Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology Catalog: 1980-1982

RPTI 732 RESEARCH IN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR (2)

A survey of the research literature on religious behavior. Representative empirical studies dealing with several dimensions and correlates of religious behavior will be examined. May also be taken for psychology credit as RPSY 611. (Elective.) RPTI 733 ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND BELIEFS (2) The psychological nature of attitudes, values, and beliefs as they relate to socialization, conformity, belief systems, and social influence. Special empha­ sis is given to values in therapy, and the therapist as values purveyor. (Elec­ tive.) RPTI 734 THE CHURCH AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM (2) A study of biblical conceptualizations of the nature of the church community with integration of ecological and systems models . (Elective.)

Clinical/Applied

RPTI 741 GUILT, CONSCIENCE, AND SOCIALIZATION (2)

A discussion of guilt and conscience , including both biblical and psychological theories on the origins of guilt and conscience and the expressions of these theories in therapy. (Elective.) RPTI 742 ANGER, AGGRESSION, AND HOSTILITY (2) A consideration of anger and related emotions and behaviors , including the catharsis hypotheses and aggression in fantasy. (Elective.)

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