Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ACPE-0076
Organization's ID:
PSY101
Organization:
Alternative Credit Project Ecosystem
Location:
Online
Length:
This is a self-paced online course
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Introduction to Psychology
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide a general survey of psychology including the relationship between biology and behavior, such as how stress impacts personal health. Other topics introduced in the course include intelligence and reasoning, personality, gender and sex, memory, ethics, and research methods.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the discipline and practice of sociocultural psychology
  • Distinguish between the Gestalt principles
  • Compare and contrast the central, peripheral nervous systems, somatic, and autonomic nervous systems
  • Summarize the effects of drug addiction
  • Identify Carl Jung's influence on the study of psychosexual development
  • Learn to define psychology and its goals, analyze how race, culture and ethnicity influence behavior
  • Identify experiments using correlational and experimental research methods
  • Define the nervous system

General Topics:

  • The history of science in psychology
  • Scientific method in psychology
  • Biology and behavior
  • Sensation and perception
  • States of consciousness
  • Cognitive development
  • Memory
  • Intelligence and reason
  • Motivation and emotion
  • Developmental psychology
  • Gender and sex
  • Personality
  • Stress and health
  • Psychological disorders
  • Social psychology
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials