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Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 Investigates our shared human experience studying the impact of interaction with other individuals, groups and the social context upon individual thinking, emotions and behavior. Focuses on the application of social scientific research to practical situations including social influence, interpersonal perception, attitude changes, persuasion and prejudice. The course content is also practically applied to relevant topics in the world of business including leadership, influence, group and team interaction, consumer behavior and decision making under conditions of uncertainty.
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Prerequisite(s): PS132 or SO 132 Cyber Psychology examines the influences of information technology on human behavior. Current literature and the results of recent research will be analyzed to demonstrate these influences. Issues of interpersonal communication, personality, cognitive and social development, addiction and perceptual behavior will be addressed in depth.
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Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 The goals of this course are for the student to gain a better understanding of the development of women, and the psychological issues involved in understanding the way they operate in the world today. The course will explore in some depth several theoretical stances of women's development and Psychology; the students will gain a better understanding of how that impacts upon them as men and women. This course is useful for both genders in dealing with the common issues that come up for both in the "real world" of business and life. It will facilitate this by giving them information about the various issues and how and why women behave in certain ways. We will explore alternatives to the old problems between the sexes, and find new ways to deal with each other because of new levels of understanding the course will generate. We also will be looking at the way women undervalue their achievements and minimize their accomplishments and what that means for men as well as women themselves.
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Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 A course designed to help men and women understand the underlying issues that men in today's society are facing, and a look at all the new and changing issues that men have to deal with as our world changes and the role of men take on different meanings. A look at where the idea of what it means to be a man has traditionally come from, and how that role is changing in our rapidly changing world - the challenges and the benefits. You will gain a better understanding of how men can be in the "new" society we are forming, and a basic understanding of the mind of men.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 This psychology of personal growth course is structured as an interactive, theme-oriented group class exploring life choices in the struggle towards personal autonomy. The topics include choosing a personal style of learning; reviewing childhood and adolescence and autonomy; maintaining a healthy body and wellness; managing stress; love, intimate relationships, gender roles, and sexuality; work and relaxation; loneliness and solitude; death and loss; and choosing one s meaning in life. Student discussion is a must to explore the above topics.
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Prerequisite(s): PS 132 or SO 132 This course is designed to show different ways psychologists think about their work, the challenging issues they often face, and how they may help clients cope with life problems. The five major paradigms of abnormal psychology: biological (neuroscientific), cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic and existential, and learning will provide a foundation for the course. These paradigms will influence the thinking and techniques utilized as psychologists attempt to approach and analyze each of the following disorders: anxiety, major depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, personality disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Videos will be shown to bring some of the disorders to life . There will be a strong emphasis on culture, ethnic, gender, and women s issues.
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Prerequisite(s): Department chairperson's permission Presents opportunity for superior students to engage in specialized study. ( Allows repetition for credit.)
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Prerequisite(s): Department chairperson's permission Explores the full range of applications of behavioral strategies and techniques in health science and in maintaining healthy lifestyles. Mind-body interaction is presented as a unified system with multiple surfaces of interface in both health and illness. The body is not a mechanical entity but a system in which thoughts, feelings, moods and actions have an impact upon health status. These psychological factors impact the onset of some diseases, the course of many others and the management of most. In addition, lifestyle is often a contributor to the emergence of many chronic diseases. Health Psychology seeks to study how interventions at the behavioral level can promote health and wellness, facilitate disease management and assist in reducing the costs of health care to society.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Junior-level standing, 3.0 cumulative average, and permission of liberal arts internship coordinator. An internship provides the student with an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience and apply principles and issues raised in the academic discipline to a work environment. The student is required to attend pre-internship workshops sponsored by the Center for Career Services, meet regularly with a faculty adviser, and develop a final paper or special project.
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3.00 Credits
Note: Not open to students who have previously taken PS 132. Introduces the student to the discipline of sociology as both a body of knowledge and as a perspective from which to view the world. This course will examine the basic concepts, theories and methods of sociology inquiry in the context of a substantive area. The goal is to develop in the student an appreciation of the social forces that shape, organize and constitute human behavior.
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