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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the sources of public opinion and political behavior through the application of psychological theories and personality, cognition, attitudes, learning, social influences and group dynamics, and neurophysiology. The topics covered include public opinion, political obedience, political tolerance, political communication and persuasion, political involvement and protest, group cooperation and conflict, and decision-making.
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3.00 Credits
This course will concentrate on the positive psychological steps involved in spiritual growth emphasizing ego-centered existence, the emergence of a survival personality and how psychology and spirituality are disciplines that deal with the same reality: human consciousness and behavior. Psychology is an ongoing study devoted to discovering, understanding and explaining human nature - the behavior and mental processes that make us who we are. Spirituality involves us in an intensely personal journey as well as a deeply compelling exploration of the human path toward authenticity and integrity. We yearn to break out of the unexamined life and plunge into self-discovery and transformation.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the social, psychological and biosocial approaches to understanding the meaning and impact of gender. Topics include gender differences in personality and behavior; and power relationships between men and women. In addition, the role of gender in interpersonal relationships, communication styles, as well as physical and mental health are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a social sciences perspective on human development and methods of inquiry. Life stages covered are prenatal, infancy and childhood. Topics include maturation, development markers, the influence of social institutions, cross cultural variations of individual identity, gender, class, race, status, stratification, and rites of passage within the framework of life-span development. Fulfills Social/Global Awareness (SGA) requirements. Prerequisite: Second-year status or a major in nursing.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the various processes of human development from prenatal origins through middle childhood. The influences of race, economic status, gender and culture will be highlighted throughout the course. Topics to be covered include social influences on development, physical growth, language and cognitive development, social/emotional development and parenting techniques. Special emphasis will be given to the cross-cultural perspective in understanding the process of growth and development. Both theoretical and practical applications of research findings will be stressed throughout the course. Students will be expected to critically evaluate all research findings, conclusions and recommendations of the material presented.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics as applied to problems in the behavioral and social sciences. Topics will include measures of central tendency and variability, correlation, hypothesis testing, t tests, analysis of variance, regression, and chisquare analysis. Students will also learn to use statistical software and to choose the appropriate analysis for various types of data.
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0.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate theory and research on evolutionary, physiological, developmental, and social prespectives of motivations and emotions, specifically as it has to do with human cognition. We will explore the current theories of how and why people thing the way they do in light of evolutionary pressures which resulted in an affective system of rewards and punishments for thoughts which are thought to have resulted in increasing adaptive and/or decreasing maladaptive outcomes, respectively.
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3.00 Credits
This introduction to the field of health psychology covers the study and the investigation of the psychological aspects of physical illness. Theories, research issues, and interventions related to the impact of personality and the psychosocial environment on health are explored. Topics to be investigated include: the predisposition of socio- cultural, personality, and behavioral patterns on health and illness: psychosomatic disorders: and psychological interventions in the prevention and of physical illness.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course will be to critically examine the field of mental health and mental health service delivery from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. More specifically, we will examine societal challenges and controversies including the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, the financial and social policy implications of current mental health service delivery, cultural issues relevant to mental illness, and the legal and political issues surrounding mental health.
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