B. A. in Behavioural Sciences

The course aims to provide basic know-how in various areas of contemporary psychology. The course will review the following topics: Intro to Psychology, Research Methods in Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Learning.

The course introduces the theories and research tools used to examine the biological, cultural and social base of the personality. The course will discuss the basic terms of personality psychology, theories that explain personality functions and the research literature on personality structure and processes.

Initial introduction to basic terms in sociology and the various topics it studies. Identifying and studying social phenomena and problems, and developing the ability to identify the connections between the phenomena on the general level and the social reality on the personal and everyday level.

This course aims to introduce students with basic issues and dilemmas underlying the philosophy of social sciences. A special emphasis shall be placed on the link between the historical-social context and the development of the ideas.

The course aims to provide a sufficient knowledge base in statistic methods toward understanding, describing, processing and analyzing data. Introducing the models of probability for deducting conclusions.

The course aims to introduce students to major terms and models related to learning, enable them to undergo a personal process of learning style identification and factors that promote and delay learning. Improving the quality of academic learning, reading and writing while more efficiently utilizing the effort invested in learning, while discovering and practicing various learning strategies.

The course aims to provide basic know-how in various areas of contemporary psychology. The course will review the following topics: Memory, Motivation, Psychological Disorders and their Treatment, Social Psychology.

The course will provide students with knowledge and an understanding of developmental processes, from early life to adulthood, as related to cognitive, emotional, social and ecological fields, using classic and innovative models and combining empirical findings relating to individual development. The course aims to introduce the students to main theories of developmental psychology based on a scientific-research perspective.

In this course, we will further study psychoanalytical personality theories, including theories taken from the school of object relations and self psychology. In addition, we will discuss theories of the existential and humanistic school of thought. An emphasis will be placed on major theoretical terms and the connection between therapeutic theory and practice.

Introducing basic terms and central theories of social psychology. We will introduce the main approaches and theories of social psychology, as well as the studies that evolved in this field. In Semester I, we will focus on the individual in the social setting and discuss the social self, social perception, social cognition and social influence.

The course will discuss main issues of cultural and social anthropology, such as religion, survivorship, social and political organization, living patterns and economic methods. We will present the anthropological perspective for understanding man in his culture and the popular approaches of the anthropological discipline.

We will study the theory underling the statistical tests (sampling distribution and central limit theorem), placing an emphasis on tests to determine significance.

The course will review various psychological approaches to learning – behavioristic, cognitive and social-cognitive – but we will dedicate most of the time to an approach most related to the study of learning – the behaviorist approach. We will review multiple studies, but we will also address examples from life, as the conditioning studied in the field of learning touches upon our behavior.

Introducing qualitative research methods, their advantages, limits and the ethical and practical dilemmas they raise. We will discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of qualitative research methods and get to know various research tools, such as: observations, interviews and text analysis. The course will combine theoretical learning with practical experience.

The course deals with the cognitive processes that guide our daily conduct in the world: How do we perceive the world? How do we identify faces and objects? How is it that we are attentive to part of the world while filtering out another part? The course will provide students with knowledge on theories and models in the study of cognition.

Introducing basic terms and central theories of social psychology. We will introduce the main approaches and theories of social psychology, as well as the studies that evolved in this field. We will later expand on interpersonal and group processes that impact the individual, stereotypes, attitudes and persuasion, conflicts between groups, aggression, emotions and love.

The course will introduce the main issues of the sociological theory and the different manners of coping with such issues.

Brain and Behavior is a basic course for understanding psychological processes in neurological and anatomical terms. Throughout the course, students will be introduced to the factual and empirical basics of extensive fields of psychology which are based o broad research and knowledge amassed from neurology, psychiatry and clinical psychology.

Understanding the scientific process and its principles. Understanding studies in social sciences. Social science research planning and execution skills. Preparing a scientific research report. The first part of the course will deal with basic terms of scientific research, the distinction between various research arrays, reliability and validity, correlative research and surveys.

The course aims to impart knowledge on new attitudes and approaches in psychology, while focusing on issues related to psychology in the educational system, applying three perspectives: 1. Early childhood until the end of the Mandatory Education Law; 2. Children – Those attending regular educational frameworks and those in special education (autistic spectrum, intellectual disability and learning disabilities). 3. Systemic psychological issues presented in the classroom setting among students and faculty.

The course provides knowledge of theories, models and research methods in the study of cognition. The course deals with the cognitive processes that guide our daily conduct in the world: Is our conduct suited to the modern world? Do we perceive reality as it is? The answers will be provided in the course.

Throughout the course, students will be introduced to the factual and empirical basics of extensive fields of psychology which are based o broad research and knowledge amassed from neurology, psychiatry and clinical psychology.

Throughout the course, we will introduce, analyze and criticize the various approaches to the study of Israeli society, focusing on the debate between the “new” and “old” historians and sociologists.

The course aims to provide theoretical knowledge and practical experience in lab experimentation relating to psychology, placing an emphasis on basic theoretical and practical principles, applying lab experiments as a method of psychological research and methods for statistical inference and their integration into the experimental effort.

Enabling students to perform basic statistical processes using SPSS. We will teach students how to use SPSS, beginning with data entry, through statistical processing and reading and presenting the output.

The course reviews the information processing procedures, ranging from the physical stimulus of external reality, through stimuli reception by sensory organs to information decoding by unique brain regions.

3 electives in a selected field

Reading academic texts, including research texts. Practicing and improving reading strategies for various question types, texts, review and research. Linguistic aspects including syntax, various organizational templates for paragraphs and full text formatting.

The course aims to introduce the students to main theories of developmental psychology throughout life, focusing on adulthood and old age, based on a scientific-research perspective.

The course aims to provide basic knowledge on mental disorders. The course will begin with a discussion of the difference between normal and abnormal, the need for diagnosing emotional disorders various diagnostic methods, their advantages and disadvantages.

Introducing basic terms of psychological therapy, main therapeutic approaches and therapeutic ethics and integrating the studied courses – Personality, Psychopathology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology.

The course intended to provide a basic understanding of emotional disorders. Introducing the emotional-behavioral characteristics, describing and identifying them, and evaluating the biological and psychosocial factors that contribute to the development or retention of emotional disorders and the roles of various cultural factors in such manifestations.

The course aims to present the main issues underlying contemporary sociological discussion and debate, such as the “Postmodern Situation”, identity problems, gender and feminism, the queer theory, neo-colonialism.

The course aims to enable the students to experience practical work in various fields of psychology/Human Resources, by initiating contact with a person from the community. Students will initiate contact with a person in the community, within the therapeutic setting in which he belongs. The experience will focus mainly on personal accompaniment, along with a process of training, both as part of the hands-on practice and at the academic center. Ann emphasis will be placed on creating the contact and understanding personal and interpersonal processes. *Practical fieldwork is conducted in the third year of the program. The fieldwork is conducted in addition to the study hours.

The course will combine theoretical, clinical and research aspects of factors causing emotional problems among children and adolescents, focusing on the family and educational setting.

The course will examine the unique and shared characteristics and processes of the individual’s parental and couple relations. It will further examine the multifaceted links and connections between these relationships. A special emphasis will be placed on intergenerational effects between parenthood and couples, as well as the manner in which these relationships impact processes within the family dynamic. The course will present the etiology of normative and pathological conditions of couple relations and parenthood, focusing on the skills required for coping with each.

The course will provide skills for reading academic texts o behavioral sciences in English. We will go over language skills, such as basic grammar and syntax as a tool for reading comprehension. The structure of academic text, including an academic article, acquiring advance behavioral sciences terms in English.