KWU Psychology Program Dept' of Behavioral Science and Human Services Building Connections Learning,

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KWUPsychologyProgramDept. of Behavioral
Science and Human ServicesBuilding
ConnectionsLearning, Educating, and
Collaborating Through Scholarship
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Prospective psychology majors should ask
and receive answers toeight crucial
questionsduring their campus visits.The
following eight slidesidentify these questions.
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Question 1Graduate School

• Where do your alumni attend graduate school, and
  in what areas of specialization do they earn
  graduate degrees?

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Question 2Career Preparation

• What careers do your graduates enter, and what
  kinds of job-related skills can they list on
  their resumes and describe during job interviews?

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Question 3Research

• What kind of research is performed by the faculty
  in your department, and how well are students
  mentored by your faculty in the research process?

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Question 4Classes

• What classes are offered
• by your department?

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Question 5Academic Advising

• Will I be able to obtain high quality academic
  advising?

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Question 6Community-Based Learning

• Will there be opportunities for me to earn
  academic credit by engaging in practica,
  internships, or service learning projects in the
  community?

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Question 7Clubs and Organizations

• Does your department have an active Psychology
  Club, and can I earn membership in Psi Chi (the
  national honor society in psychology)?

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Question 8Sense of Community

• How does your department promote a sense of
  community among its students and faculty?

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The following slides will provide you with the
answers to these eight questions about the KWU
Psychology Program.
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GraduateSchool
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• In a recent alumni survey, 62 of psychology
  graduates reported that they had gone on for
  further education
• Because some students did not respond or could
  not be located, a conservative estimate is that
  20 go on to graduate school, a percentage higher
  than the national average

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What are examples of graduate schools
attended by KWU Psychology Majors?
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What are areas of specialization in which KWU
Psychology Majors have earned graduate degrees?
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Career Preparation
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What are some sample job titles of KWU
Psychology Majors?
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What are some of the specific job skills that
KWU Psychology Majors and Minors can acquire and
include on their resumes?
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• Express ideas effectively
• Demonstrate listening and helping skills
• Use information technology successfully
• Work comfortably in collaborative settings
• Operate from an ethical framework
• Understand issues from a variety of perspectives
• Think critically about complex issues
• Gather and organize information from multiple
  sources
• Perform and interpret descriptive and inferential
  statistics

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Research
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• Many BSHS courses have a research component in
  order to help students design, critique, conduct,
  analyze, write, and present research.
• The Psychology Program also has two research
  options available for credit
• Research Assistant serve as part of a research
  team, working with faculty on faculty projects
• Independent Study conduct your very own project
  from start to finish, similar to a Senior or
  Honors Thesis.

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What are questions KWU Behavioral Science
Faculty answer with their research?
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• Do romantic or scary movies affect perceptions of
  ones date?
• What does it take to select a fair and impartial
  jury?
• Does watching soap operas affect ones beliefs
  about relationships?
• How do people remember things they read in text?
• Why do people believe in pseudoscientific claims?
• What is the relationship between spirituality and
  psychological and emotional issues?
• How can we persuade people to donate organs?
• How does scholastic feedback affect self-esteem?

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What are the titles of asample of the
research conducted recently by KWU Psychology
Majors and Faculty?
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• Personality correlates of romantic movie
  preference
• Shyness, self-handicapping, and their
  relationship to terror management theory
• Cognitive style as a mediator between scientific
  knowledge and pseudoscientific beliefs
• The effects of intelligence on attitudes toward
  capitalism
• Effects of attachment style and locus of control
• Measure the level of aggression of males and
  females
• Relationship between adult attachment style and
  the ability to cope with burnout in long term
  care facilities
• Perceptions of college athletics
• The effect of personality types on choosing a
  mate
• Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and
  Pentagon Post-traumatic stress disorder and
  gender differences

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Classes
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KWU offers 2 major tracks

• Psychology
• Flexible, design-your-own class list
• For the graduate school bound, in either clinical
  or experimental directions
• For someone interested in exploring graduate
  programs outside psychology, such as med school,
  law school, or MBA
• For a broad terminal bachelors degree

• Psychological Services
• Includes a bachelors-level counseling
  certification
• For people interested in human service
  professions or case work
• Interdisciplinary major with criminal justice

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What classes are offered by the Psychology
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• General Psychology
• Physiological Psychology
• Statistics
• Tests and Measurement
• Developmental Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Theories of Personality
• Sports Psychology
• Psychology of Mass Communication

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• Experimental Psychology
• Principles of Learning and Conditioning
• Health Psychology
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Principles of Counseling
• Case Management
• Psychology and Law

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• Foundations of Addiction
• Psychopharmacology
• Medical High Risk in Counseling
• Group Counseling
• Introduction to Human Services
• Methods of Research
• Human Sexuality
• History of Psychology

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Community-Based Learning
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Where have KWU Psychology Majors performed
practica, internships, and service learning?
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• Beloit Youth Center
• Youthville
• Larned State Hospital
• Salina Alternative School
• Domestic Violence Center of Central Kansas
• Central High School Counseling Center
• Womens Recovery Services

• Martin Luther King Childcare Center
• St. Francis
• Focus on the Future
• Central KS Foundation
• Red Cross
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• YMCA
• Prairie View
• Veridian

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Academic Advising
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What academic advising opportunities are
available in the KWU Psychology Program?
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• All BSHS faculty are capable, caring, and
  cooperative advisors, and while you have one
  primary advisor, all the department faculty are
  able to enroll or mentor you.
• BSHS faculty serve as a sounding-board as you
  explore career options, and will guide or suggest
  courses of action, but ultimately, the decisions
  are yours.
• BSHS faculty want to make sure you have the best
  fit and so will support transfers either into
  or out of our program.
• The BSHS department has cooperative agreements
  with area community colleges and agencies to
  allow smooth credit transitions into KWU.

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Clubs andOrganizations
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Psychology Club and Psi Chi

• The Psychology Club is an organization open to
  any and all KWU students with an interest in
  psychology.
• The purpose of the Psych Club (affectionately
  called the PsyCoyotes) is to build community and
  connect students with one another, with the
  faculty and staff, and with psychology-related
  activities and opportunities in both the
  Psychology Program and the entire KWU campus.
• Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in
  Psychology. Because of our department size, we do
  not have a local Psi Chi chapter, but with
  faculty sponsorship, students can participate in
  all Psi Chi events at regional and national
  conferences.

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Sense of Community
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How does the KWU Psychology program and BSHS
Department create a sense of community among its
members?
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Community-Building Strategies

• Organizations ? Our Psychology Club helps
  students to collaborate, work toward shared
  goals, help others, and have a voice in the
  department
• Communications ? The department keeps in touch
  with its students and alumni with an e-mail
  listserv and an internet homepage, along with
  personal contact at class time.
• Celebrations ? The department sponsors a number
  of events to celebrate its community.
• Homecoming decoration competition
• picnics, movie and pizza parties
• Alumni guest speakers

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• Mentoring ? Our faculty make a sincere effort to
  act as mentors to our students
• Senior Exit Interviews with the KWU Assessment
  Committee indicate that students (both advisees
  and otherwise) mention psychology faculty as
  having a positive impact on their educational
  experience and personal growth.
• Career Planning ? Faculty provide formal and
  informal information about career opportunities
  and preparation for graduate school.

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Be sure to ask these crucial questions
when you visit other schools. The answers you
receive will enable you to choose the psychology
department that will be the best fit for you.
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