It will also explore how consistent personality is over time and across situations. Offered every semester. Explores stress from a biobehavioral, psychosocial perspective. The philosophies of holistic health and self-management guide students to build personal resources in order to minimize stress. Research and theoretical issues relevant to the field are presented.
Students also have the opportunity for experiential practice of a number of interventions.
Granting of credit will be contingent upon the presentation of a report at the final seminar. Students may work individually or in small groups. Offered spring semester. A survey course, designed to introduce the student to the area of hypnosis within the wider context of psychology, trace the clinical and experimental history of hypnosis from early times until the present, and explore contemporary uses of hypnosis by professionals in such diverse fields as medicine, dentistry, psychology, law and law enforcement, psychotherapy, education, and philosophy. Emphasis is on the theory of hypnosis, gaining an understanding of the phenomena of hypnosis as studied by psychologists today.