2009-2010 Catalog - Graduate School - Bethel University

Course DescriptionsPSYC660 • Neuropsychology(COPG)3 creditsNervous system structure and function, with emphasis on clinical/counselingapplications. Includes biological causes of normal behavior, organic causes forbehavioral disorders, and drug influences on behavior.PSYC662 • Professional Issues and Ethics I(COPG)1.5 creditsOverview of the legal, ethical, and professional issues currently facing psychologistsin practice including matters of confidentiality, informed consent, conflictsof interest, boundary issues including sexual involvement, commitment proceedings,advertising, limits of professional competence, and potential church/stateconflicts. Special emphasis is given to the American Psychological Association codeof ethics and regulations of the Minnesota State Board of Professional Psychology.Corequisite: PSYC780.PSYC664 • Integration Seminar I(COPG)1.5 creditsTaken concurrently with the practicum training experience. Learners will presentand discuss case material drawn directly from their practicums, paying particularattention to the integrative psychological and theological issues present in the casematerial. Emphasis is on the manner in which religious questions, in particular,and values, in general, present themselves in the diagnostic and therapeutic material.Attention to the personhood of the therapist as a factor in the therapeuticprocess. Graded on an S/U basis. Corequisite: PSYC780.PSYC671 • Lifespan Development(COPG)3 creditsStudy of the development of individuals from conception through late adulthood.Emphasis is on the familial, cultural, and societal contexts of development as aframework for the understanding of individual development. Areas of developmentexplored are: physical and physiological changes, intellectual functioning,personality development, normative and non-normative transitions, socialrelations, family development, vocational development, retirement, and death.Focus is on individual differences (taking into account such factors as gender,culture, and class), issues of continuity-discontinuity throughout life, the natureand assumptions of developmental theory, and the importance of developmentalfactors in counseling.PSYC672 • Professional Issues and Ethics II(COPG)1.5 creditsA continuation of PSYC662. Prerequisite: PSYC662. Corequisite: PSYC782.120