2012–2013 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

PSY 5122 CROSS-CULTURAL THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS
(3 credits). Exposes students to a theoretical overview of cross-cultural theory and
research methods. Also includes a more in-depth understanding of conducting,
analyzing and interpreting data in a cross-cultural framework. (Requirement:
Graduate standing in industrial/organizational psychology or program chair approval.)
Prerequisites: PSY 5120.
PSY 5142 ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING SKILLS (3 credits). Overviews
practical consulting skills, consulting models, types of consulting and consulting
competencies in the context of the contemporary business and nonprofit environment.
Includes small-group work, panel and classroom discussions, participation in a business
simulation and case studies. Requires an oral presentation and learning journal.
PSY 5191 DIRECTED READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY (1-3 credits). Selected
readings in a specific topic under the direction of a faculty member. Can be repeated
for a total of three credits. (Requirement: Program chair approval.)
PSY 5192 SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGY (1 credit). Reports and discussion
on current research and practice by students, faculty and visiting psychologists.
(Requirement: Instructor approval.)
PSY 5194 SEMINAR IN PLAY THERAPY (1 credit). Provides students with
knowledge of the theory and purpose of play therapy, as well as basic skills in
techniques of play therapy. Explores the research on the efficacy of play therapy as a
treatment for children’s disorders. Prerequisites: PSY 5595.
PSY 5197 SUPERVISED RESEARCH (0 credits). Directed research under the
supervision of a member of the psychology faculty in a selected area of psychology.
May be repeated. (Requirement: Program chair approval.)
PSY 5198 SUPERVISED RESEARCH (1-3 credits). Directed research under the
supervision of a member of the psychology faculty in a selected area of psychology.
Can be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. (Requirement: Program director
approval.)
PSY 5401 INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY (3 credits). Introduces major topics in personnel psychology and
organizational behavior, including job analysis, personnel selection, training and
performance appraisal, social influences on work behavior, job satisfaction, worker
motivation, leadership and organizational communication.
PSY 5402 TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS (3 credits). Introduces psychometric
theory, survey of psychological testing and applications to business and industry.
PSY 5403 APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS (3 credits). Experience in the
research methodology as applied to workplace problems. Emphasizes correlational
and regression analysis, survey methodology and problems encountered analyzing
real-world data.
PSY 5411 PERSONNEL SELECTION (3 credits). Examines current approaches
to selection in industry. Focuses on attracting, selecting and placing personnel.
PSY 5412 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL (3 credits). Studies the application,
research and theory in the performance appraisal area. Special emphasis on appraisal
skills.
PSY 5413 PERSONNEL LAW (3 credits). Presents ethical guidelines and legal
requirements in general and as they apply to I/O psychology.
PSY 5415 ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 credits). Overviews organizational
theories and their relationship to organizational effectiveness. Includes work
motivation, organizational attitudes, group processes, leadership and organizational
theory.
PSY 5420 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION
(3 credits). Overviews the incremental evolutionary and discontinuous aspects of
organizational change. In addition to reviewing modern transformational theories,
gives practical experience in conducting organizational change interventions.
PSY 5421 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (3 credits). Examines the methods and
applications of training in industry from an integrated systems approach.
PSY 5422 GROUP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT (3 credits). Surveys major
interventions associated with group and team development within organizations.
Interventions include group and team assessment, creative problem solving, decision
making, resolving conflicts and management by objectives.
PSY 5430 EMOTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE (3 credits). Covers theory
and research on emotions in the workplace. Example topics include the nature of
emotional display rules, the influence of emotions on job attitudes, frameworks of
emotional intelligence, and the strategies that employees use to regulate their emotional
displays at work. (Requirement: Program director approval.)
PSY 5431 WORK MOTIVATION (3 credits). Focuses on major theoretical issues
and applications related to motivation in organizations. (Requirement: Department
head approval.)
PSY 5432 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (3 credits). Examines
research and theory related to the physical, mental and social well-being of employees.
Includes work-family balance, occupational stress, job-related burnout, and workplace
safety issues and violence.
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PSY 5492 CURRENT TOPICS IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY (1 credit). Focuses on
current practice and research by visiting faculty in the areas of industrial/organizational
psychology, including job analysis, stress and outplacement counseling.
