INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students with credit for PSYCH 201 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and discuss the inferences that are allowed by major methodological approaches in psychology, including correlational studies, experimental studies, and case studies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe major theoretical perspectives, concepts, hypotheses, and empirical findings in a wide variety of core domains of psychology, including learning, memory, perception, intelligence, decision making, social behavior, health and well-being, and psychological disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply the psychological concepts discussed above to real-world practical situations and current events. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and describe the functionality (in terms of their role in human behavior and/or subjective experience) of major brain areas. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss the relative contribution of nature (i.e., genetics) and nurture (i.e., experience) in multiple psychological phenomena. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the changes that occur in various psychological phenomena across the lifespan Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and discuss the inferences that are allowed by major methodological approaches in psychology, including correlational studies, experimental studies, and case studies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe major theoretical perspectives, concepts, hypotheses, and empirical findings in a wide variety of core domains of psychology, including learning, memory, perception, intelligence, decision making, social behavior, health and well-being, and psychological disorders. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply the psychological concepts discussed above to real-world practical situations and current events. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and describe the functionality (in terms of their role in human behavior and/or subjective experience) of major brain areas. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss the relative contribution of nature (i.e., genetics) and nurture (i.e., experience) in multiple psychological phenomena. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the changes that occur in various psychological phenomena across the lifespan Audience: Undergraduate