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Names of all courses taken in Psychology Concentration Area:
Cal State University Long Beach
PSY 100 GENERAL PSYCHOL
Course description: Major areas of theory and research in
psychology. Requires participation in department-sponsored research or an educationally equivalent alternative activity.
What I took away from this class: I learned
a lot about the general principles of psychology.
Scottsdale Community College
PSY 230 $ 231 INTRODUCTION
TO STATISTICS (w/LABORATORY FOR STATISTICS
Course description: An introduction to basic concepts in
descriptive and inferential statistics, with emphasis upon application to psychology. Consideration given to the methods of
data collection, sampling techniques, graphing of data, and the statistical evaluation of data collected through experimentation.
What I took away from this class: I learned that through hardwork one can
learn something difficult and time consuming. This was a class that I worked really hard in and I even got a good grade.
It made me think that I am capable of doing something that is hard even daunting.
PSY 260 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Course description: Introduction
to theories of personality with emphasis upon application of specific theories towards the understanding of indiduals.
What I took away from this class: I really learned about what is an effective
way to deal with stress and how to understand other peoples viewpoints.
PSY 266
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Course description: Distinguishes
between normal behavior and psychological disorders. Subjects may include stress disorders, problems with anxiety and depression,
unusual and abnormal sexual behavior, schizophrenia and addictive behaviors. Causes and treatments of psychological problems
and disorders are discussed.
What I took away from this class: Is the idea that all people may have
problems and some people have more severe types of problems than others. This class covered the basics of abnormal psychology
principles.
PGS 270 PERSONAL
& SOCIAL ADJUST
Course
description: It is literally a normal behavior course emphasizing personal adjustments to maintain effective coping behaviors
for normal events in one's life. Te course focuses on motivation, emotions, anxity, stress, ineffective and effective
coping behaviors, and particularly interpersonal relationships.
What I took away from this class: This covered the ideas that emotions are poeeful
influencers of motivation. This class is important because oit made me think that there are ways to deal with anxity
and stress, and more importantly relationships.
Arizona State University
PSY
290 RESEARCH METHODS
Course description:Planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of experiments.
Literature, procedures, and instruments in representative areas of psychological research.
What I took away from this class: This class really made me aware of how people set up experiments. I found
myself understanding how people set up experiments and how to interpret them as well.
PGS 304 EFFECTIVE THINKING
Course description:Understanding and improving intellectual and behavioral skills;
information analysis, inference, logic, problem solving, and decision making.
What I took away from this class: Is the fact that one needs to apply logic in any given circumstance. This
class made me aware that I need to think before I act.
PSY 320 LEARNING/MOTIVATION
Course description:Principles of conditioning and motivation; approaches to
learning, including acquisition of verbal materials, concepts, and motor skills; memory and transfer.
What I took away from this class: This class made me think of how reinforcers
are important in life, especially secondary ones to the primary ones.
PGS 341 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH
Course description:Analyzes behavior development in terms of psychological principles.
Current research in human development
What I took away from this class: This class was a really graet way to
cover the human infant and young child. I leaned that infants are capableof more than most people think.
PGS 350 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Course description:Human social behavior, including such concepts
as aggression, attraction, attribution, conformity, groups, helping, person perception, and persuasion.
What I took away from this class: This is one of the
most important psychology classes that I have ever taken becuase it covers human social behavior. It has a lot of informationa
that I am able to use in other circumstances all the time.
PGS 443 ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCH
Course
description:Covers major disorders of childhood and adolescence (e.g., autism, hyperactivity, phobias, and delinquency), including
cause, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
What I took away from this class: I took away the knowledge that there are some major disorders of childhood
and adolescence.
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