Psychology - General Psychology

General Psychology (PSYC 1110)

Total Credits: 4
Lecture Credits: 4.00

Description: This course is an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. A variety of topics such as the brain, memory, learning, social influence, motivation, emotion, personality, mental disorders and therapy are discussed.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Understand how the research process works, the conclusions, of research, and the general principles and terminology in the topics studied.
2. 2. Critically evaluate research, competing ideas and claims made about behavior
3. 3. Apply psychological principles to their own behavior as well as to broad human issues
4. 4. Appreciate both our strong human kinship (e.g., mechanisms for seeing, learning, feeling) and our rich individual diversity (e.g. temperament, personality, disorders)

Prerequisites: 

Placement score into READ 0200 or placement score into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.

MnTC: Goal 5