Program Level Goals Summary Grid by Type of Course
Lower Div | Tier II | Upper Div elective & seminars | Honors | |
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1. Understand basic concepts that characterize psychology as a field of scientific inquiry, and appreciate the various subfields that form the discipline as well as things that differentiate it from other related disciplines | introduce | reinforce | ||
2. Develop an understanding of the central questions/issues in contemporary psychology as well as a historical perspective of psychological theories and key emperical data | introduce | reinforce | reinforce | |
3. Develop a thorough understanding of one of the major content areas of psychology (i.e., Social/Personality, Developmental, Clinical, Cognitive, Biological) | introduce | reinforce | reinforce | |
4. Develop skills to critically evaluate the presentation of scientific ideas and research in original scientific papers as well as in the popular media. | introduce | reinforce | reinforce | reinforce |
5. Become familiar with research methods used in psychological research, and become proficient in basic concepts of statistical analyses and familiar with more advanced methods in data analyses and modeling | introduce | reinforce | reinforce | master |
6. Learn to develop, articulate, and communicate, both orally and in written form, a testable hypothesis, or an argument drawing from an existing body of literature. | introduce | reinforce | reinforce | master |
7. Apply a psychological principle to an everyday problem, or take an everyday problem and identify the relevant psychological mechanisms/issues | introduce | reinforce | reinforce |