Attention is given to cognitive, personality, and social development. Special topics include the issues of sexuality, delinquency, emotional disturbance, and education. The focus is on adolescence in the United States, but cross-cultural perspectives are included. NLA Applied experience in a setting appropriate to students' interest and training. Settings include the Mental Health Clinic, Community Dispute Resolution Center, and Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service.
Students undergo training at the site, do assigned reading, and write final reports.
Arranged individually with departmental approval. Offered on demand only. Offered on demand only. Examines the antecedents of psychology in philosophy, the natural sciences, and medicine. Emphasis given to those elements that differentiate psychology, as a behavioral science, from other empirical disciplines.