PSYC 1110 Brain, Mind, & Behavior
This course focuses on basic brain function (how neurons work, brain plasticity, and drug effects) and genetic influences on psychological functions (including attitudes), and introduces students to fundamental features of learning, motivation, appetite, memory, and perception, along with their biological underpinnings. A major course theme is the physical bases of psychological phenomena.
Course overview
- Department
- Psychology and Neuroscience
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall,Every Spring
Catalog details
- Satisfies core
- Natural Science
Requirements fulfilled
- Psychology B.S. (Class of 2027 and Before): 36 Credits within the Department — Required Courses (Class of 2027 and Before)
- Psychology B.S.: 36 Credits within the Department — Required Courses (Class of 2028 and After)
- Neuroscience B.S.: Foundation (24 Credits) — Required Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Psychology B.A. (Class of 2027 and Before): Required Courses (Class of 2027 and Before)
- Psychology B.A.: Required Courses (Class of 2028 and After)
- Psychology: Foundation Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- University Core: Natural Science (All undergraduates)
Official evaluation summary
3.59 / 5
Data freshness
Instructors
- Carolina Evangelista Carneiro
- Kaitlyn Dorst
- Shveta Parekh
- Sindy Cole
- Carolyn Knoepfler
- Gene M Heyman
- Jeffrey Lamoureux
- Molly Byrne
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 01
- Section 02