PSYC 33

About this course

This course is an introduction to the study of personality. The course examines theoretical explanations for understanding personality development and explores historical and modern-day theories. The course also investigates current research on personality development and how people come to be similar or different from each other. Topics include but are not limited to genetics, brain development, evolutionary psychology, emotions, traits, cultural factors, socialization, and attachment theory.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “Advisory: One of the following: ENGL C1000 or C1000H or ESLL 26 or equivalent.”

Transfer pathways that use PSYC 33

ASSIST maps PSYC 33 to a requirement in 13 published pathways from Foothill College.

• SociologyFoothill → UC Irvine
• Political ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
• CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• Environmental Economics and PolicyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesFoothill → UC Berkeley
• ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Molecular Environmental BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Genetics and Plant BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Conservation and Resource StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with PSYC 33. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

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