Psychology

This course explores the psychological aspects of fashion. Topics include the history of fashion cycles spread of fashion; rapidly changing fashion media environment; fashion market; fashion system and the alternatives; and fashion ideas and inspirations being constructed, elaborated, and conveyed in detailed elements of fashion images and narratives. Psychological theories and approaches are introduced and applied to various aspects and dimensions of fashion systems.

This course studies individual differences in personality, intelligence, and cognitive functioning, and differences between nomothetic and idiographic approaches. The course discusses topics including personality, intelligence, limits of intelligence as a construct and theories of hot intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence), nature/nurture interaction, individual characteristics and their impact in everyday life, individual specificities in cognitive functioning, graphical representations of individual performance, and lifelong impact of age and education on cognition. This course requires knowledge of basics concepts of psychology as a prerequisite.

This course reviews organizations and workplaces with a focus on how to enhance relationships with the organizations. Organization Theory is a branch of social sciences that is particularly interested in the why, how, and when multiple individuals join efforts to reach a common goal. It is a multidisciplinary subject drawing from disciplines such as arts and humanities, educational sciences, psychology, evolutionary biology, economics, and politics. These multiple lenses through which we view organizations make Organization Theory a fascinating and relevant topic to explore and examine at any stage of your study program. The main topics covered in this course are organization-environment relations, organizational design types and culture, leadership development, HRM and well-being, and managing diversity and inclusion at work.

This course examines the development of pre-adolescent children's thinking abilities. Particularly, students explore the significance of cognitive, neurological, and neuropsychological factors in typical and atypical development. Current research on developmental plasticity and sensitive periods in development are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the prenatal and postnatal development of the central nervous system, as well as the impact of neurological insult on children’s cognitive development. Of particular interest are the challenges associated with assessing the changing nature of children’s cognitive competencies (executive functioning, reasoning, working memory, theory of mind, attention, planning and strategic skills), as well as how these are manifest in children with specific disorders (ADHD) or with particular physical difficulties (deaf and blind children). Special attention is paid to the development of language, reading, number, and mathematical abilities, focusing specifically on the diagnosis and remedial interventions of children with dyscalculia and dyslexia.

This course provides a foundation in key theoretical perspectives in organizational psychology. It develops students’ understanding of how these perspectives can be applied in the workplace. It makes students aware of potential career options in organizational psychology, and is beneficial for any student who wants to continue towards a career in this area.