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PSY 101 - Basic Psychology
Presents the basic principles of human behavior and their application to everyday life and work. Topics include: introduction to psychology; social environments; communications and group processes; personality; emotions and motives; conflicts, stress, and anxiety; perception and learning; and life span development.
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Introduction to Psychology |
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5 | |
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Social Environments |
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Communications and Group Processes |
P. Lab/O.B.I. |
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Personality |
Credit |
5 | |
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Emotions and Motives |
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Conflicts, Stress, and Anxiety |
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Perception and Learning |
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Life Span Development |
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Corequisite: |
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Course Guide |
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Competency |
After completing this
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INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY |
2 |
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Definitions |
Define psychology. |
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Careers in psychology |
Identify career options in psychology. |
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Primary relationships |
Identify influences of primary relationships. |
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Secondary relationships |
Identify influences of secondary relationships. |
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Rules |
Explain/demonstrate rules for human interaction. |
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Roles |
Identify/explain societal roles and expectations. |
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Affiliation |
Explain/demonstrate principles of group inclusion. |
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COMMUNICATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES |
10 |
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Communications process |
Identify/demonstrate the communication process. |
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Communication components |
Identify communication components. |
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Nonverbal agenda |
Identify/demonstrate nonverbal cues. |
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Communication barriers |
Develop strategies to overcome communication barriers. |
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Listening |
Demonstrate active listening skills. |
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Member roles in groups |
Determine/perform member roles in groups. |
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Leader roles in groups |
Determine/perform leader roles in groups. |
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PERSONALITY |
6 |
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Personality theories |
Describe/evaluate personality theories and disorders. |
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Types and temperaments |
Identify personality types and temperaments. |
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Assess own personality type and temperament. |
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EMOTIONS AND MOTIVES |
5 |
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Theories of emotions |
Identify/evaluate theories of emotions. |
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Classification for emotions |
Illustrate/identify emotions by facial expression, vocal tone, nonverbal cues, etc. |
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Physiological motives |
Explain physiological motives. |
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Psychological motives |
Explain psychological motives. |
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CONFLICTS, STRESS, AND ANXIETY |
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Conflict potential |
Assess conflict potential in personal/professional relationships. |
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Conflict management |
Demonstrate strategies to handle conflict effectively. |
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Stress causing factors |
Cite stress causing factors. |
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Stress tolerance/coping |
Diagnose personal tolerance. |
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Plan stress coping techniques. |
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State/trait anxiety |
Identify/explain different anxiety dimensions. |
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PERCEPTION AND LEARNING |
8 |
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Role of the nervous system |
Differentiate between sensation and perception. |
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Describe the role of the nervous system in relaying and processing information. |
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Perception process |
Identify/explain perception process. |
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Perception and reality |
Demonstrate perception-reality principles. |
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Cognitive view of learning |
Identify cognitive view of learning. |
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Information processing |
Explain information processing. |
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Learning and reinforcement |
Explain positive and negative reinforcement. |
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LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT |
8 |
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Childhood development |
Describe the effects of childhood development on personality development. |
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Identify major influences in the early childhood span. |
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