PSY 5496 PRACTICUM IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY (1-6 credits). Supervised work
in appropriate I/O setting. (Requirement: Program chair approval.)
PSY 5501 PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (3 credits). Surveys and
evaluates the major theories of personality and psychotherapy with a didactic introduction
to the basic principles of case conceptualization and psychological treatment.
PSY 5502 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (3 credits). Introduces the classification and
diagnosis of the major forms of behavioral and mental pathology and their relationship
to models of psychotherapy. Prerequisites: PSY 5501.
PSY 5511 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (3 credits). The role of
drugs in the modification of behavior. Examines sites of drug action, the systems
affected and the rationale for drug therapy. Prerequisites: PSY 5105, PSY 5502.
PSY 5521 ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE (3 credits). Familiarizes the
student with the major intellectual assessment instruments currently in use, with
emphasis on the administration, scoring and interpretation of the Wechsler Scales.
Special attention given to historical, cross-cultural and ethnic minority issues and
controversies involved in the assessment of intelligence. Corequisites: PSY 5522.
PSY 5522 LABORATORY IN ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE (1 credit).
Training in scoring and interpretation of intellectual assessment instruments covered
in PSY 5521. Corequisites: PSY 5521.
PSY 5524 LABORATORY IN ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY (1 credit).
Training in scoring and interpretation of personality assessment instruments covered
in PSY 5528. Corequisites: PSY 5528.
PSY 5527 OBJECTIVE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT (3 credits). Introduces
current major self-report personality tests with emphasis on administering, scoring and
interpreting the MMPI-2/MMPI-A and familiarity with MCMI-III, NEO-PI-R, PAI,
16PF and various checklists. Includes test development issues, ethical standards, test
feedback and report-writing skills. Prerequisites: PSY 5501, PSY 5521.
PSY 5528 PROJECTIVE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT (3 credits).
Introduces semistructured and projective techniques with emphasis on administering,
coding and interpreting the Rorschach (Exner System) and exposure to the
TAT, sentence completion methods and projective drawing techniques. Includes
exposure to dynamic/content analysis and integration of multiple sources of test data.
Prerequisites: PSY 5527. Corequisites: PSY 5524.
PSY 5529 ASSESSMENT OF CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDERS (2 credits). Introduces the developmental and behavioral assessment
practices for use with young children who present autism spectrum disorders, attention
deficit disorder, other disruptive behavior problems, and developmental delays
across multiple domains. Prerequisites: PSY 5521.
PSY 5540 PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY (2 credits). Provides
an introductory overview to both phases of the cognitive-behavioral treatment
modality, parent-child interaction therapy (PCI), which covers an assortment of childhood
behavior disorders. Includes both child-directed interaction and parent-directed
interaction.
PSY 5541 CLINICAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES 1 (3 credits). Provides
theory and experience in basic attending, listening, responding, personalizing and
initiating skills. Students learn interviewing strategies, risk assessment, crisis intervention
and integration of observational data with case conceptualization and treatment
planning. Two credits of didactic and one of experiential laboratory.
PSY 5542 CLINICAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES 2 (3 credits). Provides
advanced training in psychotherapeutic techniques and case conceptualization skills
necessary for effective psychotherapeutic treatment planning and interventions. Two
credits of didactic and one of experiential laboratory. Prerequisites: PSY 5541.
PSY 5545 CLINICAL HYPNOSIS (3 credits). A journeyman’s guide to the
various applications of hypnosis in psychotherapy. Focuses on tests for suggestibility,
techniques for trance induction, age regression and hypnotic procedures with a variety
of clinical problems to include anxiety disorders, habit disorders, sexual dysfunction
and psychosomatic disorders. Prerequisites: PSY 5501.
PSY 5547 DYNAMICS OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY (3 credits). Studies
group psychotherapy from the perspective of research on group dynamics. Considers
the history and major types of group therapy, and provides an experiential component.
Prerequisites: PSY 5501.
PSY 5553 PSYCHOTHERAPY MODELS: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
(3 credits). Includes theory and conceptual foundations of cognitive behavioral
approaches, and case conceptualization and treatment from a cognitive-behavioral
perspective. A lab component incorporates discussion and modeling of techniques,
emphasizing the practical application of cognitive-behavioral intervention procedures.
Prerequisites: PSY 5542.