Students study the professional standards, current issues, and personal rewards associated with the practice of counseling psychology. Broad historical basis of psychology as a science. An account of the historical development and contemporary status of various theoretical systems of psychology. Review of current trends and research findings in the field of child behavior and development. Survey of various personologists from Freud to the present emphasizing integration of the historical trends in personology with current theories.
Students work in an appropriate psychological counseling setting with clients under supervision.
Introduction to clinical interviewing, report writing, psychometrics, ethnic and cultural issues, IQ testing, and projection tests. Projective tests, behavioral assessment, evaluation of children, mental retardation, and learning disabilities. The cognate area provides the student an opportunity to enrich his or her preparation as a counseling psychologist with further study in a related area of expertise. Students work in an appropriate psychological counseling setting with clients under supervision. Students work in an appropriate psychological counseling setting with clients under supervision.