This course may be taken to partially satisfy the general curriculum requirement in the social sciences. A survey of the phenomena of psychopathology, including historical background, symptomatology, incidence, course and etiology of a wide array of pathologies including, to name a few, stress-related disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders and the schizophrenias. A brief review of treatment will also be presented. This course may be taken to partially satisfy the general curriculum requirement in the social sciences. This lecture-laboratory course provides an overview of the physiological bases of behavior, cognition, motivation, emotion, learning and memory.
Emphasis is placed on the mechanisms of brain and endocrine system functioning.
This course may be taken to partially satisfy the general curriculum requirement in the social sciences. An introduction to the general subject of personality. Emphasis is on the determinants of a healthy personality in such areas as emotions, self-concept and interpersonal relations. The course consists of a review major theories of personality and an introduction to research methods and testing in personology. This course may be taken to partially satisfy the general curriculum requirement in the social sciences.