Foundations of Psychology

Psychology is the study of mind, brain, and behavior and over the past century, has gained tremendous insight into how the mind works and why people behave in the ways that they do. The intent of this course is to examine some of the different facets of human behavior that comprise the self relative to the world in which we live.\ud \ud As is true of most disciplines, behavior is multidimensional in nature and can be addressed from several different perspectives. The four focused upon here, namely, the biological, cognitive, social, and personality approaches, can be argued to represent the core dimensions of human behavior. In the outline which follows, the set of issues addressed within each topic area have been highlighted. The course ends with a discussion of stress and health to illustrate the collective influence of these dimensions on a given behavior