Psychology
Curiosity about why human beings behave the way they do has led to the scientific study known as psychology. While all people share this interest, psychologists try to understand behaviour through systematic study. The facts are explained scientifically and interpreted according to schools of thought such as cognitive theory, neurobiology and behaviourism. The aim of psychology is to interpret, predict and understand behaviour and, ultimately, to apply this information to the problems encountered by human beings.
Adolescent Development
(PSY-707)
350-707-MS ( 2-1-3 ) 2 credits
Prerequisite: PSY-102
This course focuses the theories and themes of development on the stage of adolescence. We examine the external and internal influences and pressures that affect the adolescent— from developing an identity to peer relations to assertions of independence —from the first emergence from childhood to the eventual growth into adulthood.
