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Spring 2024
Jun 13, 2025 Your current Institution is Otero |
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| PSY 1001 - General Psychology I: SS3 |
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Associated Term:
Spring 2024
Learning Objectives: REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: 1. Explain the discipline of psychology, its history, and how it is practiced today. 2. Demonstrate the basic rules of research in psychology and be able to evaluate their application. 3. Identify the biological influences on behavior. 4. Explain consciousness and factors that may influence it. 5. Summarize motivation in terms of inborn and learned determinants. 6. Analyze emotion and its relationship to physiology and cognition. 7. Define the principles of sensation and perception. 8. Demonstrate the principles of learning and its application to behavior. 9. Outline memory and forgetting and the application of memory skills to life. 10. Identify the factors involved in stress and effective strategies for management of stress. 11. Write and speak clearly and logically in presentations and essays about topics related to psychology. 12. Demonstrate psychology information literacy by evaluating the validity of information sources in the study of psychology. 13. Analyze, evaluate, and apply written material related to the study of psychology. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: TOPICAL OUTLINE: I. Introduction to the Discipline A. The Goals of Psychology B. Professional Roles and Activities C. History of Discipline D. Theoretical Perspectives II. Research Methods in Psychology A. Basic Research and Statistical Methods B. Basic vs. Applied Science C. Evaluation of Psychological Research D. Ethics in Research III. Physiological Psychology A. Genetics B. Heredity vs. Environmental Influences C. Endocrine System D. The Nervous System IV. Consciousness A. The Nature of Consciousness B. Sleep and Dreams C. Altered States of Consciousness V. Motivation A. Basic Drives B. Theories of Motivation C. Learned Motives D. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motives VI. Emotion A. The Physiology of Emotion B. Theories of Emotion C. The Development and Expression of Emotion D. Cognition and Emotion VII. Sensation and Perception A. Principles of Sensation B. The Senses C. Principles of Perception VIII. Learning A. Classical Conditioning B. Operant Conditioning C. Observational Conditioning D. Cognitive learning IX. Memory A. Theories of Memory B. Theories of Forgetting C. The Physiology of Memory D. Memory Disorders E. Effective Studying X Stress and Coping A. Physiological Components of Stress B. Psychological Components of Stress C. Stress Management |
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