This course provides a survey of the major themes in psychology and explores applications for daily living. Topics include adult development, personal problem-solving and motivation, anger management, parenting, stress management, and intimacy issues. Students can take this course only during the Spring quarter. NOTE: PSYC 1000 is highly recommended for vocational technical careers.
Students learn a broad overview of the field of psychology's fundamental principles and methods. Topics include physiological psychology, learning, memory, human growth and development, personality, motivation and emotion, social psychology, abnormal behavior, and therapeutic approaches. Reading assessment and college-level reading skills are recommended for success in this course.
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This course introduces students to effective parenting skills and strategies for solving family problems. It emphasizes parent-child relations, developmental milestones, family systems theory, family communication, family composition, and issues related to abuse and neglect. Students explore parenting challenges such as single parenthood, divorce, custody issues, step-family systems, and conflict management. Other topics include same-sex parenting, inter-racial families, families faced with natural disasters, and the war on terrorism.
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This course addresses the stages of the human life span: prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and gerontology. With each stage of the life span, the course examines cognitive, language, emotional, social, personality, and physical development. In addition, students explore the procedures used to conduct research about human development. Reading assessment and college-level reading skills are recommended for success in this course.
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This course examines current cognitive theories utilized in the field of education. The course makes an in-depth study of the stage theories and their application to experiential and developmental environments. As students study stages of development, they learn implications for adaptation in the educational classroom setting. Students gain experience in assessing cognitive levels, reporting such findings, and planning curriculum to enhance development.
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This course exposes students to the history and various theoretical approaches to the study of learning and behavior modification. Students have opportunities to learn applied behavior modification techniques including observing and recording behavior and formulating and writing behavioral objectives. This course includes an examination of motivation, attitude formation, and cognitive intervention approaches. Reading assessment and college-level reading skills are recommended for success in this course.
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This course is a survey of the topic of human sexuality. It presents materials concerning the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural facets of sexual behavior. (Cross-listed as SOCI 2150)
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This course examines historical and contemporary views and issues of abnormal behavior. It also explores methods of explaining, diagnosing, and treating disordered behavior.
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This is an introductory course in social psychology that demonstrates the interaction of social groups and individual behavior. (Cross-listed as SOCI 2450)
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This course explores the psychological and sociological authenticity of selected popular psychology, social issues, and self-help books. It emphasizes theoretical foundation, sociological conditions and variables, and therapeutic or pseudo-therapeutic advantages and disadvantages of each book. Reading assessment and college-level reading skills are recommended. (Cross-listed as SOCI 2550)
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This is an introductory course in research methods and design. The course is comprehensive, and, as such, students examine the entire research process including formulating research questions, sampling, measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, and quantitative), research design (experimental and quasi-experimental), data analysis, and research writing. The course also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including validity, reliability of measures, and ethics. The course materials and text use an informal, conversational style to engage both the beginning and the more experienced students of research methods in several areas of study (e.g., psychology, business, nursing, social work, political science, and education).
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This course permits instruction in special content areas that are not included in other Psychology courses.