The UNH course catalogue describes the Introduction to Psychology course as taught as a behavioral science, which covers research methods, behavioral neuroscience, sensation and perception, cognition, learning, development, personality, psychopathology, and social psychology.   Additionally, Introduction to Psychology is  Discovery program course that is part of the general education program at UNH.  The purpose of Discovery courses is “to help students from all departments and programs understand better the organization of knowledge in the modern world.”  The task of the instructor for this course is very broad.

As a personality psychologist, I have an advantage because personality as a discipline is tasked with identifying the way that these many systems work together.  This research focus allows me to identify repeating themes and highlight them for students while putting an emphasis on the way that these systems work together to help people function in their environment.  I try to help students identify ways to to apply psychological information to their own lives.  Finally, I connect psychology to other academic disciplines and to the greater culture.