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Emphasizes modern psychoanalytic, behaviorist and humanistic theories of personality development. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology.

Introduces concepts and theoretical positions underlying adolescent personality traits, stages of growth development, learning development, and cultural, family and peer relationships. Develops psychological perspectives in adolescent behaviors, motives and values.

Study of biological, psychological and sociocultural influences contributing to abnormal behavior patterns. Includes history, identification, diagnosis, and treatment of various psychopathological disorders.

Assists in developing understanding of stages of the development of the child and principle of research techniques to help develop socially, culturally, physically, emotionally, educationally, and mentally.

Introduces foundations of substance abuse and addiction studies including patterns of use, abuse and dependence, behavioral and biological indications of withdrawal syndromes, special populations, and techniques for prevention.

Study of the function of marriage and family in contemporary American society, including the why of intimate relationships, couple/parent/child adjustment, three generational relationships, and the process of break-up and remarriage. CROSS LISTED WITH HUS 30654

Study of contemporary issues of adulthood using psychological and sociological perspectives. Topics include identity crisis, male/female relationships, processes of creativity, and the implications of adult development for behavior at work and home.

Review of the historical antecedents of contemporary psychology. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or equivalent.

Confronts the subject of death from new and alternative perspectives. Explores attitudes of death and the dying process, rituals, theories, and the social organization of death in many societies to gain knowledge in understanding feelings and attitudes toward death. CROSS LISTED WITH HUS 30953. Prerequisite: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.

Focuses on psychological issues important for developing a healthy self-identity related to being sexual and to interaction with others. Topics include meaning of intimacy, making choices about sexual behavior and enhancement of sexual relationships.

Provides information about the sub-field of psychology that focuses on environmental context of human behavior. Explores community psychology's concern with neighborhoods, communities and organizations as they influence quality of life for individuals who live and work within them.

This course explores the field of environmental psychology as well as the historical, cultural, social, political, economical, and ethical aspects of ecological studies. Topics include aggression, crime, crowding, stress reduction, a sense of place, perception, learning, and well being.

Examines physical basis of human behavior and experience, how the brain and nervous system work, information flow, and processing at higher levels of organization. Addresses issues of intelligence, consciousness, addictions, and deviant behavior from a neurophysiological standpoint.

Provides critical overview of issues relevant to the psychology of women. Topics include gender differences, socialization processes, relationships, stereotypes, sexuality, androgyny, women and the world of work, women and therapy, violence, and empowerment. Diversity issues (ethnicity/race, SES, sexual orientation, etc.) are integrated throughout the course material. Prerequisites: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology, SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology.

Introduces essential features of major learning theories. Emphasis on learning process, historical perspective of learning theory and examining relationships that exist between learning theory and educational practices.

Explores the physiological and psychological components of stress and stress reduction techniques such as meditation and psych-visualization.

Covers child's physical, psychological and social development from the prenatal stage through adolescence. Topics include abuse, neglect and dysfunction.

Examines social influences on human behavior including attitude formation and change, influence and persuasion, social attraction, theories of aggression, conformity, cultural impact, leadership styles, power and status, social roles, and environmental influences. Prerequisites: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology.

Reviews basic research methods focusing on conceptual basis for experimentation. Includes basic design components such as control, sampling, data collection, and analysis. CROSS LISTED WITH HUS 32253 Prerequisites: PSY 12053 Principles of Psychology or SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology and MAT 32044 Statistics.

Examines theory and research on issues of human growth and development.

Offers understanding of groups and group process. Emphasis on topics such as group discussion, group decision-making, participation in groups, power and authority, varieties of communication, preparing for meetings, and evaluating effectiveness of meetings.

Helps students acquire knowledge and develop analytic skills to evaluate and do research. Covers purpose and process of science and research, different kinds of research, fundamental techniques of data analysis, measures instruments and tasks, problems in research design, and use of reference materials.

An experiential course that uses the art of mask making to aid in the development of personal growth.

Examines theory and practice of art in therapy and art as therapy.

Explores three different suicide types, their underlying pathologies and intervention strategies.

Introduces systems theory to individuals who work with families and systems in a variety of contexts including schools, social agencies, hospitals, churches, and businesses. Explores rules and patterns of families that enable people working with systems to more effectively perceive the nature of problems and intervene with meaningful solutions.

Explores traditional Christian counseling approaches to mental health disorders.

Explores connections between the field of psychology and dimensions of spirituality and psychological healing.

Introduces theoretical concepts of Gestalt Psychotherapy through readings and questioning exercises.

Surveys types of tests and other measurement tools. Includes construction, application and interpretation with various populations.

Examines the internalization process of shame, its effects and how to begin the journey of uncovering and healing it primarily through development of Affect Theory.

Emphasizes developmental changes in adulthood and aging. Topics include biological, social, and psychological influences related to adult roles, lifestyles and problems in aging.

Provides the student an understanding of the reasons for aggression and destruction from domestic abuse to world-wide terrorism. Explores personal, domestic, workplace, and community violence and treatment strategies. The student will become familiar with the major theories of violent behavior and explore treatment strategies aimed at diminishing violent behavior.

Study and assessment of the treatment of interpersonal violence and aggression; the impact of violence in contemporary culture; coping with violence in families, schools and in the community.

An introduction to an abusive personality configuration. Current research integrated with the literature on the psychiatric and sociobiological factors that lead to the development of the abusive personality.

Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical techniques used in the social sciences. Topics include data collection procedures, measures of dispersion, correlation designs, probability, statistical inference, and analysis of variance. Crosslisted with HUS 36000 and SOC 36000.