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Chair: Anthony A. Walsh, Ph.D. Psychology’s subject matter is the search for knowledge about human behavior and, as such, it is an invaluable resource for the individual who is striving toward self-understanding and self-actualization. A person who understands human behavior well is a person who is more capable of self-fulfillment and better prepared to accept human diversity. Psychology helps students to understand themselves better, to grow as a result of the experience, and to gain a healthy respect for others. Psychology also offers students an opportunity to study multifaceted issues that illuminate the total human experience. These issues include emotional and intellectual growth, developmental processes and changes throughout the life cycle, social forces affecting behavior, deviation from mental health, human cognition, the quantification and measurement of behavior, ways of learning, physical factors that influence actions, and what makes humans unique in this world. In the courses offered by the department and, perhaps more importantly, in the personal one-on-one approach we take to our students’ education outside of the classroom, we strive to carry on the goals of the university mission by expanding our students’ knowledge of human behavior and mental processes, by helping our students develop their abilities for thinking clearly and creatively in order to enhance their capacity for sound judgment that will serve them well in their future role as stewards of our world, by nurturing the enduring values of honesty, hard work, altruism, compassion, tolerance, and service that are so necessary for harmonious daily living in today’s shrinking global family, and by assisting our students to develop the skills they will need to prepare themselves for the challenge of learning throughout their lives. | |
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