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PSYC 28SI: Alt Spring Break: Changing Face of HIV/AIDS - Confronting a Shifting Epidemic in San Francisco

Preparation for the 2011 HIV/AIDS spring break trip. Investigates the history of HIV/AIDS in the US and worldwide, with a specifc focus on the city of San Francisco. Weekly discussions grapple with social and medical issues such as the discrimination HIV+ people face in obtaining access to care and housing, the huge stigma still attached to the disease, the nature and meaning of how one tiny virus could wipe out almost an entire generation of unsuspecting men and women of all ages, and the cutting-edge technology being developed to combat HIV. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Alternative Spring Break Program.
Terms: Win | Units: 1

PSYC 72Q: Traumatic Stress

Effects of traumatic events; interventions to alleviate their psychosocial impact. Events include natural disasters, illness, interpersonal violence, war, the Holocaust, and terrorism. Resilience factors that protect individuals from adverse effects. Oral and multimedia presentation.
| UG Reqs: Writing 2

PSYC 76Q: Temperament and Creativity in Mood Disorders

Preference to sophomores. Western cultural notions of mad geniuses and artistic temperaments. How many individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, and related problems are nonetheless productively creative. Current psychological and neurobiological research, and assessment of mood, temperament, and creativity. Emphasis is on written and oral communications and multimedia presentations. Write 2. Prerequisite: PWR 1.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors: Ketter, T. (PI)

PSYC 77Q: Deviants in Literature

Many literary works are enhanced by, in fact demand, a psychological perspective to achieve a fully informed reading. In The Devils Dostoevsky uses the issues and process of anarchy as a platform on which to develop some of the most unforgettable characters in literary history. Death in Venice contains among its many themes the darker dynamic of paraphilia. Guilt searches for a validating crime in Kafka's The Penal Colony. Capote uses a journalistic style to manage horrible fact during In Cold Blood. Conrad shows that telling a story of the journey outward is more nearly an analysis of the journey inward in Heart of Darkness. Albee's Zoo Story asks whether the man on the street is prepared to confront his own worst nightmare. Close reading of works such as these presents opportunities to learn about character pathology and to expand traditional approaches to literary criticism by applying a psychological perspective.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3

PSYC 78Q: Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes

Developmental, psychological, social, and performance issues in collegiate sports. Topics include transition to Stanford, time management, optimizing mental fitness, coping with injuries.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Steiner, H. (PI)

PSYC 81Q: Fate of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic

The complicated forces,shaped by geopolitcal history and current events, that frame all social programs, the care of orphans in the context of the AIDS pandemic in particular; history of the care of orphans; developmental effects of deprivation of care and nurturing. Guest speakers.
Terms: Win | Units: 2

PSYC 111Q: Madness and the Womb: Medical and Artistic Approaches to Mental Illness in Women Through the Ages

Historical and current concepts of mental illness in women. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS), postpartum depression, menopausal mood disorders, and eating disorders. Historical biopsychosocial approach. Readings include women's diaries and advice books, physicians' casebooks, and 19th- and 20th-century medical texts. Guest speakers from art and literature departments. Literary and artistic images, and the social and cultural contexts of these disorders during the last 300 years.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Williams, K. (PI)

PSYC 135: Sleep and Dreams (PSYC 235)

Current research on how sleep affects our daily lives. Physiology of non-REM and REM sleep, dreams and dreaming, content, psychophysiological cause, lucid dreaming, sleep need, sleep debt, daytime alertness, and performance; biological clock and circadian rhythms; sleep disorders, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleepwalking, jet lag, sleeping pills, sleep and mental illness, sleep and memory, and the impact of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on academic and social life. Multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and projects.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors: Dement, W. (PI)

PSYC 136A: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236A)

Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4

PSYC 136B: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236B)

Continuation of 136A/236A. Apply scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Read history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Explore perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; and personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes weekly practice (e.g., meditation, aerobic exercise).
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4
Instructors: Schrom, D. (PI)
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