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  • PSY 3060: Developmental Psychology: Adult Personality

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course focuses on the developmental aspects of adult - hood and aging. Major theories of human development, such as Baltes and Baltes' successful aging theory and the social-cognitive theory of personality development, are used to explain physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes that occur over this period. Special attention is given to research methods in the emerging field of gerontology. Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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  • PSY 3061: Psychology of Life Experience

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course focuses on the development of the healthy person throughout the life cycle. It examines the basic life crises and many stressful situations most individuals experience (e.g., sexual behavior, marriage and family, work and career, aging and death) and considers ways in which mastery and growth can emerge from life crises. The course presents the major theoretical and research contributions of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, and cognitive psychology and explores their application to an understanding of the normal adjustment process at each stage of the life span. (This course is not open to students who previously enrolled in PSY 3046.) Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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  • PSY 3062: Psychology of Stress Management

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course offers a variety of perspectives on the nature, cause, and manifestation of stress. It provides a basic understanding of how neural and endocrine systems are affected by stress and how these effects lead to stress-related disorders. Various personality/behavioral traits that place individuals at risk for stress-related disorders will also be discussed. The opportunity to practice a variety of coping/relaxation strategies used in negating the effects of harmful stress comple - ments the instructional material. (This course is not open to students who previously enrolled in PSY 3048.) Prerequisite: PSY 1001. This course is offered infrequently. It is not expected to be offered in 2007-2010.
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  • PSY 3063: Health Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits The impact of behavior, attitudes, and health promotion techniques on health and illness are explored, with specific attention to heart disease, immunological functioning, cancer, and AIDS. The social and psychological effects of medical conditions and death are addressed. The doctor-patient relationship, health care delivery, and workplace health are examined. Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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  • PSY 3065: The Psychology of Motivation

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits Biological and social sources of needs, the development of needs, and their interrelationship and analysis of the consequences of gratification and frustration. Relevant experiments and anthropological and psychoanalytical material are introduced. Prerequisite: PSY 1001. This course is offered infrequently. It is not expected to be offered in 2007-2010.
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  • PSY 3069: Psychology And Law

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course is a seminar that examines the relationship between psychology and law. The course introduces the student to the interdisciplinary study of psycholegal research and scholarship. While the course focuses on all types of psychology as it relates to law, the emphasis is on the role of experimental psychology in the law. Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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  • PSY 3070: Physiological Psychology

    2.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    2 lecture hours; 2 lab hours; 3 credits This course explores the physiological bases of behavior. One major emphasis is on nervous system mechanisms in sensory and motor function. Coverage includes the anatomy and physiology of major divisions of the nervous system, including the autonomic. Electrophysiological measuring tech - niques (EEG events-related brain potentials, cardiovascular activity, muscle tension, electrodermal response) and their use in studying behavior serve as another major emphasis. Applications of these techniques to practical problems are also discussed. Laboratory sessions are devoted to demonstra - tions of brain anatomy, EEG (brain waves), evoked brain potentials, cardiovascular and muscle activity, and biofeed - back (physiological self-regulation). Prerequisite: PSY 1001. An additional course in biology is desirable.
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  • PSY 3072 (3045): Community Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course examines the role of psychology in the identifi - cation, evaluation, and resolution of community problems such as those encountered in mental health, educational, and criminal justice settings. Particular emphasis will be placed on the study of community mental health programs (e.g., crisis intervention, outpatient care, and mental health consultation) that prevent the development of psychological problems. (This course is not open to students who previously enrolled in PSY 3045.) Prerequisite: PSY 1001. This course is offered infrequently. It is not expected to be offered in 2007-2010.
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  • PSY 3074 (3048): Psychological Aspects of Disabling Conditions

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits This course examines developmental and psychological adjustment problems of the disabled and their families throughout the life span. The relationship between disability and handicap is explored, and variables affecting the rehabilitation of the major mental, emotional, and physical disability are examined. (This course is not open to students who previously enrolled in PSY 3048.) Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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  • PSY 3080: Psychology of Attention And Perception

    3.00 Credits
    CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

    3 hours; 3 credits The nature and function of attention and perception as psychological processes are critically examined. Theories of attention are covered as well as the following major topics: perception of constancies and illusions; inborn and learned influences; development of perception; arousal and restriction of attention; attentional and perceptual factors in advertising; perception of simple and complex objects, including person perception; sensory processes in human and nonhuman species; and physiological bases of attention. Demonstrations of selected perceptual and attentional phenomena are conducted in class. Prerequisite: PSY 1001.
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