Psychology

A survey of the basic principles, research concepts, and psychological science problems. The biological, cognitive, social perspectives of human thought and behavior are addressed. Topics include neuroscience, learning and conditioning, sensation and perception, memory, motivation, language and intelligence, personality and social behavior, and psychopathology and therapy. Applications of psychology are also presented.

This course is designed to present learners with an interdisciplinary study of the sexual functioning of humans. The course examines human sexual behavior within the cultural, social, and political context. Topics discussed include historical/cross-cultural sexual attitudes, reproductive health and rights, the range of sexual experience, gender differences and roles, sexual orientation, sex and disease, sex and the law, and sex and social responsibility/personal ethics. Course information is drawn liberally from sociology, psychology, and biology, providing students with an integrated introduction to the study of human sexual behavior.