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    Jun 07, 2025  
Missouri Baptist University 2025-2026 Catalog 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2025-2026 Catalog
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PSYC 563 - Psychology of Normal and Abnormal Personality


Semester Hours: Three
This graduate level course is an in-depth study of current theories, research, and issues in personality as defined in the DSM-IV. Emphasis will be on personality structure and individual differences, personality processes and dynamics, development, psychopathology, and change, and major mental disorders including anxiety disorders, dissociative disorder, disorders of mood, and psychosomatic disorders. Other topics will include: major psychodynamic, trait, phenomenological, cognitive and social learning approaches, and therapeutic alternatives.
Note: This course cannot be taken as a directed study, credit for prior learning portfolio, or as a web-based course.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 553  or consent of instructor.



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