General Psychology
MODULE: General Psychology
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 60 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
Psychology is a broad approach to human problems (both individual and interpersonal) consisting of assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, program development, administration, and research with regard to numerous populations, including children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, families, groups, and disadvantaged persons. There is an overlap between some areas of clinical psychology and other professional fields of psychology such as counselling psychology and brain science, as well as some professional fields outside of psychology, such as psychiatry and social work.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
General Psychology
Human Development Developmental Psychology Causes of Mental Disorders Marriage & Family Relations Biological Psychology Mental Biochemical Balance Psychophysiology Analysis of Social Problems Social Problems & Deviance Personality & Social Development Multicultural Diversity Cross Cultural Social Perspectives Human Body & Mind Psychology of Personality Psychology of Perception Psychology of Language Learning & Memory Development Cognitive Development Cognitive Psychology
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Miralles
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
General Psychology
This course surveys the major principles of psychology. It introduces the history of psychology, human development, personality, abnormal behavior, social psychology, feelings and emotions, research methodologies, experimental psychology, psychophysiology, learning and memory, altered states of awareness, sleep and dreams, and industrial and organizational psychology.
Instructor: Fernando Miralles
Human Development
This course introduces the theory, empirical research, and applied issues in developmental psychology. It focuses on social, psychological, cultural, emotional and spiritual aspects of development across the life course, with emphasis on the applications of these theories to counseling. Students will be encouraged to revisit their own developmental path.
Instructor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha
Developmental Psychology
This course covers all aspects of human development. After an introduction to the history and systems of developmental psychology, it covers the biological bases of development, perceptual and motor development, cognitive development, communication and language development, social development, personality and emotional development, moral development and wisdom, motivation and developmental psychopathology.
Instructor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha
Causes of Mental Disorders
All functional "mental disorders" are fully understandable bio-social reactions to emotional conflict and stress. These reactions generally originate in and are perpetuated by how one deals with frustrating, perplexing, oppressive, dangerous, or destructive interpersonal and societal situations. This course explains how these reactions are not only caused by, but also can naturally lead to certain biochemical imbalances.
Instructor: Shelley-Ann Meihuizen
Marriage & Family Relations
This course examines the impact of modern society upon the family as it relates to courtship, size of family, member relationships, economic problems, and marital stability. It compares alternative life styles, marriage and family relations throughout the life span. It examines family development across generations.
Instructor: Sarel Francois Ackermann
Biological Psychology
This course offers a comprehensive survey of the biological bases of behavior. It describes the development of the nervous system, the biological mechanisms of perception and action and the biochemical regulation of behavior, emotions and mental disorders.
Instructor: Fernando Miralles
Mental Biochemical Balance
This course deals with mental biochemical imbalances psychologically rather than with drugs. By avoiding the use of mind altering drugs, it becomes possible to avoid the very serious side effects many of them have, and to avoid the suppression of true feelings and the impairment of brain functioning many pharmaceutical drugs cause.
Instructor: Fernando Miralles
Psychophysiology
This course examines the relationships between physiological processes and human behavior. It explains the functions of the brain and autonomic nervous system with emphasis on the biological basis for emotion, pain, psychosomatic processes, sexuality, stress, and sleep, including neuroanatomy, research techniques, physiology, sensory processes, and central nervous system functions.
Instructor: Francisco Chelos Lopez
Analysis of Social Problems
This course examines social problems from three perspectives. Systemic problems: racial and sexual discrimination, inequality and poverty, militarization and war, ecological problems, overpopulation, urban and rural problems, life cycle problems. Problems of specific institutions: government, economy, family, education, religion, social services. Personal pathologies: mental illness, suicide, alcoholism, drug addiction.
Instructor: Joseph Kibugi Gitau
Social Problems & Deviance
This course examines social problems and behavior that departs from a group’s or society’s norms. It considers delinquency and crime; sexual, religious and lifestyle deviance; deviant sub-cultures; and the society’s reaction to deviance. It explains the causes of deviance and the tracing of its effects on individuals and society.
Instructor: Joseph Kibugi Gitau
Personality & Social Development
This course explores the processes of social and personality development. It focuses on four key areas of research: cognition, attachment theory, language development, and moral development. It also addresses issues and debates about the role of genes, gender, socialization, and neurological development as interacting forces that affect how infants and children acquire self/other awareness, identity, and social competence.
Instructor: Shelley-Ann Meihuizen
Multicultural Diversity
The course shows how to deal with a different culture. It covers identity development, acculturation, class, prejudice and discrimination, demographics, and verbal and non-verbal communication in the context of different cultures and values. It examines the impact of different cultural backgrounds on managerial decisions and highlights the complexities of management in a global environment.
Instructor: Oscar Juan Hernando Carbajo
Cross Cultural Social Perspectives
This course focuses on the study of the similarities and differences of different cultures. It will enable students to learn the skills of communication, negotiation and managing cultural differences. It provides a cross cultural social perspective to deal effectively with individuals from varied cultures in different situations.
Instructor: Oscar Juan Hernando Carbajo
Human Body & Mind
This course examines the human being as an integrated physiological and psychological entity. It covers aspects of the human body's function, development and care exploring the interaction between body and mind in physiological, clinical and psychological terms. It also describes the interaction between the human body and mind and their environment and evolution.
Instructor: Ruben Von Stopeck
Psychology of Personality
This course provides a critical overview of personality theory, research, assessment, disorders, and therapy. It shows current research on specific personality topics: personality units (motives, goals, traits, temperament, and cognitions), social-environmental determinants of personality, personality development, personality assessment, self-concept and self-esteem, and cultural personality psychology.
Instructor: Fernando Miralles
Psychology of Perception
This course deals with the theories of perception, perceptual phenomena, and the complex process by which information is gathered by our sensory organs and converted to a subjective precept. It focus on findings of neuroscience and psychology, with emphasis on sensation, attention, meaning, and structural concepts.
Instructor: Fernando Miralles
Psychology of Language
This course examines the psychological processes that underlie the use of language. It explains how the principles are applied to linguistic development and organization, including language structure, speech perception, language acquisition, and the psychological processes underlying comprehension and production of language. It examines the relation between brain and language, and the question of the species-specificity of human language.
Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez
Learning & Memory Development
This course reviews the principles of learning and memory by examining various learning theories, memory research, perception, information processing, and problem-solving. How are memories stored and retrieved? How is sensory input converted to subjective percept? Is the brain a general-purpose learning machine or a toolbox of innate, specialized processors?
Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez
Cognitive Development
This course will focus on the theories and models of learning as applicable to the fields of education, cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. It reviews different theoretical orientations to learning and memory, metacognition, analogy, language acquisition, reading, writing, mathematics, concept learning, skill acquisition, and self regulated learning.
Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez
Cognitive Psychology
This course deals with the study of human cognition: the methods, findings, and controversies of cognitive neuroscience and psychology. It adopts a comparative, developmental perspective throughout using data from animals and young children to theories of human cognition and brain evolution. It includes perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving, and reasoning.
Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez
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