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Explore the historical development of psychology. You’ll explore how psychology differs from other social sciences. You’ll also look at the important people and events that shaped psychology as a discipline, and you’ll examine what’s in store for psychology in modern times.

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Explore about the concepts of principles, theories, and hypotheses. You’ll examine the basic scientific reasoning method, which helps in the development of psychological theories. You’ll examine the different research methods and designs that researchers employ to gather evidence and validate or refute an original hypothesis. Finally, you’ll learn about various statistical concepts and tools, such as central tendency and dispersion, and explain their role in psychological research as well as in the development of psychological theories.

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Explore about the factors that influence prenatal and newborn development. You’ll also discuss various concepts and ongoing debates related to child social development. You’ll examine and compare parenting styles. Further, you’ll analyze the stages of social development. Finally, you’ll review the major physical changes in adolescence and discuss gender development.

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Examine the roles of the nervous and endocrine systems in development and behavior. You will learn to describe the central and peripheral nervous systems. You will also learn to describe the endocrine system. Finally, you will explain how the nervous and endocrine systems affect development and behavior.

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Explore about the sensory system. You’ll analyze the capabilities and limitations of sensory systems and individual limitations. You’ll explore how the interaction between the individual and the environment determines sensation and perception. You’ll also examine the information processing model. Finally, you’ll learn about different states and levels of consciousness.

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Explore about the different types of memory and their features. You’ll discuss how memories are encoded, stored, and retrieved. Further, you’ll examine the duration and capacity of short-term and long-term memory and identify false memories. Finally, you’ll discuss memory construction and describe techniques to improve memory.

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Explore the various states of consciousness. You’ll describe the stages of sleep and identify sleep disorders. You’ll also describe the altered states of consciousness, and you’ll analyze various theories related to dreaming. You’ll explain the concept of hypnosis and learn some meditation techniques. Finally, you’ll learn about the major psychoactive drugs and the psychological and physiological effects of specific drugs.

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Explore about various theories of motivation and emotion, and the factors involved in motivation and emotion. You’ll also learn to define motivation and emotion. You’ll find out about the internal and external factors that influence motivation and emotion. And you’ll discuss some predominant themes of motivation and emotion.

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Explore various theories of intelligence, such as the triarchic theory and the theory of multiple intelligences. You will also learn about the concepts of intelligence and the intelligence quotient (IQ). You will examine various types of intelligence and tests used to measure intelligence, aptitude, and achievement. You will also learn about the concepts of emotional intelligence and the emotional quotient (EQ).

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Explore the concept and definition of personality. You will also examine various theories of personality, such as trait theories, type theories, psychodynamic and sociocultural theories, and humanistic theories. Finally, you will learn about different kinds of personality tests and their advantages and limitations.

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Explore how the different traits of an individual express themselves. You’ll learn about genes and describe the role that they play in shaping various aspects of an individual. You’ll examine the importance of environment during the formative years of a child’s development. Finally, you’ll investigate various aspects of the heredity versus environment debate and determine which factor has a greater influence on the development of an individual’s traits.

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Explore how an individual’s different attitudes and behaviors form, and you’ll examine various methods to influence behavior. You will learn about the attribution theory, which seeks to explain the causes of an individual’s attitude or behavior. You will discuss factors that influence interpersonal attraction. Finally, you will examine how people acquire biases or discriminatory attitudes and how these affect perception and behavior.

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Explore about the established theories of cognitive, psychosocial, and moral development. You’ll discuss Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and list the steps it involves. You’ll also describe psychosocial development according to Erik Erikson, and you’ll explain his eight stages of psychosocial development. Finally, you’ll discuss moral development in humans according to Piaget’s and Kohlberg’s theories of moral development.

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Explore different behavioral and social learning theories. You’ll learn about Pavlov’s classical conditioning theory, Skinner’s operant conditioning theory, and Bandura’s social learning theory.

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Explore the origins of attraction. You’ll also understand the importance of communication in relationships and discuss how culture influences relationships. You’ll also identify the factors that affect or end relationships.

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Explore about the origins of violence. You’ll examine the effects of exposure to violence. Finally, you'll discuss and evaluate strategies for reducing violence.

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Analyze the factors that lead to addictive behavior and learn about the prevention and treatment of addictive behavior. You’ll also examine the issues related to obesity and learn about the prevention and treatment of obesity.

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Study the criteria for establishing the presence of a psychological disorder. You’ll learn the six major perspectives regarding psychological disorders. You’ll also study the various perspectives that reflect a view of abnormal behavior as merely problems in living, rather than psychological disorders needing a diagnosis. Additionally, you’ll discuss the classification of psychological disorders and examine anxiety disorders. You’ll also understand dissociative disorders and examine mood disorders. Furthermore, you’ll define and discuss schizophrenia and discuss personality disorders.

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Study the definition and origins of abnormal behavior. You’ll explore the historical evolution of abnormal psychology, and you’ll examine some classifications of abnormal behavioral patterns and mental disorders.

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Trace the history and evolution of psychological counseling and therapy over the last two centuries. You’ll explore the distinctive features of behavioral therapies, psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies, art therapies, and humanistic therapies. Finally, you’ll examine the ethics to which psychologists must adhere with respect to their patients.

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Learn to identify strategies used for and obstacles associated with problem solving and decision making. You will also identify the basic elements of thought. You will learn about conflict and discuss strategies for conflict resolution. Finally, you will learn about goal setting.

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You will examine cognitive and behavioral strategies used for dealing with stress. You will learn how to define stress. You will also learn to explain individual responses to stress. Finally, you will examine strategies for coping with stress.

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Learn about some key statistical concepts used in psychological research. You will review three measures of central tendency—mean, median, and mode—and learn to find each of these measures for a given data set. You’ll also review the two common measures of dispersion—range and standard deviation—and how to calculate them. You’ll discuss various qualitative and quantitative methods used for collecting data in psychological research.

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Learn about various subfields and career opportunities in psychology. You’ll identify and describe different subfields, including clinical psychology, counseling psychology, cognitive psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, and others. You’ll also learn about career opportunities in psychology, and you’ll explore the skills and training required for different careers in psychology.