MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

Catalog description

This course introduce s students to psychological theory, research, and practice regarding marriage and family within the context of Catholic personalist thought. Topics considered in this course will include the family life cycle, personality, masculinity and femininity, dating and courtship, marriage preparation, the marriage covenant, marriage enrichment, communication, marital roles, marital sexuality, faith and family, responsible fatherhood and motherhood, and the education of children. Challenges to marriage and family are also considered, including personality problems, pornography, promiscuity, cohabitation, infidelity, domestic violence, abortion, contraception, artificial reproductive technology, separation, and divorce. Psychological perspectives will routinely be cons idered within the framework of Catholic teaching on marriage and family. Prerequisites: PSYC 201*, PSYC 205, or MAFS minor.