{"id":846,"date":"2016-01-19T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T21:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/?page_id=846"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:39:36","slug":"psychology-pathway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/academic-programs\/psychology-pathway\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Psychology is the study of human and animal behavior. Students are taught about the theories and motivations behind certain actions and behaviors. Pursuing this pathway enhances students\u2019 critical thinking, report writing, researching and data analysis skills. Particular topics for discussions include developmental psychology, abnormal behavior, family psychology and psychology of women. By following a <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/AdvisingPathwayMaps\/EZjl1uSCbvBLkHNf2FuqJA8BBo6NuM6S5mPpxPcIdXZSwQ?e=tvDRla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommended sequence of courses,<\/a> this pathway can be completed in four semesters. Start your journey toward obtaining your degree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/how-do-i-apply\/\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychology is the study of human and animal behavior. Students are taught about the theories and motivations behind certain actions and behaviors. Pursuing this pathway enhances students\u2019 critical thinking, report writing, researching and data analysis skills. Particular topics for discussions include developmental psychology, abnormal behavior, family psychology and psychology of women. By following a recommended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13046,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"areas-of-study-new.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-846","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14130,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/846\/revisions\/14130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}