This course focuses on personality traits, which are individual characteristics that are relatively stable over time and situations. This course is based on a topical approach to current theories and research on personality. This course includes concepts, perspectives, and guiding principles that are basic to an understanding of human exceptionality. Individual areas of exceptionality will be explored as well as issues relative to ethnic diversity. This course examines the physiological bases of human behavior.
Emphasis is placed on the structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
This course focuses on the application of theory and research to the understanding of adolescent development. Special attention is given to the transactional nature of adolescent and family development within a social context. Also listed as FS 328. This course provides an in-depth study of the physiological and neurological aspects of psychological development and human interaction with the environment. This course will present an overview of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect women throughout the lifespan.