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Applied Human Behavior
Description: This course will evaluate theories of deviance from sociological, psychological, and social work perspectives in order to understand the micro, meso and macro implications of deviant individual and group behaviors. Particular emphasis will be given to the question of how individuals, groups, and specific behaviors come to be labeled deviant. Course content will consider what the role of society is in the process of labeling deviance and what these labels do to shape individual response and development. Students will be challenged to look at their own assumptions and biases. Students will learn about the similarities and distinctions between normal and pathological features of personality as well as the role that personality may play with regard to the causes and treatment of other kinds of mental disorders. Students will have the opportunity to review case studies as a predominant way to evaluate and become familiar with the ways in which personality disorders impact individual's lives in negative ways. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: ENG 105 or ENGY 102
Applied Human Behavior
Term : Summer 2018
Catalog Year : 2017-2018
AHBY 260 - Deviant Behavior And The Development Of Personality Disorders
Description: This course will evaluate theories of deviance from sociological, psychological, and social work perspectives in order to understand the micro, meso and macro implications of deviant individual and group behaviors. Particular emphasis will be given to the question of how individuals, groups, and specific behaviors come to be labeled deviant. Course content will consider what the role of society is in the process of labeling deviance and what these labels do to shape individual response and development. Students will be challenged to look at their own assumptions and biases. Students will learn about the similarities and distinctions between normal and pathological features of personality as well as the role that personality may play with regard to the causes and treatment of other kinds of mental disorders. Students will have the opportunity to review case studies as a predominant way to evaluate and become familiar with the ways in which personality disorders impact individual's lives in negative ways. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: ENG 105 or ENGY 102