What is General Psychology?
General Psychology (PSY 110D) is an introduction to the study of human behavior, including learning and thinking, development, perception, motivation, emotion, personality and individual differences, social and abnormal behavior and research methods. It is a course that surveys the discipline of Psychology. This course is equivalent to the General Psychology (Psy 110) course offered each quarter on campus at NSCC. It is available for students who, for various reasons, cannot attend classes on campus on a regular basis. If you have good independent study skills you can get the same quality education students get on the campus at NSCC.

Course Objectives:
By the end of the course you should be able to:

1.Define psychology and explain how the focus of psychology is different from that of other social and biological sciences.
2.Describe the major features of the scientific method and explain the steps and key considerations in research.
3.Critically analyze information about human behavior and distinguish between conclusions supported by scientific evidence and conclusions based
on nonscientific ways of knowing.
4.Define basic psychological terminology and explain important features of major psychological concepts and theories.
5.Explain how biological, psychological, and social factors can affect behavior.
6.Identify and describe specific psychological principles in real-life situations

You should also learn to:

1.Appreciate how psychology can enrich and help to explain individual experience and social interaction.
2.Appreciate similarities and differences between individuals.
3.Appreciate how culture, gender, and other group identities can influence self-awareness and interactions between people.
4.Appreciate that various information sources differ as to quality and reliability.
5.Appreciate that our understanding of human behavior has evolved and changed over the years and that increasingly refined psychological
theories have been developed.

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