Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology Catalog: 1971-1972

P521 Personality and Psychopathology (4)

The classification, description and etiology of mental disorders. At­ tention is also given to the concepts of normality and mental ill­ ness and other theoretical issues involved in the classification of personality abnormalities. P522 Assessment of Intelligence (3) The first of a three-course sequence directed toward competence in administration, scoring and interpretation of psychological tests. Attention is given to theoretical issues in intelligence and the use of the Stanford Binet and Wechsler Scales.

P523 Child Psychology (3)

The child from conception to puberty with emphasis on experi­ mental analyses of the development of behavior. Special focus on psychological variables related to child development and behavior.

P601 Research Design (3)

A continuation of P502 including analysis of variance and covari­ ance and the design and interpretation of experimental research. Prerequisite: P502 P602 Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy (3) A general introduction to the theory, methods and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. Major emphasis is placed on client­ centered counseling and on techniques and variables which cut across various schools of thought. P611 Adolescent Psychology (3) A study of the young person from puberty to adulthood. Special attention is given to developmental tasks and to the characteristics, needs, and adjustment of the college student. A series of seminars devoted to an in-depth study of major per­ sonality theories. Each seminar deals with one of the following theories: Behavioristic, Psychoanalytic, Phenomenological, Adlerian, or Sulli­ vanian. Prerequisite: P513 27 P612 Seminar in Personality (2)

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