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Psychology 201: Introductory Psychology is a course in introductory psychology. It is considered a survey course. Although a lot of the material students cover may seem quite detailed and overwhelming to them at first, they are actually just going to touch the surface of ten different areas in the field of psychology. What they are going to find out as this course progresses is that experimental and research psychologists study people. That's one of the reasons that so many programs strongly recommend, or even require that students take an introductory psychology class. Think about this. When someone buys a car, or a computer, or a TV, or whatever, they probably spend at least some time looking through the owner's manual, finding out how the darn thing works, and what to do if something goes wrong. Well, the introductory textbook for PSY 201, and this course, is like an owner's manual for people. Students are going to find out how they work, and how things can go wrong. Psychology is a search to understand what makes normal, everyday people behave the way they do. Most people go through life on auto-pilot; they seldom stop to reflect on their own behavior, or the behavior of others, unless that behavior is strange or out of the ordinary.