Course Description

Students develop the fundamental critical thinking skills required in the non-Honors section of this class (i.e., to remember, understand, and apply) as they are introduced to the following areas of psychology: personality, learning, human development, stress, abnormal psychology, psychotherapy, research methods, intelligence, social psychology, and industrial/organizational psychology. They also engage in three higher-order critical thinking skills (i.e., to analyze, evaluate, and create) as they collaborate to publish a cyber-book whose topic is the crucial role critical thinking will play in their educational and occupational success