An introduction to and survey of the basic concepts and findings within the field of psychology.

Carolina Core: GSS

Basic principles and methodology.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

Psychological, physiological, and sociological factors of human sexual behavior and attitudes.

The psychological, physiological, and social characteristics of marriage.

Cross-listed course: WGST 301

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Women’s experiences: childhood and adolescence, work, family, cultural images, adjustment, and social change.

Cross-listed course: WGST 310

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Psychological theory and research as it applies to African Americans. Explores Africentric and other perspectives and roles of culture, racism, and historical phenomena.

Cross-listed course: AFAM 330

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Diversity and Social Advocacy, GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Psychological techniques applied to various industrial problem areas, such as management and supervision, morale, efficiency, training, personnel selection and placement, and relations among personnel.

Uses of psychological knowledge and techniques in practical contexts; clinical, school, industrial, consumer, and environmental psychology.

Theories, controversies, and research findings on the nature of various states of consciousness; topics such as sleep/dreams, hypnosis, drug-induced states, and psychic phenomena.

The role of sports in socialization, personality development and competence, including: spectator-performer interactions, motivation, competition effects; and the application of psychological techniques to performance enhancement.

Closely supervised project or research experience in psychology. Approved contract required. May be repeated for up to six credits. Not for psychology major credit.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

Research and applications concerning the acquisition of new behavior and knowledge, including accounts based on classical and instrumental conditioning and on information-processing models.

Research and theories on sensory memory, attention, short-term and working memory, human learning and forgetting, imagery, long-term memory, speech perception, reading, language, thinking and problem solving, and decision making.

Covers the classification, diagnosis, etiological theories, and treatments of the major mental and emotional disorders.

Psychological development from conception to late adulthood. Topics include physical, cognitive, and social processes associated with development at each stage of the life cycle.

Introduction to theory and research in social psychology from a psychological viewpoint. Topics include social perception, social cognition, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, aggression, prosocial behavior, and group processes.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Covers the major theories and research on personality and the dynamics of human motivation.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

Function of the brain including basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neurochemistry, neural systems, and psychopharmacology as it relates to behavior.

How the brain mediates simple and complex behavior and how we can apply basic research about the brain to real world problems.

Application of research in experimental psychology to ergonomics, the design of human-environment systems, with emphasis on work settings.

Examination of development from conception through older childhood. Specific cognitive and social processes will be given in-depth study.