Prerequisites: Classification as a sophomore, junior, or senior This course engages students in the understanding, articulation, and dissemination of psychology as a science. Students study human development, learning, motivation, and personality with an emphasis on the empirical examination of behavior and mental processes. They examine the relationship between biology and behavior; how conditioning, learning and cognition affect behavior; and how interaction with others influences thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors. They analyze human development throughout the lifespan and study human differences and strategies for coping when those differences create dysfunction.

Grades: 9-12