| source Northwestern (X) |
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department HDPS Human Development and Psychological Services (X) |
The course is an intensive introduction to the psychological study of human personality. Personality psychologists use empirical methods of behavioral science to understand the whole person in a biological, social, and cultural context. The course focuses on approaches to personality that emphasizes individual differences in personality traits and life stories. Whereas personality psychologists employ trait concepts to help them predict behavior over time and across situations, they can employ the concept of personal narrative to understand the meaning of the individual human life set in time, place, and history. Personality traits and life stories are examined through two recent and much heralded literary works. This course is limited in enrollment and is designed as an intensive discussion seminar.
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This course will explore the impact groups and organizations have on individuals and how those individuals relate to the various groups of which they are members. Specifically, this course will focus on the study of small groups and social systems, with an emphasis on leadership and authority, member roles, small group dynamics, and development, diversity, and inter-group relations. Experiential and intellectual learning will be integrated through the use of discussion groups and assignments designed to facilitate application of theory and research. Applications will be made to small decision-making groups, the college classroom, larger social and political systems, group therapy, and leadership and diversity in group and organizational life. In addition, participation in Tavistock Small Study Group Experiential Sessions will facilitate a deeper understanding of group dynamics, development and member roles in groups. Participation in the Tavistock experience is expected unless waived by the instructor. Students will not be evaluated on their performance in the conference experiential sessions.
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Marriage 101 combines traditional academic methods (lectures, class discussions, readings) with experiential and self-discovery assignments coordinated with the subject matter. Each weekÂs experience consists of a lecture and class discussion, assigned readings, and an elaboration of the weekÂs topic through experiential tasks and discussion in small groups. Each week students will also respond to relevant self-inquiry questions in a private, ungraded journal. Equivalent to Âlabs in other courses, students do three outside class experiential assignments and interview two real couplesÂa married couple from the community and their own parents. This course will increase each students formal knowledge about marriage and intimate relationships, while also improving their chances for success in such relationships. After taking the course, students should be better prepared to choose compatible partners, to face inevitable relationship challenges, and to experience greater marital/relationship satisfaction.
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This course examines emerging adulthood, a time when youth are no longer adolescents, but not quite adults. This transition into early adulthood is a period of great change for youth as they navigate shifts in their interpersonal, familial, educational, and economic domains of life. Most would agree that this Âin-between stage is a result of several historical and political movements such as the industrialization of Western societies, the prolonging of education, and the delaying of marriage and parenthood. In this course students will tackle these issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing from psychological, sociological, economic and developmental theory and empirical research. Students will be challenged to understand the historical and social climate and pressures that perpetuate this Âdelaying of adulthood while also considering the policy implications of promoting the success of this new age group. They will be required to formulate their own question about the transitions to adulthood and design a research proposal where they will explore this question.
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This course provides an in depth analysis of research on the impact of interparental conflict on children. Emphasizing ecological, developmental and family systems perspectives it investigates a range of important issues, including the processes by which exposure to conflict may lead to child maladjustment, the role of age, gender and ethnicity in understanding the effects of conflict, the influence of conflict on parent-child, sibling and peer relations, and interparental conflict in divorced and stepfamilies. It also addresses the implications of this research for prevention, intervention and social policy. Each week we will examine relevant conceptual and methodological questions, review pertinent data and identify avenues for future research. As such this course serves to both describe the state of the art of the field and chart a course for continued investigation into the links between marital and child functioning.
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