• PSYC 2100: PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This class is designed to introduce the student to the field of personality. The successful student will develop an understanding of the principles, strengths and weaknesses of the major personality theories. Particular attention is paid to the impact that society and culture have on the definitions and expression of personality. Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 1000 (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2130: APA WRITING STYLE

  1.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This course is designed for writers new to APA Style, which is the writing standard for psychology, education, criminology, sociology, and other social-science disciplines. The student will learn the basics of the current edition?APA Style manual, draft research papers, locate scholarly research, and develop experiments on which to report. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1010. (1 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2210: DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  A survey of the drugs which affect behavior, emphasizing both psychotherapeutic agents and drugs with abuse potential. Includes a brief introduction to the chemistry of the brain and the effects of drugs. Behavioral, social, historical, and medical aspects of each major class of psychoactive drugs will be discussed. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2300: PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This course introduces psychological development, including age-related changes in thinking, emotion, and behavior. The student will survey major theories, methodologies, and empirical discoveries. The student will also explore development with emphasis on social, affective, and cognitive developments in childhood and infancy, and consider implications for policy and practice. Prerequisite: Completion of 4 credit hours of psychology. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2310: EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

  2.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  The behavior, mental processes, and developmental patterns of atypical children; the physically handicapped, the gifted, the mentally retarded; learning disabled; vision and hearing handicapped; communication disabled; and behaviorally disturbed. (2 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2320: MENTAL WELLNESS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  Careers in law enforcement present unique psychological and social challenges. In this course, the student will explore the societal, organizational, systemic, operational, and personal stressors faced by many who work in law enforcement. The student will examine the effects of both chronic and acute stressors, including challenges to interpersonal relationships, substance use disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The student will also explore both maladaptive coping strategies, which can impair psychological and physiological health, and adaptive coping strategies, which can promote wellness and increase resiliency for themselves, their families, coworkers, and the law-enforcement community. A student earning credit in this course may not earn credit in PSYC 2320. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2325: MARRIAGE & FAMILY

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  Socio-psychological factors during infancy, childhood, and adolescence which are important to marriage adjustment. Discussion of dating, courtship, engagement, honeymoon, marriage, marital adjustment and family. Special consideration is given to changes in family structure and function, past to present. Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 1000 and SOC 1000 or permission of the instructor. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2340: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This course is an overview of psychological disorders, including anxiety, somatic, personality, mood, neurodevelopmental, substance use, neurocognitive, and trauma disorders. Topics of emphasis include diagnostic criteria, etiology, and treatment. Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 1000. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2360: ANXIETY AND STRESS DISORDERS

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This course explores the vast array of fear-related mental illnesses. Students will discover how these disorders stem from an overactive limbic system, and how cognitive functions are impaired by fear, trauma and stress. Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 1000 or instructor's permission. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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• PSYC 2370: CONSCIOUSNESS

  3.00 Credits

  Central Wyoming College

  
  This course will provide students with the opportunity to explore aspects of human awareness on an in-depth level, emphasizing areas of contemporary research often omitted from general psychology courses. Prerequisite: Completion of PSYC 1000 is recommended but not required. (3 lect.) Prerequisite:    Currently Not Available Corequisite:    Currently Not Available
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