Psychology

Department of Psychology
Smith Hall, Room 301
Phone:  973/353-5440
Fax:      973/353-1171
http://www.psych.rutgers.edu

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:358:W1:99226
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 12:00-4:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
LAMORTE        SMITH 244         

PREREQUISITE:  Principles of Psychology, 830:101 or 830:102.

Short stories, plays, projective testing, paintings, and material from clinical interviews to introduce normal, creative, and pathological personalities; increased sensitivity to the situational, psychological, and historical determinants of human personality.

Required Text:
Trull, T., 2004. Clinical Psychology, 7th Ed. ISBN# 0534633870.

First-Day Assignment(s):
Read Chapter 1 and 2.

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
62:830:363:W6:99225
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 5:00-9:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
HAGHIGHI               CONKLIN 346

PREREQUISITE: Principles of Psychology, 830:101, 102, or 209.

Psychopathologies, their probable causes, and usual behavioral manifestations; theories of pathology and research techniques employed in the investigation of abnormality.

Required Text:
Comer, R.J., 2006. Abnormal Psychology, 6th Ed. ISBN# 0716769069.

First-Day Assignment(s):
Read Chapter 1.

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOLOGY: CHILDREN & FAMILIES (3 cr.)
21:830:409:W1:99227
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 12:00-4:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
STAGG               SMITH 241

This course will investigate issues concerning raising children in this century. It will address the effects of parenting on children's personalties and how this dynamic is influenced by the larger community. Students will learn how values and beliefs are developed through the child's experiences and larger environment.

Required Texts:
•Phelam, T.W., 2004. 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, 3rd Ed. ISBN# 1889140163.
•Phelam, T.W., 1998. Surviving Your Adolescence, 2nd Ed. ISBN# 1889140082

First-Day Assignment(s):
1-2-3 Magic, read Chapter 1-4.

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:484:W1:99078
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 12:00-4:30
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
PORCELLI        SMITH 242

Physiological basis of behavior; basic structure and function of the nervous system; physiological basis of motivation and emotions; relations between hormones and behavior; physiological aspects of perception and learning; organization of the cerebral cortex; psychosomatics.

Required Text:
Pinel, J., 2005. Biopsychology, 6th Ed. ISBN# 0205426514.

First-Day Assignment(s):
Read Chapter 1 & 2.