Course Description

Honors General Psychology uses the pedagogical methods common to all Honors courses: interdisciplinary, writing- intensive, collaborative, and experiential instruction. As an honors course, there will be an added focus on analytical writing regarding various subsections of the field through reading primary source research. This course introduces students to general psychology as a behavioral science with an emphasis on the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The content focuses on the exploration of major psychological theories, concepts, methods, and research findings in psychology, including the biological bases of behavior, perception, cognition, consciousness, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, development, personality, social psychology, psychological disorders as well as therapeutic approaches and applied psychology.