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Course Number and Name
- 18-213-809-001 Abnormal Human Behavior
When Offered
Prerequisites
- Basic counseling courses.
Catalog Description
- The study of deviant behavior and personality disturbances; implications for counseling.
Objectives / Expected Outcomes
. The purpose of the course is twofold. Its essential purpose is to provide students with basic information about the definition, essential features, etiology, course, prognosis,
assessment, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders. In addition the course will examine the history of mental illness and social attitudes toward individuals with diagnosable disorders.
Objectives of the Course. A student successfully completing this course will be able to:
- to learn facts about psychopathology in accordance with the major diagnostic categories of the DSM III-R in order to make distinctions among them;
- to be familiar with etiological (developmental) and intervention theories;
- to increase understanding of skills necessary for application of counseling principles to abnormal psychology;
- to challenge our own attitudes toward abnormality as we, as counselors, identify and explore our personal values related to abnormal human behavior.
Text / Readings
- Barlow, D. H., & Durand, V. Mark (1995). Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach. New York: Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.
- Readings packet on sale at DuBois Bookstore.
- Other reading assignments will involve use of readings in the university collection.
Course Organization, Class Schedule, Assignments
- Organization of the Course.
The course will be organized in lecture-discussion format with periodic small group discussion.
Assignments.. Assignments will include
- three brief reaction papers, and
- either a term paper or a midterm and final.
Schedule.. Activities will be conducted according to a published schedule.
Grading. Grades will be based on multiple data sources:
- student contributions to in-class activities
- reaction papers
- either (a) a term paper or (b) a midterm exam and final exam (determined based on class size; to be discussed in class)
NOTE:
All reports and papers submitted for this course are expected to be the student's own work; instances of plagiarism will be dealt with according to university policy. Students unfamiliar with standards for the preparation of academic papers are encouraged to seek assistance early in the quarter. Scholarly papers are to be prepared according to the style manual for the American Psychological Association. Assignments are due on the date indicated; late papers will be penalized 1/3 letter grade per week late.
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