Department of Social Sciences
Courses in Psychology
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: BE-122 (or 226), or satisfactory score on the CUNY/ACT Assessment Test.
Introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include research methods, biological bases of brain and mind, sensation-perception, sleep and states of consciousness, learning-memory, development, cognition-intelligence, motivation-emotion, personality, abnormal psychology-therapy, and social psychology. Research findings and principles related to everyday life.
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
The goal of this course is to enable students to acquire a knowledge base of child development. Consideration of developmental issues particular to special needs youngsters will also be addressed. Students will examine the central emotional, cognitive, and social issues for each developmental period during childhood. Cultural, socio-economic, and historical influences on development will be integrated within the course.
- SS-520 Human Growth and Development
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510.
A study of the changes in behavior and mental processes across the life-span and the biological, psychological, social and cultural factors influencing those changes.
- SS-525 Psychology of Personal Adjustment
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
Focus is on personal adjustment as an ongoing process of the normal individual. An examination of individual adjustment in terms of the psychological, developmental, and sociocultural dimensions of everyday living. A major concern is the practical application of psychological principles to the enhancement of personal adjustment. Main topics include the origins of adjustment, adjustment and identity, individual growth and change, social adjustment, and problems of adjustment.
- SS-530 Abnormal Psychology
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
Examines abnormal behavior with an emphasis on the classification of, causes of, and treatments for mental disorders. Focuses on major mental disorders including: anxiety, somatoform, and dissociative disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenias, personality disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual disorders, and cognitive disorders.
- SS-535 Adolescent Development
3 hours 3 credits Prerequisite: SS-510
Adolescent Development offers a comprehensive overview of developmental events and challenges in the adolescent period from puberty to the start of young adulthood. Topics include normative physical, sexual, cognitive, and psychosocial development, as well as psychological problems of adolescents. The sociocultural and historical contexts of adolescence and major theories of adolescent development also will be addressed.
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
Explores major theoretical perspectives on personality such as psychodynamic, trait, biological, humanistic, behavioral-social learning, and cognitive approaches. Presents relevant research on personality structure, normal and abnormal development, and assessment, including selfassessment through standardized personality tests.
- SS-560 Psychological Disorders of Childhood
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
This course is a survey of the major psychological disorders in infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents with a focus on diagnosis, assessment, etiology, and treatment. These disorders include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, conduct disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning and communication disorders, eating disorders, habit disorders, attachment disorders, autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, childhood psychoses, and sensory-motor disabilities. Emphasis is placed on the developmental context of the disorders and on the use of multiple theoretical perspectives on the disorders.
- SS-570 The Psychology of Aging
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
A multifaceted approach to the study of the aging process, including the effects of aging on learning, intelligence, personality, and emotional development. The role and status of the elderly person with respect to the family and society. A cross-cultural examination of the situation of the aged person and an evaluation of the utility and limitations of institutional care.
- SS-590 Altered States of Consciousness
3 class hours 3 credits
Prerequisite: SS-510
Examines theory and research related to altered states of consciousness. Topics include sleep, dreaming, hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, and parapsychology in its various manifestations.
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