Psychology – Positive Psychology (BA)

Planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of experiments. Literature, procedures, and instruments in representative areas of psychological research.

Examines the theoretical foundations, empirical bases and practical applications of positive psychology.

Explores the circumstances under which humans tend to flourish and report the highest levels of well-being. These areas include: (1) leisure, flow and optimized experience; (2) optimal well-being and positive health; (3) aesthetics and creativity; and (4) spirituality or other sense of meaning in life.

Basic concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics, emphasizing applications to psychology.

Analyzes behavior development in terms of psychological principles. Current research in human development.

Human social behavior, including such concepts as aggression, attraction, attribution, conformity, groups, helping, person perception, and persuasion.

Covers historical and current etiological theories, assessment, prevention and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Discusses sociocultural and neurobiological influences.

Definition and description of personality in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches.

Covers historical and current etiological theories, assessment, prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Discusses sociocultural and neurobiological influences.