Psychology
Courses
PSYC 400 S/T Cross-cultural Psychology
45 hours, 3 credits
Course Description
In this course, you will examine how people meet each other and how they communicate, how they interact and create connections, and how these encounters can be a source of creative change. This course will focus on the impact of experiencing different cultures and becoming aware of your own fears, which can be an obstacle in creating relations and can force you back to your own comfort zone. Through this course, you will come away with an increased awareness of common and important patterned social and cultural differences. Additionally, this course will provide you a space to reflect on your own personal experience with cultural difference and it will encourage you to engage with different cultures in a hands-on, meaningful way to mindfully experience cross-cultural communication everywhere you go, but most notably, here on your Sorrento study abroad
PSYC 352 Learning and Cognition
45 hours, 3 credits
Course Description
A study of theories, methods of investigation, and experimental findings in the areas of learning, memory, thinking, problem solving and language. This class is research-oriented and designed to provide the student with a comprehensive view of learning and cognition, and the major forces behind these approaches to psychological research.
PSYC 375 Social Psychology
45 hours, 3 credits
Course Description
This course provides an overview of social psychology. Research in social psychology tries to understand the relationship between the individual and their social situation. This includes both how the situation influences a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, as well as how a person influences and creates the situation. Social psychological research has implications for virtually all aspects of life, because social influence is so pervasive: romantic relationships, decision-making, child rearing, marketing and advertising, group identification, political negotiations, etc.
Faculty
Stefania Villani
Psychology
Postgraduate Course – Clinical Psycology, “La Sapienza” University, Rome
Angelo Mirra
Psychology
Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology – LUMSA University, Rome
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