PSYC 4415 Abnormal Psychology

Psychological models as applied to normal and abnormal behavior including identification, etiology, and treatment of anxiety, somatoform, dissociative, affective, schizophrenic and personality disorders.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSYC 1101 and PSYC 2201

Typically Offered

Athens Campus: fall day - Demorest Campus: fall day; summer as needed online

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of constructs and theories in cognitive psychology.
2. Discuss, analyze and think critically about contemporary research, as it applies to classical theories in cognitive psychology.
3. Understand the methods used for examining cognitive phenomena in the laboratory.
4. Consider the applications of cognitive phenomena to everyday experiences in real life and the lab.
5. Be able to think critically and evaluate the methodologies, results and implications of psychological studies (i.e., to become an informed consumer of scientific research).