PSY 642 - Diversity and Individual Differences

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This class is one of two courses foundational to understanding human behavior in context and examining the impact of diversity, power, and privilege. Diversity broadly defined, including aspects of individual and group identity such as age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and health/ability status, will be examined. The course emphasizes experiential and theoretical learning, including self-reflection and exploration of personal identity, so students develop culturally and socially responsive knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Research, theoretical frameworks, and models for understanding identity will be presented as well as consideration of multiple statuses, worldviews, and the role of social constructs. Integration of these diversity perspectives into clinical work and their application to the development of socially responsible practitioners are interwoven into the course.