A general survey of the important concepts in psychology with traditional theories and modern developments. It includes, but is not limited to, such topics as the history of psychology, the biological foundations of behavior, learning, memory, problem solving, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, motivation, emotions, personality, intelligence, gender and sexuality, and abnormal behavior.
Prerequisites
Reading proficiency as established by District Policy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Examine the history of psychology as those roots contribute to contemporary use and theory in psychology.
- Identify the basic fundamentals of the human nervous system, the processes of sensation, and perception.
- Identify the concepts associated with states of consciousness.
- Examine and learn the theory and principles associated with learning.
- Identify the stages of memory and information processing theory.
- Examine the concepts of cognition, language, and intelligence.
- Examine and explain the different stages of human development across physical, emotional, social, and moral stages.
- Characterize the differences between emotion and motivation and what factors influence these basic human concepts.
- Examine the different perspectives that contribute to our gender identity and which sexual disorders are most frequently manifested.
- Explain the different orientations toward understanding what influences human social behavior.
- Examine the theoretical bases of psychosexual stages of development and psychoanalysis.
- Identify and differentiate between stress and stressors and techniques to reduce associated consequences.
- Identify the concepts associated with abnormal behavior and criteria associated with major mental health disorders.
- Identify the concepts associated with therapeutic intervention strategies.