Outside of class, students conduct tutoring sessions with children in the Lambuth tutoring center. While in these tutoring sessions, students apply the psychological principles that they are studying in class. Introduction to Psychological Testing. Throughout the course of the semester, each student develops an assessment tool that is related to his or her area of interest, administers the instrument, analyzes the instrument, and creates a better instrument through resulting revisions. Psychological, biological and sociocultural theories of abnormal behavior are considered.
Emphasis is placed on students' application of concepts to real life cases.
Students gain experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and report writing through interactive activities inside and outside of class. Study of environmental and interpersonal factors that affect an individual's behavior, including overt behavior, attitudes, and beliefs. Various theories are considered and used to explain social behavior. Traditional topics as well as those most important in current times are explored. Emphasis is placed on the application of social psychological principles to each student's life in the form of individual projects completed outside of class.