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Students will be introduced to various theories of sexual behavior, such as psychodynamic, evolutionary, social constructionist, humanistic, and feminist perspectives. A basic introduction to sexual anatomy--its biology, functions and evolutionary history--will be examined. Students will learn how sexual motives may influence animal and human behavior without the explicit awareness of the organism or person. Students will also identify how evolutionary theory studies and predicts behavior based on the concepts of natural and sexual selection. Social constructionist, humanistic, and feminist approaches in the course will identify personal and social factors that influence sexual behavior in ways that may not be predicted by looking to biology. Pre-requisite: PSYC150. Course Objectives (1)Describe the basic principles and applications of major theories of sexual behavior. (2) Identify and describe the biology, functions and evolutionary history of sexual anatomy. (3)Describe methods for studying sexual motivation in animals and human beings. (4) Describe social and cultural variations of mating behavior in human beings.
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This course will consider how social conditions in the United States such as "welfare-to-work" policies, the public school system, day care, and guiding values such as privacy, autonomy, and consumerism impact children's lives. The course will also explore how children are raised in other cultures. Children's irreducible psychological needs will be considered in light of the rich cultural mosaic in which they are raised. Course Objectives (1) Describe the impact of poverty on children's lives (2) Identify changes in family structures and how these changes impact the lives of children (3) Review issues of violence, victimization, and the loss of childhood (4) Appraise social constructs of childhood in psychology and medicine
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This course will explore the transition to parenthood and approaches to parenting. Topics will include attachment, childcare options, discipline, and encouraging intellectual and creative growth. It will also explore how to balance children's needs with personal and professional goals. Course Objectives (1) Describe how parents teach, guide, and influence children and adolescents based on knowledge of parenting as a process, family systems theory, and the basic needs of children (2) Define families and identify their relationships to other institutions in society based on knowledge of various family structures and functions (3) Discuss the internal dynamics of families and how parents and children relate to each other based on communication patterns, conflict management, and special needs (4) Identify the developmental tasks of parents and how they relate to the human growth and developmental stages of children (5) Discuss the legal definition of family, and public policies and laws that effect the status fo the family and parents
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This course is a broad introduction to the field of Art Therapy with a focus on the artistic, historical, and philosophical bases of the field. Weekly classes will consist of art making, lecture, and discussion which will be supplemented by weekly reading and journaling. Students will explore their artistic and clinical identities in relation to art therapy and broader clinical disciplines. Course Objectives (1) To develop a general understanding of art therapy history, theories, and applications. (2) To explore art therapy's philosophical role within the broader scope of traditional therapeutic methods and within current healthcare trends. (3) To critically explore material and achieve heightened personal understanding and awareness by engaging in weekly art experiances.
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Why are zombies so compelling? This course examines the zombie as a cultural artifact that can be examined through various psychological perspectives. The zombie phenomenon is critically evaluated through the analysis of its manifestations in history such as , for example, its beginnings and interrelationship with African magic, Haitian Voudoun ( Voodoo), Afro-Caribbean folklore, spirituality, mythology/signification, colonialism, slavery, racism, capitalism, and revolution. The zombie complex as a popular culture phenomenon will be explored through film ( and other media forms), and in light of psychological theories, with an emphasis on postmodern and phenomenological approaches. Course Objectives (1) Students will correctly identify the major psycho-social perspectives regarding zombie culture, issues of racism and posthumanism offered in class. (2) Students will correctly recall course terminology and use it appropriately. (3) Students will apply theories as presented in lectures and as depicted in films watched in class. (4) Students will develop cogent, clear, and scholarly projects that reflect cumulative course content knowledge.
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This course examines psychology from the perspective of a major religious system, such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, or Judaism. The anthropological and theological foundations of the religious systems will be examined in relation to its implications for the theory and application of psychology from that religious perspective. An integrative approach will emphasize ways that the religious system's metaphysical, anthropological, epistemological and ethical frameworks can inform, and be informed by , the science and theories of psychology. Course Objectives (1) Describe and evaluate a major world religion's anthropology and its implications for the theory and science of psychology. (2) Describe and evaluate a major world religion's theology and its implications for the theory and science of psychology. (3) Examine the implications of a major world religion's metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical frameworks for the theory and science of psychology. (4) Define and describe models virtue and vice, understood from teh major religous system, in relation to psychological theory and research.
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Selected Topics in PSYC
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This course follows in a sequence from PSYC 202. The major systems under investigation will include the examination of theories within the broad spectrum of modern and postmodern psychologies, including natural science and human sci-ences approaches. The systems will be outlined in relation to their social, cultural, and historical context in 20th and 21st century psychology, and will be examined in an interdisciplinary fashion, in relation to correlative trends in the arts, humanities and physical sciences, to the extent that they illuminate the project of the theories under examination. The natural science psychologies of focus will include behavioral and cognitive theories of psychology. The human science psychologies under study will include classical and contemporary psychoanalysis and psychodynamic approaches, Gestalt psychology, humanistic psychology and person centered theory, phenomenological and hermeneutic psychology, existen-tial psychology, and post structural theory. Each system of human psychology will be critically evaluated through an ex-amination of their metaphysical/ontological, epistemological, ethical and aesthetic claims, whether implicit or explicit within the theory. The course is designed primarily for majors in psychology. Non-majors and minors in psych may take the course only with permission of instructor. Prereq: PSYC 151 and PSYC 202. Course Objectives 1) Students will identify major figures in the history of modern natural science and human science psychology. 2) Students will distinguish human science from natural science approaches to psychology. 3) Students will define and apply key concepts in modern and postmodern theories of psychology. 4) Students will critically evaluate modern and postmodern psychological theories by identifying their social, cultural and historical context and in relationship to similiar movements in the arts, humanities and physical sciences. 5) Students will identify and critically evaluate implicit or explicit metaphysical/ontological, epistemology, ethical and aesthtic claims of modern and postmodern theories of psychology.
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