2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

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.
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 parentdirected
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.
PSY 5554 PSYCHOTHERAPY MODELS: PSYCHODYNAMIC (3 credits). Includes
theory and conceptual foundations of psychodynamic approaches, and case conceptualization
and treatment planning from a psychodynamic perspective. A lab component
incorporates discussion and modeling of techniques, emphasizing the practical
application of psychodynamic intervention procedures. Prerequisites: PSY 5542.
PSY 5555 PSYCHOTHERAPY MODELS: HUMANISTIC/EXISTENTIAL
(3 credits). Includes theory and conceptual foundations of humanistic/existential
approaches, and conceptualization and treatment planning from a humanistic/
existential perspective. A lab component incorporates discussion and modeling of
techniques, emphasizing the practical application of humanistic/existential intervention
procedures. Prerequisites: PSY 5542.
PSY 5556 PSYCHOTHERAPY MODELS: FAMILY APPROACHES (3 credits).
Includes theory and conceptual foundations of family treatment approaches, and
case conceptualization and treatment planning from a family perspective. A lab
component incorporates discussion and modeling of techniques, emphasizing the
practical application of family intervention procedures. Prerequisites: PSY 5542.
PSY 5565 CHILD DISORDERS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (3 credits). Studies the
nature, etiology, characteristics, assessment and treatment of emotional, social and
intellectual problems of children.
PSY 5570 MULTICULTURAL PSYCHOTHERAPY (3 credits). Provides an applied
clinical overview of the major theoretical models of multicultural psychotherapy.
Develops skills in using a multicultural orientation to guide the diagnosis, assessment
and treatment of psychological disorders. Prerequisites: PSY 5120.
PSY 5591 SEMINAR IN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL
PRINCIPLES IN PSYCHOLOGY 1 (1 credit). Discusses professional ethics and
standards in psychology. Required for all first-year clinical students.
PSY 5592 SEMINAR IN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL
PRINCIPLES IN PSYCHOLOGY 2 (1 credit). Discussion and implementation of
professional ethics and standards in psychology and one’s own professional development.
(Required for all second-year clinical students.) Prerequisites: PSY 5591.
PSY 5593 SEMINAR IN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ETHICAL
PRINCIPLES IN PSYCHOLOGY 3 (1 credit). Discusses professional ethics and
standards in psychology. Required for all third-year clinical students. Prerequisites:
PSY 5592.
PSY 5595 PRACTICUM (1-6 credits). Supervised clinical work in an approved
on- or off-campus setting. Placement at sites is determined by the Office of Clinical
Training. Experiences will vary among sites to include assessment, intervention,
cumulative and supervisory experiences. (Requirement: Clinical director approval
and prerequisite course.) Prerequisites: PSY 5002, PSY 5502, PSY 5527, PSY 5542.
PSY 5596 SUPERVISED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE (1 credit). Experience in
clinical settings, providing supervised psychological services to specialized populations.
Seen as a pre-practicum experience, therefore does not fulfill supervised
practical experience requirements of the program.
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