Etiology and symptoms of psychopathological behavior from different theoretical perspectives including psychodynamic, physiological, behaviorist, cognitive, and humanistic.

Major personality theories, including psychodynamic, social learning, cognitive, and trait-theory approaches.

Psychology in the workplace includes issues related to psychological testing and measurement in the following processes: employee selection and placement, talent management, performance management, program evaluation in organizational interventions, return on investment in training and development activities; psychological processes in employee health and well-being (stress, burnout, work-family conflict); employee attitudes, including job satisfaction, commitment, organizational citizenship behavior; and psychological processes in interpersonal phenomena including leadership, motivation, teamwork, and communication.

Reviews major theories and empirical findings on consumer behavior; relates them to design and execution of effective marketing strategy. Individual decision making and consumer learning; external influences such as culture, social class, reference groups, family, and situational variables.

Reviews major theories and empirical findings on consumer behavior; relates them to design and execution of effective marketing strategy. Individual decision making and consumer learning; external influences such as culture, social class, reference groups, family, and situational variables.

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. Students will identify and develop the skills needed to make an effective contribution to organization, to manage others, and to maintain a high quality of work life. Topics covered include: motivation, communication, conflict negotiation, group dynamics, leadership, organizational&job design, and change management

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. Students will identify and develop the skills needed to make an effective contribution to organization, to manage others, and to maintain a high quality of work life. Topics covered include: motivation, communication, conflict negotiation, group dynamics, leadership, organizational&job design, and change management

Overview of theories and science of practice in clinical psychology, with particular focus on the process and specific interventions in psychotherapy as informed by different perspectives.

Measure psychological constructs and interpret test results; test construction, standardization, reliability and validity; factor analysis; multi-dimensional scaling; and various standardized tests of intelligence and personality.

Overview of theories of family systems therapy and their applications with couples and families. Discussion and critique of different theoretical orientations such as Strategic/MRI, Behavioral, Structural, Intergenerational, Experiential, Solution-focused, and Narrative perspectives.

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY:How can evolutionary processes explain human behavior and mind? What does human nature mean? What is a psychological adaptation? Evolutionary psychology lies at the intersection of evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, neuroscience and biological anthropology. It has been sometimes the focus of some controversy as the findings seeped into the society’s consciousness. In this class we’ll try to understand what evolutionary analysis can contribute to our understanding of human behavior and cognition and navigate the controversies.

Review of descriptive statistics and basic research methodology. Experimental methods and research design including one-way analyses, factorial designs, repeated measures, analysis of covariance, and the analyses of main effects, simple effects and interaction comparisons. Research and publication ethics.

This is in an entry level course that involves discussion of some of the central theories and models and examination of most recent approaches and research in the field of social psychology. Another goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of the methods and paradigms used by social psychologists.

EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY:How can evolutionary processes explain human behavior and mind? What does human nature mean? What is a psychological adaptation? Evolutionary psychology lies at the intersection of evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, neuroscience and biological anthropology. It has been sometimes the focus of some controversy as the findings seeped into the society’s consciousness. In this class we’ll try to understand what evolutionary analysis can contribute to our understanding of human behavior and cognition and navigate the controversies.

A series of presentations by faculty, outside speakers and students.

The relationship of the linguistic system with other cognitive processes; the influence of language on perception and memory, crosslinguistic research, the role of general cognitive development on language development

Detailed examination of current topics in Psychology.

Lectures on child, adolescent and women reproductive health services, immunization services, health services for communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health services, community mental health services, planning for health education, school health services and health management in primary health care setting. Determining the most prevalent diseases in the community and individual and social interventions for these problems during the rotation in Community Health Centers. Planning and conveying health education to students and public. Outpatient services for Tuberculosis Disease in Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries. During the rotation in Family Health Centers participating in outpatient clinics, household visits, immunization, baby and pregnant follow up services along with the family physician. During the whole block, there will be lectures, video presentations and discussions with health managers about preventive and curative health services in the primary health care setting. (4 weeks)

Lectures on child, adolescent and women reproductive health services, immunization services, health services for communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health services, community mental health services, planning for health education, school health services and health management in primary health care setting. Determining the most prevalent diseases in the community and individual and social interventions for these problems during the rotation in Community Health Centers. Planning and conveying health education to students and public. Outpatient services for Tuberculosis Disease in Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries. During the rotation in Family Health Centers participating in outpatient clinics, household visits, immunization, baby and pregnant follow up services along with the family physician. During the whole block, there will be lectures, video presentations and discussions with health managers about preventive and curative health services in the primary health care setting. (4 weeks)

Lectures on child, adolescent and women reproductive health services, immunization services, health services for communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health services, community mental health services, planning for health education, school health services and health management in primary health care setting. Determining the most prevalent diseases in the community and individual and social interventions for these problems during the rotation in Community Health Centers. Planning and conveying health education to students and public. Outpatient services for Tuberculosis Disease in Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries. During the rotation in Family Health Centers participating in outpatient clinics, household visits, immunization, baby and pregnant follow up services along with the family physician. During the whole block, there will be lectures, video presentations and discussions with health managers about preventive and curative health services in the primary health care setting. (4 weeks)

Statistical techniques in business data analysis; decision making under uncertainty. Concept of loss functions, decision trees, Bayes' Rule; correlation analysis, simple and multiple regression analysis (variable selection, model building, residual analysis); exponential smoothing methods; autoregressive (AR), moving average (MA), and ARMA models; introduction to intervention analysis, outlier-level shift-variance change detection procedures , and autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models. Extensive use of computer-based computational tools and business applications.