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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 2.0 Lecture/3.0 Laboratory Prerequisite: MATH 105 or MATH 110A or concurrent enrollment or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher, or satisfactory completion of the Math Placement Process. This course is an introduction to basic physical science facts and concepts. The physical sciences that make our technological world possible will be studied. This course is designed to give a general introduction to fundamental concepts and to prepare students for teaching at the elementary school level. Transfer Credit: CSU
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Recommendation: Satisfactory score on the English Placement Process or ENGL 52 with a grade of Credit or "C" or higher and satisfactory completion of the Reading Placement Process or READ 54 with a grade of Credit or "C" or higher. This course presents a general survey of psychology including development of the individual, learning, thinking, motivation, emotion, and perception. Some study is also given to the understanding and measurement of individual differences, group processes, and the biology of behavior. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course covers the nature of critical thinking from a psychological perspective. Focusing on the nature of thinking, the course emphasizes the development of critical thinking applied to scientific inquiry. Through an interactive classroom environment that includes lecture/discussion, debates, and writing exercises, critical thinking skills such as problem solving, determining cause and effect relationships, analyzing arguments, fallacies in thinking, comparing facts with opinion, an understanding probabilities are developed. There will be an emphasis on the application of critical thinking skills to everyday issues. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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2.00 Credits
Class hours: 2.0 Lecture Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course is an in depth survey of controversial issues in psychology highlighting interesting points of disagreement among psychologists on a theoretical as well as practical level. Topics include parapsychology, the inheritance of intelligence, biofeedback, pros and cons of psychological testing, meditation, psychosurgery, and deception in psychological experiments. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Recommendation: PSYC 101 and ENGL 52 or equivalent with grades of Pass or "C" or higher. The focus is the way in which each of the three views may be utilized to explain normal personality adjustment. The class is intended for college transfer students, especially Social Science majors. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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4.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture/3.0 Laboratory Prerequisite: MATH 80 or MATH 80B or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course emphasizes the calculation and interpretation of the basic statistical measures, with major emphasis upon the meaning, limitations, and applicability of statistical procedures. It is intended for majors and minors in the behavioral sciences, especially in psychology and sociology. The course will include the theory of parametric and non-parametric statistical methods and its application to psychological data. Topics will include descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, statistical inference and power, linear correlation and regression, chi-square, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. Application of statistical software to psychological data is required. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC* *UC credit limits may apply. PSYC 210 combined with MATH 112: maximum credit, one course.
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4.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture/3.0 Laboratory Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. Recommendation: Satisfactory score on English Placement Process or ENGL 52 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. An introduction to the scientific study of psychological principles, this course is intended primarily for prospective psychology majors and other students who plan further work in psychology. Independent projects are developed, performed and reported with emphasis on laboratory and naturalistic techniques of observation and investigation. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture Recommendation: PSYC 101 or equivalent with a grade of Pass or "C" or higher. This course is a study of the biology of behavior, covering cells and what they do; and the structure, function, and development of the nervous and hormone systems. It also covers sensory processes, the neurological basis of motivated and emotional behavior, along with a series of specific behavioral categories, such as pain, aggression, sleep, dreaming, sexual behavior and mental illness. In addition, it explores the biological basis of the higher cerebral functions crucial to human beings as Homo sapiens, learning, memory, intelligence, thought and language. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture This course entails a detailed survey of the various types of psycho-active drugs that are used and misused in our culture, including legal drugs, such as those used to treat psychiatric disorders, and illegal drugs, including some stimulants, psychedelic, and opiates. The psycho-active properties and the behavioral consequences of drug use and misuse will be the focus. The societal and cultural influences on drug use/misuse, treatment, prevention, history, laws, and ethics will be covered in this course. Transfer Credit: CSU
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3.00 Credits
Class hours: 3.0 Lecture An integrated study of the social, emotional, cognitive, and biological foundations of the human life cycle from conception to death will be presented in this course. Attention will also be devoted to the study of research methods and the application of research findings to ongoing developmental problems. Implications for personal and professional use will be discussed. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
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