Semester 1

Unit 1: History and Approaches

Modules:
 1 Psychology's History
 2 Psychology's Big Issues and Approaches
 3 Careers in Psychology

Unit 2: Research Methods

Modules:
 4 The Need for Psychological Science
 5 The Scientific Method and Description
 6 Correlation and Experimentation
 7 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
 8 Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology

Unit 3: Biological Bases of Behavior

Modules:
 9 Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
10 The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
11 Studying the Brain, and Older Brain Structures
12 The Cerebral Cortex
13 Brain Hemisphere Organization and the Biology of Consciousness
14 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
15 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature

Unit 4: Sensation and Perception

Modules:
16 Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception
17 Influences on Perception
18 Vision
19 Visual Organization and Interpretation
20 Hearing
21 The Other Senses

Unit 5: States of Consciousness

Modules:
22 Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis
23 Sleep Patterns and Sleep Theories
24 Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Dreams
25 Psychoactive Drugs

Unit 6: Learning

Modules:
26 How We Learn and Classical Conditioning
27 Operant Conditioning
28 Operant Conditioning's Applications, and Comparison to Classical Conditioning
29 Biology, Cognition, and Learning
30 Learning by Observation

Unit 7: Cognition

Modules:
31 Studying and Building Memories
32 Memory Storage and Retrieval
33 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Memory Improvement
34 Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity
35 Solving Problems and Making Decisions
36 Thinking and Language

Unit 8: Motivation and Emotion

Modules:
37 Motivational Concepts
38 Hunger Motivation
39 Sexual Motivation
40 Social Motivation: Affiliation Needs
41 Theories and Physiology of Emotion
42 Expressed Emotion
43 Stress and Health
44 Stress and Illness