SHOKEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY

Department of Psychology
Course Information

Why do people commit crimes? What we can do to eliminate crime?

Criminal Psychology

Students will consider the causes for why people commit crimes and psychological support in response from both social and individual perspectives.

They will aim to develop an understanding of crime from multifaceted and multi-layered perspectives, looking at the theory and case studies.

What are problems of the mind?

Introduction to Clinical Psychology

As human beings, there are times when we have various psychological problems in our daily lives. What should we do to understand the people who have these kinds of problems and offer them support? Students will study the theory and techniques required to meet these ends, looking at case studies as well.

Do human beings change their behavior when they are in groups or not?

Social Psychology Basic Course

Do human beings act differently when they are in groups or not? For example, do bullies still bully others even when they are on their own? In this subject, through practicums, students will study what does and does not change when people are in groups, and, if behavior does change, whether it does so in good or bad ways.

Consider how people should be through understanding and education of Humanities

Pedagogical Anthropology

Students will take a panoramic overview of the conventional view of humans, identify the problems of scientism and technicism in understanding humans, and understand the characteristics of philosophical human study that strives to clarify human beings in a comprehensive way. They will also develop an understanding of the diverse nature of human beings, interpreted through the facts of education.

Explore the ways of thinking that form the foundation of psychology

Introduction to Psychology II

What kind of academic discipline is psychology? Students will acquire ways of thinking, frameworks, and basic knowledge that form the foundation for the study of psychology. They will learn about the human spirit from phylogenetic and ontogenic perspectives.