Critical examination of theory and research associated with the interface between personality and social psychology. 436 Developmental Psychopathology. Intensive analysis of description, etiology, and development of individual patterns of behavioral maladaptation in childhood and adolescence with critical evaluation of child and family treatment approaches. 438 Group Processes. In-depth analysis of the psychology of group formation, group conflict, group decision making, and intergroup relations.
Emphasis is on the critical analysis of current theory and research on collective phenomena.
Important modulatory roles the brain and hormones play in the display and control of various social behaviors and physiological phenomena in humans and other animals. 440 Advanced Neuroscience. Advanced interdisciplinar examination of field of neuroscience, including biochemistry of the neuron, biology of the brain, and creation of psychology out of nervous tissue. 441 Clinical Neuroscience. Examination of ways in which brain function is modified to create symptomotology and syndromes that comprise clinical topics in psychology.