psychology 110 (PSYC110)

introduction to motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, affect and emotion, differences, emotional regulation and forms of deployment

basic introduction to learning, classical conditioning, principles, the evolutionary view, rewards, reinforcements and behaviors, punishments, observational learning, unconditioned and conditioned stimulus and responses

a basic intro to memory, the three functions and perceptions, encoding and the different types, how to enhance and retain memories, priming and recalling memories as well as memory fails

brief introduction to neuroscience, the divisions of the nervous system, different types of neurons, electric signaling, drugs, human brain structures, how to study the brain and its development, brain growth and brain plasticity

Discusses the sources of knowledge, the institutions and their priorities, the phases of research, a brief section about the religion versus science debate, the different types of design, statistics. variables and how they are measured

A basic introduction to Psychology 110, a college freshman course. Looks at the jobs available for psychologists as well as a summary of basic psychology types, different psychological questions, perspectives and interests