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3.00 Credits
This course examines fundamentals of learning theory. We will examine principles of classical and instrumental learning in animals and will discuss the human application of these principles in the home, classroom and clinical settings. Do animals simply acquire stimulus-response tendencies, or do they have expectations and cognitions? How would we ask this experimentally? Finally, we will discuss recent findings regarding the brain mechanisms underlying simple learning.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of animal behavior from the psychologist's perspective. The methods and aims of comparative psychology are presented as we consider how and why psychologists should study animal behavior. All species are faced with fundamental problems such as navigating, finding food and water, defending against predators, communicating with conspecifics, attracting a mate, and learning and remembering information. The course will examine the very different strategies that various species, including humans, have evolved for solving these problems, and discuss reasons for why these different kinds of strategies have evolved.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the psychological and physiological factors underlying stress, including basic principles of psychophysiology and fundamental concepts of stress. Topics include emotion, motivation, multitasking, attention, arousal, and distraction. Physiological mechanisms underlying stress will be examined relative to health and abnormal behaviors, such as addictions, mood disorders, and violence. Students will be instructed in methods of stress control, including cognitive behavioral techniques and meditation.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to the field of developmental psychopathology. This is an area of psychology that combines the topics of developmental and abnormal psychology in order to facilitate an understanding of maladaptive behavior within a developmental framework. Course material will emphasize how aspects of development bear upon the subsequent adaptation of an individual, and will generate an appreciation of normal and pathological behavior in the context of the individual, his or her developmental history, and current conditions. Examples of specific topics include the developmental impact of parent-child attachment, child maltreatment, peer relationships, and resilience in development.
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3.00 Credits
Adolescence is a pivotal stage of development sometimes characterized by turbulence and "Storm and Stress." This course presents developmental themes usually encountered at this stage of transition and explores more extraordinary issues that compromise psychological functioning from adolescence into adulthood. Specific topics for study include: identity/gender issues, personality formation, problems with attachment and separation, psychosexual trauma, substance abuse, anti-social conduct, body image, eating disorders, and other more serious disturbances in mood state and thought. Case studies will illustrate current clinical practices in working with this population.
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3.00 Credits
This is a research based seminar on topics in addiction and choice. The drug research includes biographical accounts, epidemiological studies, and experiments on drug choice. The choice research includes studies in animals and humans that shed light on optimizing outcomes, impulsiveness, and risk taking. Course requirements include participation in class discussions and weekly short reaction papers on course readings.
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3.00 Credits
This course will review research, assessment, treatment, and current controversies in the area of family violence, focusing on child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and spousal abuse. The course will consist of a combination of a lecture and class discussion of the issues, including those related to memories of abuse, identification of abuse, and the legal, psychological, and social ramifications of extracting women and children from abusive homes.
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3.00 Credits
Families form the primary holding environment through which individuals gain skills in mastering challenges in daily living and meet physiological, psychological, and social milestones throughout the lifespan. This course explores patterns of adaptive family functioning as well as crises which may require assistance from a mental health professional. Theoretical models for clinical practice come from the schools of family therapy, such as the structural, strategic, systemic, narrative, feminist, and others. Relevant case presentations from clinical practice will illustrate application of these theories. In addition, students will have opportunities to examine themes from their own families of origin and cultural contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Issues associated with the treatment of psychological disorders will be examined. The concepts of normality and pathology will be discussed in the context of various models of intervention. Several different schools of psychotherapy will be covered, with an emphasis on the theoretical assumptions and practical applications of each perspective. Studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapy will be reviewed. The clinical training and professional practices of psychologists will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of schizophrenia. Major topics to be covered include: epidemiology, phenomenology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of schizophrenia. Additional topics include historical perspectives on classification and treatment as well as current legal and ethical issues regarding assessment and treatment. The course will review research on the importance of early intervention for schizophrenia, including a consideration of early warning signs and treatment strategies for young people experiencing an initial episode of psychosis.
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