Farmingdale
2350 Broadhollow Road Farmingdale, NY 11735-1021
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Social Sciences
Farmingdale has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
PSY 101
Introduction to Psychology
This course is designed to present basic psychological concepts and to introduce students to the scientific study of behavior. Core topics include methods of psychological research, the biological bases of behavior, principles of learning, memory and cognition, personality, and psychopathology. Other selected topics to be covered would include the following: motivation and emotion, life-span development, social psychology, health psychology, sensation and perception, intelligence, human sexuality, statistics, and altered states of consciousness.Credits: 3