Introduction to Psychology

If you’re considering a career in Psychology, Psychiatry, Therapy, Social Work, Teaching, or pursuing a Liberal Arts or any number of other degrees, you will probably end up taking Introduction to Psychology. In fact, it’s so popular the College Board offers an AP test for it – for which they have reviewed and authorized our course!

Intro to Psychology, or Psych 101, will provide you with a general survey of psychology, including the relationship between biology and behavior, such as how stress impacts personal health. Study intelligence and reasoning, personality, gender and sex, memory, ethics, and research methods. And become familiar with basic concepts like Nature vs. Nurture and more advanced subjects like Jung’s influence on the study of psychosexual development, projective personality and Rorschach tests, psychological disorders and the ethical standards of psychotherapy.

AP COURSE: Get a jump on college! StraighterLine’s Introduction to Psychology course has been reviewed and authorized by The College Board as an AP Program course (AP Psychology).

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  1. Introduction to Psychology

    from McGraw-Hill with Prof. Dr. Kelvin Bentley - Ph.D., University of Delaware
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  2. Introduction to Psychology

    from McGraw-Hill
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