PSYCH101: Introduction to Psychology

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• identify the role of major researchers and theorists in the development of the field of psychology. Major researchers and theorists include:
  
• Wilhelm Wundt,
• Sigmund Freud,
• Kurt Koffka,
• Ivan Pavlov,
• John B. Watson,
• B.F. Skinner,
• Abraham Maslow,
• Carl Rogers,
• Jean Piaget,
• Lawrence Kohlberg, and
• Erik Erickson;
• characterize the following schools of thought:
  
• Structuralism,
• Functionalism,
• Behaviorism,
• Psychoanalysis, and
• Cognitivism;
• analyze psychological research using knowledge of the scientific method;
  
• analyze psychological research using statistical methods; and
  
• identify principles of experiment planning and design.