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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This class will introduce students to historical and contemporary theories and models in child developmental psychology. Central to this course will be the application of these theories to maximize healthy development in infants and children.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover standard quantitative methods in psychology used for understanding mental processes and behavior. This will include an introduction to research and measurement issues as they relate to psychology. Students will also learn how to select, calculate, and interpret appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics for the understanding of psychological phenomenon.
Prerequisite:
PSY100 OR PSY101
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the philosophy and research methods of behavioral science with particular emphasis upon the experimental method, experimental analysis, and research of traditional and contemporary issues.
Prerequisite:
PSY100 AND PSY201 AND PSY201
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introductory survey of the field of social psychology. Group processes, interpersonal attraction, attitude theory, persuasion, prejudice, aggression, conflict, and helping behaviors are among the topics considered.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a functional approach to the problem of how humans acquire their distinctive ways of adjusting, favorably or unfavorably, to the total environment. It includes adjustment as a biosocial process, varieties of adjustive behavior, personality, and types of therapy and applications.
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3.00 Credits
Lifespan developmental psychology is the study of how and why people change over time as well as how and why they remain the same from conception through old age. More specifically this course takes an interdisciplinary look at development from the social science fields of anthropology, sociology, and psychology and from the natural science discipline of biology. This broader approach provides insights into three areas of development: the physical domain, the cognitive domain, and the psychosocial domain.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to theories and research in psychology that examine topics to relevant to the nature of happiness, human fulfillment, human potential and psychological well-being. Topics covered in this course will include the nature, history and future of positive psychology, psychological research methods, authenticity, joy, happiness, positive thinking, emotional intelligence, intuition, character strengths, core values, virtues, talents, health and social justice.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers a brief history of testing and assessment. The focus is on basic procedures necessary for the quantification of measured characteristics and includes a study of norms reliability and validity in the development of standardized tests.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the major classification of psychological disorders in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The course will emphasize the symptomatology and prevailing treatment modalities that are characterized with each disorder.
Prerequisite:
PSY100 OR PSY101
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the relationship between the field of psychology and the criminal justice system in the U.S. The approach is interdisciplinary in nature and intended for those interested in social science, behavioral science, law, and criminal justice, as well as practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite:
PSY100 OR PSY101
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