Course Descriptions: PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 100 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (CAN PSY 2)

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: Introduction to major topics, theories, and research methods of psychology. Topics include the biological determinants and general processes of behavior such as development, learning, verbal behavior, intelligence, perception, motivation, emotion, personality, social, abnormal and includes methods of therapy. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 106 PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: This course focuses on psychological theories and research studies of prejudice and discrimination. The nature of discrimination is examined in relation to prejudice behavior and the variables which influence the psychological development, adjustment and coping strategies of ethnic minority groups in the United States. The development of prejudice in children is examined. Economic, educational, political, and legal issues are analyzed for their psychological impact specifically on Americans of African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American descent. However, other ethnic minority groups are included. (Fulfills Associate degree Ethnic Studies requirement.) Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 110 MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIP CHOICES

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: This is a broad survey of past, present, and future relationships which involve closeness and intimacy. Lifestyles of singlehood, marriage, divorce, and widow/widowerhood are discussed. Other topics include love and romance, sexual values, loneliness, power, jealousy, communication and conflict, choices of relationships, and stepfamilies. Transfer: CSU: DSI.

PSYC 112 APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH FILM

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: This course focuses on topics in the field of psychology using the media of film with attention given to the following areas: maladaptive behavior, the special child, interpersonal relationships, adolescent adjustment, learning and personality development, and the adjustment of the elderly. Transfer: CSU: DSI.

PSYC 200 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: This course examines human development across the lifespan, from conception through death by focusing on theories and methods of psychological research; including physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes throughout the lifespan. Emphasis on development as an on-going process understanding the interaction of development issues: nature vs. nurture, continuity vs. discontinuity, and stability vs. instability. This course is designed as a foundation for careers in educational, social, psychological, and medical fields as well as providing a better understanding of one’s own development process. Transfer: CSU: DSI & E1, UC*. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 201 CHILD DEVELOPMENT (CAN FCS 14)

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Description: Overview of the developmental trends affecting human growth from the prenatal period to adolescence. Factors influencing physical, emotional, mental, and social development are also analyzed. PSYC 100 is a required prerequisite for transfer. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC*. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 202 ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: The behaviors, values and complexities of the adolescent years. The changes that occur in physical, emotional, mental, and social development during adolescence and their implications are studied. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 205 SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS (Also SOCI 205)

Units (Letter grade) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 110; Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 or SOCI 100. Description: Designed to introduce students to the basic principles of social science research. Various sociological and psychological research methods are examined that include experimental research, survey research, field research, and comparative-historical research. Procedures to evaluate the soundness of research designs are examined. Ethical issues related to research techniques are also considered. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 300 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: Study of human interaction, with emphasis on how thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals are influenced by actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Focus of course is on social factors that influence human behavior; ourselves and other people, institutions and social and physical structures people create. A review of various perspectives unique to social psychologists including attitude formation, interpersonal attraction, and aggression is examined. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 340 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SEXUALITY

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: Human Sexuality is a broad field in which many cultural, psychological and physiological variables interact in relation to sexual development, attitudes and behaviors. Methods of scientific psychology are utilized to improve understanding of a broad range of behaviors ranging from healthy to dysfunctional within mainstream modern American culture as well as other cultures. Discussion of differing cultural and moral perspectives is utilized to assist students in making a critical assessment of the nature of the sexual self as well as intimate human relationships within their own community and the world. Transfer: CSU: DSI & E1, UC. (IGETC: 4)

PSYC 410 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400; Prerequisite(s): None. Description: Elaboration on the study of abnormal behavior and personality introduced in previous courses. Topics include neuroses, psychoses and other psychological problems, along with their etiology, dynamics, principal symptoms, and treatments. The relationship between theory of personality and psychotherapy is explored. Transfer: CSU: DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)

Updated: 6/11/09