{"id":46,"date":"2018-06-20T17:09:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2018-06-20T17:09:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T17:09:54","slug":"prep-for-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/prep-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/files\/2018\/06\/psychology7-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Prep for Success\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/files\/2018\/06\/psychology7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/files\/2018\/06\/psychology7.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/>Students majoring in psychology will gain an understanding of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the applied fields in psychology<\/li>\n<li>individual differences<\/li>\n<li>the biological basis of behavior<\/li>\n<li>the social basis of behavior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Core courses in the major provide students with the fundamentals for understanding psychology as a science. Elective courses expand and enhance students\u2019 knowledge through a variety of topics such as child and adolescent psychology, counseling, motivation, personality, culture and psychology, and ethology.<\/p>\n<p>Psychology majors also have the opportunity to be involved in real-world experiences through field work and internships. They may also conduct independent research with faculty members exploring topics beyond the available curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Especially motivated students may participate in the honors program in which they develop, carry out, and present a research project.<\/p>\n<p>Students who major in other fields can benefit from taking individual courses or minoring in psychology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students majoring in psychology will gain an understanding of: the applied fields in psychology individual differences the biological basis of behavior the social basis of behavior Core courses in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/prep-for-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prep for Success&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/psyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}