Prerequisites: a grade of “C-” or better in ENGL 001A or consent of instructor
Description: Studies topics at the borderland of psychology (e.g., extra-sensory percep- tion, repressed memory, pseudoscientific beliefs, parapsychology, psychic phenomena, faith healing, mass hysteria). Explores the relationship among skep- ticism, cynicism, and “gullibility” and the rhetoric of extraordinary claims. Stresses the development of sci- entific literacy, critical thinking skills, hypothesis test- ing, and understanding psychology as an empirical science.