The first volume of the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484), presents an overview which establishes the parameters of leadership which will be developed in later parts of the course. It is intended to be a self-instructional syndactic sequence in which the student retains certain options on how he proceeds through the material. Each of the twelve volumes included in the set uses different combinations of the possible instructional methods developed for the project: a linear test constructed in a series of frames with questions and answers; a syndactic text with summaries and programed sequences in which the student takes prequizzes and proceeds, or goes to a linear sequence of material; an intrinsically programed booklet which is scrambled and branched and used in conjunction with either a script or audiotape; an audiotape-panelbook with instruction delivered via an audiotaped lecture supplemented by an illustrated panel book and questions; and computer assisted instruction or an alternate script with an intrinsically programed booklet. EM 010 421 through EM 010 447, and EM 010 451 through EM 010 512 are related documents. (SH)