Course Catalog Information (24-25)
PSYC 1
General Psychology
Course Description
This course examines the factors influencing human behavior including biological and neurological basis of behavior, gender, life span development, cognition and consciousness, attention, sensation, perception, learning, memory, intelligence, motivation, emotion, stress, personality, psychological disorders and psychotherapy, social psychology, and applied psychology.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Describe the ways in which psychology is grounded in the scientific method.
- Demonstrate, by reference to supporting research, findings that underlie everyday knowledge and beliefs as they relate to psychology.
- Create real life examples that show how psychology is present in many human endeavours.
- Contrast the six 6 main models cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, biological, humanistic/positive, socio-cultural used to explain psychopathology and treatment.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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