The weekly class meeting integrates the fieldwork experience with the theoretical literature. Placements may address issues such as homelessness, family violence, adolescent pregnancy, AIDS, mental illness, and child care. Open to juniors and seniors. This course must be taken both semesters and is worth a total of two credits. The application of learning theory to individual and organizational behavior change.
Students spend either two half-days or one full day per week in supervised field activity.
Ethical and philosophical implications of behavior change considered. The study of the important conceptual, practical, and ethical issues involved in doing social psychological research. Students will conduct studies using experimental and correlational methods and learn to write an APA-style paper. Topics have included attitudes toward abortion, affirmative action, and Wheaton's honor code. Laboratory in Child and Family Assessment Addresses the principles and procedures involved in assessing child and family behavior in various contexts.