EDUCATION-PSYC HOLOGY
402. SYSTEMATIC PSYCHOLOGY. (3) Consideration of psychological systems and present trends: e.g., Behav iorism, Gestalt psychology, psychoanalys is , and others . Some considera tion of the hi storical backgro unds of modern psychology. 403. THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD. (2 ) Problems connected with the understanding and training of the excep tional child. 405. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) A study of the individual as a socia l entity and as a member of a group . Some attention given to the various theori es explanatory of group be havior and of socia l control. 408. MENTAL HYGIENE. (3) An introducti on to the fi eld of mental hyg iene as it relates to the basis for mental health; a discussion of devia ti ons. The prevention of such abnormalities, with special reference to th e needs of children and ado lescents. 411. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY. (3) A cr iti ca l compari son of current th eo ri es about the development and organ izati on of pe rsona lit y. Allport. Murry. Lewin , Social Psychological Theories, Psychoanalytic Theories. 415. PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) Survey course to introduce stud ent to physiologica l basis of behavior with emphasis on nervous system. 416. LEARNING THEORIES. (3) A critical eva luati on of th e stimulus- response theo ries of Thorndike, Guthrie. Skinner. and Hull and of the cognitive theories of the Gestalt school, of Tolman, and Lewin. 420. RESEARCH PROBLEMS. (2) Group discuss ion based on prob lems of individual and group research.
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