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Aug 02, 2025
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PSY 1879 - PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE AND PROFESS
credits: 2.0
Meant to give new psychology majors an “inside view” of psychology, building on concepts covered in Introductory Psychology. The first half of the course will cover concepts and professional skills that are especially relevant to answering research questions in psychology. The second half will cover careers and professional issues in different areas of psychology answering the question “What do psychologists do?” and, by extension, “What can I do in psychology?” Objectives: A) Describing and identifying various scientific methods and psychometric and ethical considerations used in psychological research to answer questions about human behavior and mental process; B) Explaining why psychology is a science, and why various other approaches to understanding human behavior and mental process are not scientific; C) Describing careers in several areas of psychology, detailing what the work is like in each career, and which kinds of professional issues arise in each career; and D) Exhibiting basic psychological information literacy through the reading and interpretation of scholarly journal articles. Method of Instruction: Interactive lecture, class discussions, small group activities, and brief student presentations. Method of Evaluation: Based on reading quizzes, in-class activities and homework, and an oral-presentation to the class on a specific career within psychology.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1010 - INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
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