Course Info: CSI-0283
| Course | CSI-0283 Ab/normal Psychology |
| Long Title | Ab/normal Psychology |
| Term | 2016F |
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Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Emily Dickinson Hall 2 on TH from 9:00-11:50 |
| Faculty | M. Lourdes Mattei |
| Capacity | 25 |
| Available | 3 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Writing and Research Multiple Cultural Perspectives |
| Additional Info | Students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. |
| Description | This course introduced the students to ideas and controversies related to the concept of abnormality/normality in psychology. In order to discuss and explore these concepts, we presented an overview of contemporary diagnostic categories as described in the DSM-V, the diagnostic manual used in the field of mental health. The course emphasized the sociocultural and historical context for our culture's ideals and assumptions about mental illness. In order to reflect on the experience(s) of mental illness, films, case studies, and memoirs were included. This is an advanced course in Hampshire's Culture, Brain and Development Program and is geared to Division II and III students. |