INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY (PY1000)

Students will understand and be able to apply a broad range of psychological theories.

Students will learn how psychologists study human beings, begin to understand the limits of various methods of investigation and to question how knowledge is constructed.

Awaken students’ intellectual curiosity about how psychological approaches can help to better understand persons and real world social problems.

Students will improve their ability to write clear and effective arguments.

Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate. (CCI LO1)

Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class. (CCI LO3)

Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world. (CCI LO4)