A study of past and present conceptions of abnormality, the dynamics underlying normal and abnormal behavior, and an examination of the key classifications systems utilized in understanding the abnormal behavior. Issues related to etiology, nature, development, and treatment of abnormal behavior are reviewed. Explores the psychology of organizations, with applications in business and industry and is rooted in research methodology and theories of scientific psychology. This course views marriage as the greatest test of cooperation in equal partners. The psychological factors necessary for the development of cooperative skills are reviewed with an emphasis on the findings of communication theories and marriage therapies relevant to the creative democratic marriage.
Sexuality is discussed within the framework of the mature love relationship.