PSY - Psychology

This course is a study of human relations, including the dynamics of behavior, interrelationships, and personality as applied in everyday life.

This course includes the following topics and concepts in the science of behavior: scientific method, biological bases for behavior, perception, motivation, learning, memory, development, personality, abnormal behavior, therapeutic techniques, and social psychology.

This course is a study of the physical, cognitive, and social factors affecting human growth, development, and potential.

This course is the study of the teaching-learning process with emphasis on learning theory, transfer, problem solving, habit formation, individual difference, and other factors that facilitate learning. Attention will be given to the implications for classroom practices as they relate to personal, cultural, social and moral development as well as to social/cultural diversity and learner exceptionalities.

This course is a study of the nature and development of behavioral disorders, including the investigation of contemporary treatment procedures.