Topics include population density, television, pollution, advertising, and research design. A research project is required. This course is designed to explore the basic areas of forensic psychology and the role psychology plays in the legal process. Sex Roles A study of the roles adopted by males and females in Western society and in other cultures. Roles are defined and theories of development of gender identity are investigated.
Emphasis is placed on the effects of sex roles on individuals and on the society as a whole.
The principles of human behavior in groups are analyzed and examined as they relate to group formation, structure, and operation. The applications of group dynamics in education, industry, and therapy provide a second emphasis in this examination of group behavior. A discussion of the many theoretical explanations regarding our visual and auditory perceptions. Emphasis will be placed on the role of learning and neurology in perception. Emphasis will be on quantitative behavioral measurement techniques.