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4.00 Credits
The course in Peer Counseling was designed to serve the specific needs of the residential and commuter campus community. Students are trained in precise questioning and listening skills using the Norman Kaman program of Interpersonal Process Recall. These skills allow the students to become proficient at entering into trained supportive relationships with their peers in a wide range of student-generated counseling services. Prerequisites: PY210; ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
This course presents addiction and recovery as a function of the dynamic interaction between biological, psychological, and environmental factors. Addiction is discussed as neuropathy, psychopathology, and maladaptive behavior. The basics of behavioral psychopharmacology are presented and discussed with regard to prescribed and self-administered drugs. Emphasis is placed on the role of personality in addiction from a psychodynamic/ interpersonal perspective. Treatment and rehabilitation strategies developed out of this model, as well as those developed out of cognitive-behavioral, 12-Step, and psychopharmacological models are presented and integrated. Field visits to appropriate self-help groups and treatment centers may be required. Prerequisites: PY2010; ECII placement or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
This course will consist of in-depth discussions of concepts and principles of behavior change, and their application in various settings (such as clinical, home, school and work settings). Cognitive-behavior methods will also be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on behavior change procedures, with numerous illustrations and some opportunities for students to practice the principles. (Offered once a year) Prerequisites: PY2010, ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in coginition will be examined from and information processing perspective. The course also includes a survey of neurophysiological aspects of perception, memory and cognitive processes. Offered once a year. Prerequisites: PY2010; ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
Explores major theoretical and empirical issues in the area of learning, classical and operant conditioning, and examines the role of motivation and emotion in learning. The course also surveys physiological, psychoanalytical and social learning theories of motivation and emotion. Offered once a year. Prerequisites: PY2010; ECII placement or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
This seminar introduces Junior level students to the steps, requirements and responsibilities of preparing for admission to graduate education in the mental health and allied educational counseling fields open to those who successfully complete a major in psychology. Students will be required to attend the course for two weekly sessions for 15 weeks. They will prepare and read materials relevant to the content of the seminar, aides in the preparation of portfolios and resumes intended to support their successful preparation of applications and be introduced to strategies for Graduate Record Exam preparation. Prerequisites: PY2010; 24cr-Psy; permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of central issues and research methods including attitude formation and change, motivation and communication, interactions in group settings, group conflict, aggression and violence, social control, language and media, the individual and society. Confronting social norms and roles, conformity and social influence will also be explored. Offered once a year. Prerequisites: PY2010; EC II .
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4.00 Credits
This is a course that combines theoretical work with experience in group setting. Theory and research on such variables as a role differentiation, leadership formation, group size, stages of group development, patterns of communication, and the different functions and uses of groups will be explored. Experience in the group process will be included. Offered every other year. Prerequisites: PY2010; ECII placement; PY3510 rec
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4.00 Credits
Forensic psychology is both a research endeavor and the professional practice of applying psychological information to legal issues. This course will discuss psychological research and practice concerning the following: the capacity to adequately parent, child custody evaluations, personal injury, and psychological disability determinations, civil commitment assessment, dangerousness/risk assessment, specific intent and diminished capacity, competency to stand trial, assessing psychological suitability for police work and psychological profiling. Prerequisites: PY2010, ECI required; PY3310 rec.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the ways in which our attitudes and beliefs influence our use and abuse of the environment and the impact of the environment on our psychological functioning. Technological problems such as acid rain and smog are seen as rooted in social, political and economic structures and in our perceptions about the world. The environmental movement in the past twenty years is examined in its social and historical context and the traditional perspectives that are normally given to us to explain ecological crises are challenged. Offered according to demand. Prerequisites: PY2010; ECII placement.
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