Prerequisite to all other PSYC courses. A survey of contemporary psychology with reference to its historical development and emphasis on its present status and scientific methodology. Examines the biosocial bases of behaviour, development and personality, motivation, emotion, perception and learning. Involves scaling of behavioural variables, some descriptive statistics, and some elementary experiments and other practical work. Students must achieve a min. 60% grade to continue in a Psychology program. (lec 2, lab/tut 1) cr 6
