PSYC 296 - Spring-Term Topics in Psychology

FDR: SS3
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring

Topics and prerequisites vary with instructor and term. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Spring 2011 Topic:

PSYC 296: Spring-Term Topics in Psychology: Cross-Cultural Psychology (4). This course focuses on how an individual’s cultural environment influences the way s/he thinks, feels, and behaves. The contribution of different cultural views and norms to a wide array of psychological topics will be examined, including: intelligence, sensation and perception, emotion, motivation, human development, and psychopathology. This course also consists of a three-day trip to New York City to learn about specific cultures by visiting cultural museums and neighborhoods. (SS3) Mechlin.Staff.