PSYCH1501 - 06 - General Psychology

(SS) Social Science

This course introduces the field of psychology by surveying critical subfields in the discipline, including research methods, ethics, neuroscience, cognition, development, learning theory, psychopathology, counseling theories, and social psychology. Students learn about classic and contemporary research, how to critically evaluate and apply research and theories to real world issues, how individual and sociocultural factors differentially affect people's experiences in a complex social world, and how to communicate their assessments via papers, group projects, and oral presentations.