, human development and learning. Practical applications will be made to individual difference, group process and behavior in organizations.

Prerequisites: ABED 045 , or ABED 046 , or equivalent placement score.

Quarters Offered: All

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Correctly use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories
  • Describe how biological, psychological, social factors affect behavior
  • Critically analyze information about human behavior
  • Distinguish between scientific and non-scientific ways of knowing
  • Appreciate how psychology explains personal experience and social interaction
  • Explain how culture, gender, and group identity can influence self-awareness and relationships between and among groups
  • Develop, organize, implement, and present a term project