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An elective course designed to dealwith specifi c topics in psychology. Abnormal Psychology? CThis is an introductory course in Abnormal Psychology. It is designed to acquaint the students with the various theoretical perspectives which explain maladjustment and abnormality. Insurance Fee: $3.50 Skills: E
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Thiscourse teaches learning and self-management principles and practices that increase a student's success in college and in life. Drawing from cognitive, affective, and behavioral theories in psychology, students examine the factors which impact their learning, select relevant methods of deepening their learning and thinking processes, and develop self-regulation strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of their efforts. Formerly titled Creative Learning: Keys to College Success. Skills: E Course Type: T
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This courseexplores various aspects of human sexual behavior, including the biology of sex, female and male sexuality, sex roles, the psychology of sex differences, and sexually transmitted diseases. Credit may not be earned for both this course and SOCI 2306. Skills: E Course Type: T
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Anintensive study of child growth, development, and learning processes from conception through adolescence. Theories and research methods related to biological, cognitive, emotional, and social development will be studied. The focus will be on the application of these theories and research fi ndings into real-life settings and broader social contexts. Skills: E Prerequisites: PSYC 2301. Course Type: T
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Thiscourse provides an in-depth discussion of adult development. The course focuses on the biological, physical, cognitive, social, and personality factors as well as the major challenges and achievements during the different stages of adulthood. The theories and research fi ndings on adult development are discussed and integrated with the theories and research fi ndings in the area of health psychology, giving special attention to stress-related health issues. Also, the course provides an overview of stress mastery practices as well as general health-enhancing practices. Demonstrations of some of these practices are provided as well as supervised hands-on experience. Skills: G Prerequisites: PSYC 2301. Course Type: T
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A survey of the physical, cognitive,emotional, and social factors in human development from conception to death. This course is similar to PSYC 2314 but is more comprehensive. Human Growth and Development: Honors? CThe Honors course provides a more in-depth study of the life-span development with emphasis on students' development of oral and written communication skills relating to the analysis and discussion of research and controversial issues in developmental psychology. Please contact the Honors Department at 223-3255 or honors@austincc. edu for additional information. Skills: E Prerequisites: PSYC 2301 (waived for Health Science students). Course Type: T
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of thehumanistic, behavioral, cognitive, and psychodynamic principles involved in psychological coping with human confl ict or problems. Includes personal improvement topics such as stress management, intimacy, and communication skills. Skills: E Course Type: T
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3.00 Credits
A survey ofpsychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, trait, and behavioral personality theories, and research methods. This course includes special topics such as personality testing, anxiety, self-control, and defense mechanisms. Skills: E Prerequisites: PSYC 2301. Course Type: T
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3.00 Credits
Designed for social and behavioral science students, this course covers measurement scales, graphing, measures of central tendency and variability, transformed scores, correlation and regression, normal distribution, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, t- and z-tests, introduction to ANOVA-F test, andcertain nonparametric statistics. Emphasis is on the conceptual understanding of statistics within the context of research and the interpretation of statistical results. Relevant research topics are included. Calculations are required. Credit may not be earned for both this course and SOC 2743. Skills: S Prerequisites: PSYC 2301 or SOCI 1301 or equivalent, and MATH 1332 or MATH 1314 or equivalent. Course Type: T
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3.00 Credits
Asurvey of the theories, research, and methods of social psychology including the topics of self, confl ict, aggression, power, group dynamics, and decision making. Credit may not be earned for both this course and SOCI 2326. Skills: E Prerequisites: PSYC 2301 or SOCI 1301. Course Type: T
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