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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the various forms of abnormal behaviors exhibited by individuals. It will inquire into the maladaptive behaviors and problems exhibited by people and current procedures used therapeutically to help people function more fully.
Prerequisite:
COM 121 and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the major thought systems, schools of psychology, and general theories of social psychology.
Prerequisite:
(COM 121 or COM 122) and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
Educational Psychology is a course designed to give students an introduction to the psychological principles in education. Learning styles, program, and methods will be explored. Educational implications of research pn child development, cognitive science, learning, and teaching will be analyzed.
Prerequisite:
COM 121 and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
Biological Basis of Human Behavior is a course designed to give the student a broad knowledge base of neurophysiology.This course will focus on applications of this knowledge base to adaptive and maladaptive human behaviors. the emphasis of this course is on brain stucture and function and the neurophysiologic processes fundamental to learning and memory, reward, perception, hunger, thirst, sleep, sexual behavior, emotions, and pschological disorders. This course is designed to meet the needs of Physchology and other Social Science and Human Sevices students.
Prerequisite:
(COM 121 or COM 122) and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the biological processes of sensation and perception. The basics of neural anatomy, physiology and psychophysics will be covered. Some rudimentary concepts of how neuronal circuits affect sensory processes will be presented. Topics related to brain development, damage, and abnormal functioning will also be discussed in the light of modern theories of sensory system malfunction. Mechanisms of sensory processing in human and other mammalian brains will be discussed with some emphasis on human clinical techniques (e.g. magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging). Three general levels are covered: a)the level of events in the peripheral sensory organ, b)the level of central nervous system; and c) the level of behavioral phenomena & sensory perceptual abilities.
Prerequisite:
COM 121 and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course considers the stages of life and their cross-cultural variation, including the rites of passage that mark transitions throughout the human life cycle. Further, the course examines how people construct and reaffirm their lives through the process of personal narrative. Students will be taught life history interview methods and guided to do independent research with an individual "tradition bearer". Such life history research facilitates the coming to voice of women and minority people who are often ignored in standard historical writing.
Prerequisite:
COM 121
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3.00 Credits
The Psychology in the World of Harry Potter will use the Harry Potter books to examine a variety of topics in psychology. Topics include child and adolescent development, personality theory, psychopathology,cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoanalysis, curiosity, grief, racism, power, cooperation, and the nature/nurture controversy. Honors courses include more activities such as more essay writing, exploratory learning, research, and collaboration than non-honors focused courses.
Prerequisite:
PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to personality psychology. Personality psychology is a broad area of study that includes a number of different theories and approaches and it is a rapidly growing field of research. This course introduces you to different perspectives or approaches to studying personality as well as theories, historical background, modern research, and research methods used in the study of personality. This class will provide the opportunity to broaden your understanding of the science of personality and to think critically about the application of personality theory in everyday life.
Prerequisite:
COM 121 and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
Research methods in psychology as a course provides a venue for the application of basic research methods in psychology to include design, data analysis, and interpretation.
Prerequisite:
COM 121, MAT 210, and PSY 130
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will develop an understanding of concepts, traditions, and ideals of specific religious groups, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
Prerequisite:
COM 121 or COM 122
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