Comparative Analysis Of Chinese And American Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum

In this paper,studying undergraduate psychology curriculum information of 22 universities in China and 60 Universities in the United States,the psychology curriculum is divided into 18 categories, using an independent samples t test to compare psychology percentage of different types of courses between China and the United States,and through content analysis of China and the United States undergraduate psychology curriculum investigate the specific differences.The results show that in general psychology,cognition,and experimental neuroscience,statistics,measurement and research methods,developmental psychology,education,school psychology,industrial psychology, psychological drugs,research courses,and other types of these courses,there was a significant percentage difference in China and the United States Psychology curriculum credits;in addition to the differences between different types of courses,the differences of Chinese and the American undergraduate psychology curriculum also can be summarized in the cultural differences of curriculum, differences in the size of the curriculum subject and the differences in emphasis on theory and practice.