PSY 202 General Psychology
Discusses the social and personality aspects of psychology, including intelligence, motivation and emotion, health and stress, personality development, classification and treatment of psychological disorders, and the social context of human behavior and attitudes.
Prerequisite
Recommended: Placement at or above the
ALS 115 Advanced College Reading and Learning Strategies and
WR 115 Introduction to College Writing levels are highly recommended for success in this course. Successful completion of
PSY 201 is recommended but not required for this course.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AAS Human Relations, AS Social Process/Institution, AGS Social Science, AAOT Social Sciences, AS Liberal Arts Core 4,
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Demonstrate a knowledge of the types of stress, the stress response systems and techniques for coping with stress. Identify types of motives and describe theories of motivation. Describe the development of emotions. Classify mental disorders into major categories, describe the symptoms and explain the causes and correlates of mental disorders/ Describe and evaluate treatment methods of mental disorders. Describe and evaluate the different theories of personality. Explain the social influences on attitudes, and individual and group behavior. Explain the influences and interactions of biology, psychology, environment and culture in behavior, motivation, emotions, health and personality.