A course to present the student with an overview of the area of abnormal psychology and to introduce the student to different theoretical models and classifications of abnormal behavior. Research into etiology and treatment is formalized. Offered alternate years, fall or spring semester. Offered alternate years, fall or spring semester. A study of the concepts of 15 to 20 of psychology's most widely accepted theories of personality, such as those proposed by Freud, Horney, Allport, Rogers, and Skinner.
Attention is given to related research, personality assessment, and therapies.
Students increase their ability to interpret human behavior, assisted by their own theoretical framework based on the theories studied to enrich their own lives and those with whom they interact professionally and personally. Offered on an irregular basis. 3 Cr PSY 320 Learning and Memory A study of the experimental analysis of the major phenomena of learning and conditioning, including human learning and cognition. Analysis of memory as revealed through a human information processing approach. Systematic study of phenomena related to storage, retention, and retrieval of information.