MAMP 500 - Survey of Military Psychology

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This course introduces the student to the specialty of Military Psychology which aims to improve the lives of service personnel and is applicable to a wide range of areas within the military community. Various ways psychology is applied to military environments including the selection of recruits for the armed forces, determining which recruits will be best suited for various military occupational specialties, and performing analysis on humanitarian and peacekeeping missions to determine procedures will be discussed. Other applications of military psychology include its intersection with social policy particularly with respect to issues of diversity within the military.