PSY 333 - Critical Thinking in Psychological Science

Credits: 3

This course provides an opportunity to learn and practice the basic skills of critical thinking within the context of psychological science. Students will evaluate claims and theories in psychology, generate alternative explanations of psychological findings, identify common fallacies in thinking, construct and evaluate arguments, and learn how to become a more intelligent consumer of inFormation. Additional topics include the interface of politics and the media with science and the dangers of pseudoscience.

Pre-Requisites: PSY 101.
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit