The emphasis is on the integration of the student's social philosophy with professional ethics. The history, structure, and functions of professional organizations, as well as contemporary issues in professional psychology are reviewed. Credits A review of experimental and statistical research methods, including analysis of variance, multivariate statistics, and meta-analysis. Emphasis is placed on understanding the assumptions that underlie each method, and critically evaluating published research in which these methods are employed. Credits A survey of different approaches, e.g., the phenomenological, the cognitive, and the psychoanalytic, to the study of emotion.
Emphases is placed on the research strategies and conceptual achievements of the various approaches.
This course is a prerequisite for 641. This course is a prerequisite for 663. An exploration of the events and processes that facilitate personality integration and psychological health. Credits Seminars and case consultations with small groups of clinical trainees concerning their actual work with clients. The consultations may be organized around specific themes or specific modes of therapeutic praxis but the course usually draws extensively from both the psychodynamic and existential traditions.