10 courses with the subject PSYC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Attributes: LA, SS This course is an introduction to psychology as the science of human behavior. Major topics include scientific method, history of psychology, learning, motivation, emotion, social psychology, and perception.
Attributes: LA, SS This course will provide a systematic study of the causes, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of various psychological disorders. Attention is given to the methods used to diagnose disorders and the standard classification system that is used. Emphasis is on how disorders deviate from what characterizes normal behavioral development. A multipath perspective that considers biological/genetic, psychological, social, and multicultural factors is used to analyze the causes, course, and
Attributes: LA, SS A critical and educational review of research and theories pertaining to the emotional, intellectual, physical, and social development of adolescents is given in this course. Emphasis is placed on the role of peers, family, and experiences in the formation of personalities and the intelligence and emotional behavior of the adolescent. The course is recommended for Secondary Education majors. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course includes an exploration of the physiological and psychological development of the human organism throughout the life span, including childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death. Emphasis is placed on identifying factors that are most influential in changes that occur during each of our life stages as well as some of the problems associated with such changes. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course is designed to teach students about the psychology of learning. It covers Pavlovian conditioning, operant conditioning, learning in humans and nonhuman animals, and other techniques in learning and their applications in various research and real- world settings. Computer applications are integrated into the design of this course, and software designed to teach different methods of learning are employed. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course is an introduction to biopsychology, which is the study of the function of the brain. Major topics include structures of the brain, neuronal structure and function, sensory systems and their impact on the brain, and how emotion, thought, learning, memory, and sleep and alertness cycles occur in the brain. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval. mmunity College 2024-2025 College Catalog | 257
Attributes: LA, SS This course includes an exploration of the major theoretical, application, research, and assessment issues in the study of personality. Emphasis is placed on identifying those aspects of personality and the different ways these theories explain them. This course also explores the most commonly used personality assessment tools and cultural influences. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course studies the analysis of the individual’s behavior in social contexts. Topics include the historical background of social psychology, methods of social psychology, acquiring motives and attitudes, social factors in perception, human personality, groups, leadership, and social movements. or MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course is an introduction to univariate statistics used in psychology and the social sciences. Topics include: the description and visual representation of data, concepts in elementary probability, applications of descriptive statistics (e.g., frequency distributions and measures of central tendency and dispersion) and inferential statistics (including hypothesis testing, type I and II errors, t-statistic, chi-square, analysis of variance, correlation and linear regression) using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for data analyses and interpretation. Emphasis is primarily in the context of psychological and social sciences research. Three lecture and one laboratory hours per week. Note: This course does not meet the general education requirements in mathematics. or MATH 011 Introductory Algebra and PSYC 101 General Psychology; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.
Attributes: LA, SS This course involves independent work on a selected topic under the direction of members of the Psychology faculty. Limited to two courses per student. Dean.
Source: Massasoit Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
