1973-1974 Academic Catalog

82 Cedarville College Requirements for a Major in Behavioral Science. A major designed for students interested in individual and group behavior. This area is recom– mended for students who desire to work with people in the various settings offered by the fields of psychology and social work. Eighty quarter hours including: 160 General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 264 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 365 Psychology of Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 366 Fundamentals of Counseling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 368 Experimental Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SS230 Principles of Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SS431 Introduction to Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SS432 Social Casework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 261 Psychological Statistics or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SS493 Social Science Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 499 Psychology Internship or SS499 Social Science Internship .......................5-15 SM120 Introduction to Computer Programming.......... 1 Additional hours in Psychology and/or Sociology ......... 23 160 General Psychology 5 hours Designed to provide a survey of modern s1>ientific psychology. The course content is centered on such topics as maturation, learning, sensation, perception, motivation, thinking, rememqer– ing, emotion, intelligence, and personality development. 260 Human Growth and Development 5 hours An analysis of the physiological and psychological development of the individual from conception through adolescence. Prerequisite: PYl 60 261 Psychological Statistics I 5 hours Designed to provide an elementary coverage of descriptive and sampling statistics commonly used in psychology. This includes problems of measurement, measures of central tendency and dispersion, linear correlation, prediction, and simple tests of significance. Prerequisite: PYl 60 264 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior 5 hours A course dealing with the appropriate and inappropriate reactions to frustration and stress; solutions of conflicts, fears, and anxiety; building emotional stability and preventing mental illness. The major categories of mental illness and maladjustment, including the psychoses, the neuroses, mental deficiency and anti-social behavior are discussed with emphasis placed on causes, symptoms, and methods of therapy. Prerequisite: PYl 60 270 Educational Psychology 4 hours The application of principles of human development and learning to the problems of educa– tion and classroom learning. Prerequisite: PYl 60