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Aug 31, 2024
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PSY 111 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Core A survey of psychology including theoretical and experimental findings and applications from areas such as neurobiology, learning, memory, personality, social, abnormal and therapy. Competencies
- Describe the field of psychology, its research methods, and major theoretical approaches
- Compare and contrast the major perspectives (behavioral, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic, and socio-cultural), as well as the biopsychosocial model
- Describe the major research methods (experimental, descriptive, correlational, and biological) and their strengths and limitations
- Identify basic parts and functions of the nervous system related to psychological functioning
- Identify the parts and functions of a neuron
- Describe the organization and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems.
- Distinguish the major brain areas and functions
- Describe sensory processing
- Identify and describe the major sensory processes
- Describe how each sensory organ processes sensory information
- Describe the basic processes of perception
- Identify the major factors related to perceptual selection
- Identify the major factors related to perceptual organization
- Identify the major factors related to perceptual interpretation
- Distinguish normal waking consciousness from various altered states.
- Distinguish typical variations of consciousness, including sleep, dreaming, hypnosis, and mediation
- Describe chemically altered states of consciousness including the physical and psychological effects
- Distinguish the characteristics of the major learning paradigms
- Identify the basic principles related to classical conditioning
- Identify the basic principles related to operant conditioning
- Describe the cognitive-social theory of learning, including latent learning and observational learning
- Identify the processes involved in memory processing
- Describe sensory, short-term and long-term processes memory and their interrelationships
- Make distinctions between the major theories of forgetting
- Identify the biological factors related to memory and forgetting
- Describe the characteristics of the major cognitive processes
- Describe the basic cognitive functions
- Describe the characteristics of language and the process of language acquisition
- Describe issues related to the definition and assessment of intelligence
- Describe the major features of human development from conception to death
- Describe the physical changes associated with prenatal, early childhood, and adolescent development
- Describe the cognitive and social-emotional development through the life span
- Describe moral and personality development through the life span
- Describe the stages of grief and dying
- Describe the variables that influence gender development and sexual behavior
- Distinguish between associated with sex and gender
- Identify the major sex and gender differences between males and females
- Identify the factors that influence sexual response, sexual orientation, and sexual dysfunction
- Describe basic characteristics and theories of motivation
- Describe various theories of motivation
- Identify various types of motives
- Describe the basic characteristics and theories of emotion
- Describe the components of emotion
- Describe the major theories of emotion
- Define stress and its role in health and illness
- Describe several sources of stress
- Describe the physiological and psychological effects of stress
- Describe the relationship between stress and illness
- Describe various approaches to managing stress
- Distinguish among the various theories of personality and methods of personality assessments
- Identify the major ideas associated with the trait theories of personality
- Identify the major ideas associated with the psychodynamic theory of personality
- Identify the major ideas associated with the behavioral and learning theories of personality
- Identify the major ideas associated with the humanistic theories of personality
- Identify the major ideas associated with the social-cognitive theories of personality
- Identify the major ideas associated with the biological theories of personality
- Describe and compare the various methods of personality assessment
- Define abnormal behavior and the classification of mental disorders
- Describe how psychologists define, explain, and classify abnormal behavior
- Identify the symptoms related to the major mental disorders (i.e., anxiety, mood, schizophrenia, and personality disorders
- Identify the characteristics and issues related to psychological therapy
- Distinguish between insight, behavioral and biomedical therapies
- Identify the techniques associated with the major insight therapies (i.e., psychoanalysis/psychodynamic, humanistic)
- Describe the major behavioral and cognitive therapy techniques
- Describe the major biomedical therapies
- Describe basic characteristics and theories of social psychology
- Describe the attribution process and typical errors of attribution
- Describe the process of attitude formation and describe theories and techniques of attitude change and persuasion
- Describe the ways that groups influence individual behavior
- Identify the factors involved in conformity, obedience, prejudice, and discrimination
- Identify factors and theories associated with aggression and prosocial behavior
- Demonstrate effective academic self-discipline
- Meet the timelines for assigned projects and evaluations
- Communicate effectively using accepted grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Paraphrase source material accurately and without plagiarizing
- Apply psychological principles to everyday situations
- Demonstrate an awareness of cultural variation in relationship to psychological principles
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