1. Critical thinking
Students will demonstrate basic critical thinking skills by comparing and contrasting the basic assumptions regarding human nature that have traditionally guided and shaped the various schools of contemporary psychological thought.
Measurement: Short essays on exams and on group quizzes.
2. Implications
Students will identify and evaluate the various implications that these basic assumptions about human nature have for both the theory and the practice of contemporary psychology.
Measurement: Multiple choice and short essay on exams and group quizzes.
3. Identify major figures and schools of thought
Students will identify the major figures and schools of thought that have made significant historical and conceptual contributions to the contemporary disciplinary landscape of psychology.
Measurement: Multiple choice exams and individual quizzes.
4. Reasoned position
Students will express a reasoned position on some of the enduring questions, issues, and concerns of the discipline of psychology that is faithful to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Measurement: Essay questions on exams.
