Adult Psychology

Your at-home learning program includes four Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you’ll employ in the field of Adult Psychology. Your first Instruction Set will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

Here is an overview of what you’ll learn and the order in which you’ll receive your learning materials:

Instruction Set 1

• Learning Strategies
  • The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations.
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
  • Components of communication, defense mechanisms that act as barriers to effective communication; personal traits essential for successful interpersonal relations; components of oral communication; identification of prejudice, discrimination, or insensitivity in the workplace; role of body language in communications.

Instruction Set 2

• We Are All Psychologists
  • Beginning Psychology; Fields and Applications; Historical Aspects; Famous Figures; Influential Movements; Psychology in Everyday Life.
• The Psychological Approach
  • Theory in Psychological Science; The Psychological Point of View; Psychology and Philosophy; Methods in Psychology; Basic Concepts and Processes; Theoretical Approaches.
• The Mind and the Brain
  • Biological Psychology; Behavioural Genetics; Maturation and Development; Brain and Behaviour; Behaviour and the Nervous System; Psychochemistry; Brain Abnormalities; Paranormal Psychology.
• Textbook: Psychology and You

Instruction Set 3

• Making Sense of Our Surroundings
  • Cognitive Psychology; Early Experience; Language-Learning; Creativity; Thinking and Decision-Making.
• Growing and Changing
  • Living in Time; Aspects of Development; Stages of Development; Life Span Development.
• Psychology and Human Behaviour
  • Approaches to Learning; Maturation and Learning; Learning in Schools; Effective Learning; Behaviour Modification; Learning Skills; Application of Learning.
• The Origins of Need
  • Emotions and Motivation; Views of Emotion; Happiness as a Goal; Personal and Social Motives; Sex and Behaviour; Stress and Anxiety; Religion and Psychology.

Instruction Set 4

• Individual Differences
  • Individual Differences; Intelligence; Personality Behaviour; Testing and Society; What Makes Us Unique?; The Roots of Individuality.
• Elements of Personality
  • Theoretical Approaches; Images of Man; Sex Differences; Applications in Practice.
• The Individual and Society
  • Basic Concepts of Socialization; Body Language; Interpersonal Processes; Conformity and Deviance; Environmental Psychology; Ideology and Belief.
• Abnormal Psychology
  • Normality and Adjustment; Pressure and Breakdown; Theories and Therapies; Behaviour Changes and Psychotherapy; Psychology and Lifestyle; Health and Well-Being.
• Psychology for You
  • Putting it All Together; Applying and Using Psychology; Consumer Psychology; Future Directions; Resources for Further Learning.

Online Library and Librarian
Students in ICS Canada have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and assist students in research activities during their studies with ICS Canada.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.