BC3 Academic Catalog: 2024-2025
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PSYC 201 - General Psychology 3 Credits: (3 lecture)
Course Description This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and methodology of psychology. The course is an introduction to the scientific study of behavior. This course meets the General Education competency of Critical Thinking (CT).
Text King, Laura A. Experience Psychology: 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2022.
Objectives A. Identify the research methods used in psychology.
B. Describe the research methods used in psychology.
C. Explain the distinction between the different schools of psychology.
D. Examine the biological foundations of behavior.
E. Evaluate theories of learning and cognition.
F. Explain the basic theories developmental psychology.
G. Demonstrate knowledge of personality theories, and psychology as it relates to social context.
H. The student will be able to evaluate a diverse collection of evidence related to a specific
research question/thesis. (CT)
I. The student will be able to synthesize the evidence and draw conclusions. (CT)
J. The student will be able to compile a written, verbal, or visual response to the evidence that acknowledges alternative explanations and views. (CT)
Content A. History of psychology
B. Research methods
C. Biology of Behavior
D. Classical and Operant Conditioning
E. Memory
F. Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
G. Life Span Developmental Psychology
H. Motivation and Emotion
I. Personality
J. Social Application - Health, Adjustment, Relationships and Career
Student Evaluation A - G. Tests and quizzes and classroom discussions
H - J. Classroom discussions, written Assignments and/or projects Bibliography Bruer, John T. Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development. Free Press, c1999.
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. 1st. ed. Harper & Row, c1990.
Derry, Gregory Neil. What Science is and How it Works. Princeton University Press, c1999.
Eccles, Sir John C. Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self. Routledge, 1989.
Johnson, Robert A. He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. Rev. ed. Harper & Row, c1989.
— She: Understanding Feminine Psychology. Rev. ed. Perennial Library, c1989.
Levy, Alexander. Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with grief and
Change After the Loss. Perseus Books, c1999.
Mims, Cedric A. When we Die: The Science, Culture, and Rituals of Death.
St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Moir, Anne. Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women. 1st Carol Publishing Group ed. Carol Publishing Group, 1991.
Pruett, Kyle D. Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for your Child. Free Press, c2000.
Rubinstein, Joseph and Brent Slife. Taking Sides on Controversial Psychological Issues, Dushkin Publishing, 1986.
Schank, Roger C. The Connoisseur’s Guide to the Mind: How We Think, How We Learn, and What it Means to be Intelligent. Summit Books, c1991.
Schlossberg, Nancy K. Overwhelmed: Coping with Life’s Ups and Downs. Lexington Books, c1989.
Schwartz, Stephen. Classic Studies in Psychology. Mayfield, CA: 1986.
Skinner, B. F. Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Knopf, 1977.
Weiner, David L. Battling the Inner Dummy: The Craziness of Apparently Normal
People. Prometheus Books, 1999.
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