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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding of the nature of addiction to various psychoactive substances and its treatment. This includes a study of the psychological and social factors associated with substance abuse and theories of etiology, along with an understanding of the scope of services and critical issues in services for persons with psychoactive substance use disorders. Prerequisite: PSYC 203.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is on the major schools of family therapy. The family is viewed as a unit of treatment and as a multigenerational emotional system. Case studies are emphasized. Prerequisite: PSYC 203 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the main components of an elementary school counseling program: counseling (both individual and small group), class guidance, and consultation. Included is information about how to use a variety of counseling techniques, an overview of relevant counseling approaches, childhood social-emotional developmental issues and situational concerns, evaluation and treatment planning, and legal and ethical issues specific to the elementary counseling setting. Prerequisite: PSYC 311 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course consists of an introduction to the scientific study of human development over the lifespan. Prerequisite: PSYC 203.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students understand their own developmental past, present, and future which they may then use as parents or in their career paths involving infants and children. This course examines topics of classic and contemporary developmental theories, research, and concepts as they apply to the developing person from conception through childhood. These topics will focus on the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial perspectives of human development. Prerequisite: PSYC 340 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for those with a professional interest in adolescence. Course content emphasizes cognitive, physical, and psychosocial-affective variables which affect adolescent development. Prerequisite: PSYC 340 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores both the physiological and psychosocial correlates of the aging process. Topics include the sensory-motor, hormonal, biochemical, nutritional, and neurological aspects of aging; factors related to substance abuse, memory loss, attention deficits, delirium, and dementia; and key factors in the mental health of the elderly. Consideration is also given to cultural and social-political aspects of aging, as well as death and the process of dying. Prerequisite: PSYC 340 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Psychopharmacology is the study of drugs that influence mood and behavior. This course will address principles of drug action, basic physiological mechanisms by which psychoactive drugs work, drugs used to treat mental/emotional/neurological disorders, and drugs of abuse. Social issues surrounding drugs will be only briefly discussed, as it is most important to understand drug mechanisms and effects before forming opinions on social policy. Students will be required to write a research paper on a topic of interest to them within the field. Prerequisite: PSYC 203.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the organization of purposive behaviors and the origin of psychological experiences that accompany behaviors and emotions. Major theoretical perspectives and experimental paradigms will be considered (biopsychology, behaviorism, cognitive theory, decision-making strategies, and evolutionary psychology). The scope of topics will include biologically driven behaviors, the effect of conditioning and reinforcement of behaviors, behavior modification, how decisions are made, social motivation, emotions, and complex motives. Prerequisite: PSYC 203.
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3.00 Credits
Sensation and perception is the subfield of psychology which examines how elemental stimuli in the environment (e.g. light) are translated into a complex psychological phenomenon (e.g. perception of color). All five sensory modalities (vision, audition, olfaction, gustation, and tactile/body senses) will be addressed. Physiology of the sensory systems and theories of perception are the major thrust of this course. An attempt will be made to address applications of this field (e.g. acuity testing and therapy). Prerequisites: PSYC 251 and ENGL 102, 103, or 104.
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