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Wellesley, MA 02481
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    Psychology 101 (Section 4): Introduction to Psychology
    An introduction to some of the major subfields of psychology, such as developmental, personality, abnormal, clinical, physiological, cognitive, cultural, and social psychology. Students will explore various theoretical perspectives and research methods used by psychologists to study the origins and variations in human behavior.
Prerequisite: None
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
     
    Psychology 224: Abnormal Psychology
    An examination of major psychological disorders with special emphasis on phenomenology. Behavioral treatment of anxiety based disorders, cognitive treatment of depression, psychoanalytic therapy of personality disorders, and biochemical treatment of schizophrenia will receive special attention. Other models of psychopathology will also be discussed.
Prerequisite: For students entering the College in Fall 2004 or later:
PSYC 101, AP score of 5 or permission of instructor. For students entering the College prior to Fall 2004: no prerequisite. Not open to students who have taken [309].
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
     
    Psychology 326 Seminar: Child and Adolescent Psychology
   

Description, etiology, and developmental patterns of behavior problems of children, adolescents, and their families. Topics include theories of child and adolescent psychopathology, externalizing problems such as conduct disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, internalizing problems such as depression, anxiety, and children’s experiences of trauma, and developmental disorders such as mental retardation, risk and protective factors for child psychopathology, and child and family interventions.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors who have taken two 200-level units, excluding 205, or permission of instructor.
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis
Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0

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