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Psychology (PSYC) 290

General Psychology (Revision 5)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study. Online-enhanced.

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Social Science

Prerequisite: PSYC 289 is recommended.

Precluded Course: PSYC 206 (PSYC 290 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for PSYC 206.)

Centre: Centre for Psychology

PSYC 290 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

Psychology 290: General Psychology, provides an introduction to behavioural areas of study such as maturation and development, personality, and social relationships. Specific topics covered include intelligence and psychological testing, motivation and emotion, human development, personality, stress and health, psychological disorders, psychotherapy and social behaviour.

Outline

Unit 1: The Evolution of Psychology; and The Research Enterprise in Psychology

Unit 2: Intelligence and Psychological Testing; and Motivation and Emotion

Unit 3: Human Development Across the Life Span; and Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment

Unit 4: Stress, Coping, and Health; and Psychological Disorders

Unit 5: Treatment of Psychological Disorders, and Social Behaviour

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 290, you must complete five unit quizzes, 2 journal article critiques, a research paper, and a final examination. You must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 60 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Five Graded Quizzes (6% each)	Assign. 1	Assign. 2	Assign. 3	Final Exam	Total
30%	5%	5%	20%	40%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Weiten, W., & McCann, D. (2007). Psychology: Themes and variations (First Canadian Edition). Toronto: Thomson Nelson.

CD-ROM

Weiten W. (2007). The Psyk.Trek 3.0 A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology CD—ROM (3rd edition). Thomson Nelson.

Other Materials

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual and a quiz file.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the PSYC 290 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least "C-" 60 per cent on the final exam and a composite grade of “D” (50 percent).

Research paper	Exam	Total
30%	70%	100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

Challenge for Credit Form

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 5, May 23, 2008.