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3.00 Credits
An examination of major theories of personality from the late 1800s to the present. The course focuses particularly on founders and influential theorists associated with the major theories. Each theory is examined in terms of a Christian world view. Prerequisite: Psychology 250. Offered spring term each year.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of culture's influence on behavior and thought. Students will be expected to develop an understanding of cultural diversity from a psychological perspective. Students will participate in a service-learning experience throughout the semester and visit culturally relevant sites on a class trip. The course will include explorations of cross-cultural perspectives on cognition, intelligence, health, emotion, communication, human development, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior. Offered fall term each year.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of culture's influence on behavior and thought. Students will be expected to develop an understanding of cultural diversity from a psychological perspective. Students will participate in a service-learning experience throughout the semester and visit culturally relevant sites on a class trip. The course will include explorations of cross-cultural perspectives on cognition, intelligence, health, emotion, communication, human development, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to counseling and psychotherapy primarily by practicing the skills that constitute the counseling process. The aim is to utilize class-members for the practical applications and implementation of techniques in therapeutic process, as well as to develop a balanced view of the major concepts of various therapies. Prerequisite: Psychology 250. Offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
A careful consideration of the data and principles which have proved helpful in interpreting deviations from normal behavior. Offered fall term each year.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the major research methods used by psychologists including both experimental and correlational designs. The course includes an expanded and advanced discussion of topics previously covered in Research Methods in Psychology I (PSYC 259), such as research ethics, measurement theory, inferential statistics, and manuscript preparation. Through this course, students should have developed a research proposal including a review of the literature, a sound research hypothesis, and plans for appropriate data analysis. Students in the pre-professional track are required to complete the data project the following semester (while enrolled in PSYC 360).
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2.00 Credits
A course in which the student conducts the research project begun in Psychology 359 under the supervision of the course instructor. Requirements include a research proposal, approval from the Milligan Institutional Review Board, data collection, appropriate statistical analyses, discussion of results, preparation of a final manuscript according to the APA Publication Manual, and presentation of findings at a regional conference. Prerequisites: Psychology 259 and 359 and Mathematics 213. Offered spring term of each year.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the historical context and ecclesiastical, social, and cultural milieus in which the contemporary psychological theories evolved. History and Systems is a capstone course and should be taken in the senior year. Offered fall term each year.
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3.00 Credits
A study of basic priniciples of learning and memory and their applications. The controversy of the relative effects of nature and nurture on learning will be studied, as will types of learning, methods of acquisition, and memory enhancement. Offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of current developments in the field of physiological psychology. The course includes an exploration of the physiological bases of emotion, sleep, sexual behavior, hunger and thirst, learning and memory, psychopathology, as well as drug use and abuse. Prerequisites: Psychology 250 and 259. Offered spring term each year.
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