Course Description
General Psychology, PSYCH 1
Enrollment and waitlists for Fall Semester 2023 are CLOSED.
Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology. This course is required for the major; students not considering a psychology major are directed to 2.
Key Information
Credit: 4.5 quarter units /
3 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Psychology
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
General Education: Fulfills College of Letters and Science Social & Behavioral Sciences Breadth
Major Preparation: Pre-major credit - Social & Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis:
Course Equivalence: UCD PSC 001
General Education: SS
UC Irvine:
Course Equivalence: PSCI 9
UC Los Angeles:
Course Equivalence: Psychology 10
Major Preparation: Psychology, Psychobiology, Cognitive Science Majors
UC Merced:
Course Equivalence: UCM PSY 001 Introduction to Psychology
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: UCR PSYC 002
UC San Diego:
Course Equivalence: UCSD PSYC 1 (GE or Human Development Major requirement);
General Education: TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 course Social Analysis GE, Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Social Science; Revelle - 1 Social Science; Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; Muir:1 course in a matching Social Science theme in "Mind and Cognition".
Major Requirement: GE or Human Development Major requirement
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Course Equivalence: UCSB PSY 1
General Education: Area D - Social Sciences
UC Santa Cruz:
Course Equivalence: UCSC Psyc 1
General Education: PE-H
Prerequisites
PSYCH 1 Anti-Requisite
Course Fees
Students must purchase the ZAPS software, and course textbook.
Course Creators
Christopher Gade
Chris Gade is a Berkeley PhD who has a great deal of experience teaching Introductory Psychology.
Chris Gade is a Berkeley PhD who has a great deal of experience teaching Introductory Psychology.
John F. Kihlstrom
John F. Kihlstrom is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Division of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies at UC Berkeley. He received his BA degree from Colgate University in 1970, and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. He previously taught at Harvard, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Yale. Prof. Kihlstrom identifies himself as a cognitive social psychologist with clinical training and interests. His research interests include unconscious mental life, memory, and social cognition, He is best known for his research on hypnosis. Kihlstrom has served on a number of advisory committees for the National Institute of Mental Health, and was editor of Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Prof. Kihlstrom has been teaching the introductory course for over 30 years. It is his favorite course. He has organized the course not just to serve the needs of prospective psychology majors, but also to serve the purposes of general education in the liberal arts. In addition to his lectures, Kihlstrom maintains a set of Lecture Supplements for the course, which constitutes an online textbook. In addition to the introductory course, he teaches upper-division undergraduate courses on "Scientific Approaches to Consciousness" and"Social Cognition".
John F. Kihlstrom is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Division of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies at UC Berkeley. He received his BA degree from Colgate University in 1970, and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. He previously taught at Harvard, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Yale. Prof. Kihlstrom identifies himself as a cognitive social ...
John F. Kihlstrom is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Division of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies at UC Berkeley. He received his BA degree from Colgate University in 1970, and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. He previously taught at Harvard, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Yale. Prof. Kihlstrom identifies himself as a cognitive social psychologist with clinical training and interests. His research interests include unconscious mental life, memory, and social cognition, He is best known for his research on hypnosis. Kihlstrom has served on a number of advisory committees for the National Institute of Mental Health, and was editor of Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Prof. Kihlstrom has been teaching the introductory course for over 30 years. It is his favorite course. He has organized the course not just to serve the needs of prospective psychology majors, but also to serve the purposes of general education in the liberal arts. In addition to his lectures, Kihlstrom maintains a set of Lecture Supplements for the course, which constitutes an online textbook. In addition to the introductory course, he teaches upper-division undergraduate courses on "Scientific Approaches to Consciousness" and"Social Cognition".
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