Mr. Lynn's Behavior Sciences
This elective course will examine the development of psychology, sociology and anthropology as social sciences. Emphasis is on the origins of psychology in philosophy and biology as a science in the 19th and 20th centuries. Consideration of the current theoretical perspectives in relation to the areas of: sensation/perception, learning, memory, intelligence, personality and disorders. The fundamental concepts and principles of sociology include the consideration of culture, patterns of social interaction, norms, values, institutions, stratification and social change.