Course Outline – Introduction to Psychology (PSY-301) — Credit Hours: 3(3-0)
Course Contents
1. Introduction to Psychology
- Definition, applied fields, and goals
- Rise of psychology as a science
- Major trends in development
2. Sensation and Perception
- Sensory processing
- Vision
- Audition
- Attentional processes
- Organizational processes in perception
- Identification and recognition processes
3. Learning and Behavior
- Classical conditioning
- Operant conditioning
- Observational learning
4. Memory
- Sensory memory
- Short-term memory
- Learning and encoding in long-term memory
- Remembering
5. Motivation and Emotion
- Definition and types of motives (primary, sensory, general)
- Basic emotions and culture
- Theories of emotions
- Functions of emotions
6. Personality
- Definition and assessment of personality
- Theories: Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Humanistic, Trait
7. Social Psychology
- Social cognition
- Attitudes and their formation
- Prejudice
- Social influences and group behavior
- Interpersonal attraction and love
Books Recommended
- Ertelt, Troy. (2015). Introduction to Psychology. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. ISBN 9781946135131
- Lahey, Benjamin. (2003). Psychology. McGraw Hill.
- Feldman, Robert S. (2002). Understanding Psychology. McGraw Hill.
- Gerow, Josh R. (1997). Psychology: An Introduction. Longman.
- Carlson, Neil R., & Buskist, William. (1997). Psychology. Allyn and Bacon.
- Zimbardo, Philip G., & Gerrig, Richard J. (1996). Psychology and Life. Harper Collins.
