4 courses with the subject PSY, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PSY 1000HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY4
The field of health psychology includes five principle health domains: individual, community, environmental, health systems and health policy. The goal of this course is to familiarize students with each of these five domains through an examination of the theoretical, empirical and clinical aspects of health. Students will learn to identify and analyze the causes and correlates of health and disease in an increasingly, interrelated and diverse world using research techniques. This course will pursue a global approach towards wellbeing, taking into consideration the social, political and historical context of such issues in each environment. We will discuss the health status of different countries and the role of lifestyles and behaviors on individual outcomes, especially in industrialized countries.
This course provides a basic introduction to psychology. This survey course will cover the scientific and historical foundations of psychology, physiological/biological psychology, developmental psychology, sensation and perception, learning theory, cognitive psychology, personality theories, abnormal psychology and health psychology. Though reading, research, and discussion, students will gain a deeper understanding in the following topic areas: biological impacts, sensation, perceptions, consciousness, learning, development, thinking, emotion, motivation, stress personality, and disorders.
This course will cover mental health disorders in the child/adolescent/adult population. The course will cover the major mental health diagnoses from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Topics will include mood disorders, developmental disorders, personality disorders, intellectual disorders, etc. Symptoms, diagnoses and treatment will be addressed.
This class will explore the construction, meaning, and impact of addiction in historical, cultural, psychological, and neurobiological perspective. Particular attention will be given to the proposed neurobiological mechanisms associated with addiction and consciousness altering substances and behaviors. Biological and psychological explanations that have been and continue to be used to explain the etiology and meaning of addiction with be examined. This exploration will include considerations of the role of social, cultural, and population differences as they may relate to addictive behaviors.
