PSY 202 General Psychology

The topics in this course (part of a 3 course offering) include: learning, memory, cognition, emotion, and motivation.

Credits

4

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Recognize how conditioning processes and social learning shape behavior
2. Identify and apply effective learning and study habits based on scientific research
3. Recognize and evaluate how ongoing processes contribute to structuring and transforming memory and forgetting in life
4. Identify and evaluate how reasoning and thought processes shape judgment, decision making, problem solving, and broaden our perspectives
5. Identify and evaluate factors that relate to motivation and goals
6. Identify how biological and cultural processes guide emotional and facial expression to contribute to meaningful communication and shape our feelings toward ourselves and others