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Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 201)

Term: 2018-2019 Summer 1 Session

Faculty

Dr. J. Klees

Dr. K's Office Hours

  • Weekly During Weeks 1-15: 
  • Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 PM ET, and Wednesdays 11:00-2:00 PM ET, or by appointment (Locations Vary). To schedule a meeting, send an email to kleesj@baycollege.edu with your full name & course section/topic in subject line, and days/times you're available to meet & your contact information in the body of the email. 

Dr. Klees' Degrees/Certifications

BS - East Stroudsburg University (Education), 1990
MA - East Stroudsburg University (History), 1991
Ph.D. - Kent State University (History), 1999
GPDC Distance Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003.

 

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Description

This course introduces the student to the major ideas, concepts, methods, and principles in contemporary psychology with a special focus on psychology as a science. As a science that examines behavior and mental processes, psychology includes topics such as research methods, neurological bases of behavior, sensing and perceiving the physical world, states of consciousness, learning, emotion and its display, relationships between stress and health, higher cognitive processes such as memory and motivation, development, differing views of personality and its assessment, abnormal behavior and its treatment, social thinking, social influence, and social relations. Meets the Social & Behavioral Science requirement. Prerequisite: R.