The course familiarizes students with a psychological way to explain human behavior.

Contents:

-Understand and explain how biological, social, and psychological factors affect human behavior

-Become familiar with psychological knowledge of learning and use the information to enhance personal study skills

-Be able to give examples of psychological research and to analyze and evaluate research designs

-Understand that psychological knowledge is based on scientific research

-Introduction to biological influences on human behavior (genes, heredity, the central nervous system)

-Introduction to psychological influences on human behavior (emotions, motivation, cognitive processes)

-Introduction to social influences on human behavior

-A psychological perspective to learning (biological, cognitive, and social bases of learning, )

Assesment: 4-10