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Counselling & Psychology

awareness of cultural relevance of cyberpsychology to research and practice in Chinese
societies.

PSY 216 Psychology of Aging
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge about normal and
pathological aging from biological, psychological and societal perspectives. It helps students
appreciate aging as an inevitable course of life. The course will enable students to embrace
aging with a positive and appropriate mindset and empower them with the knowledge base to
improve the quality of life of the elderly population in the society.

PSY 217 Sensation and Perception
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to sensation and perception, with an emphasis
on the psychology of seeing. We come to know about the world through our physical senses
(e.g. eyes, ears) and we use to take this ability for granted. However, sensation is only half the
story; perception is a different process. How do we transfer the physical energy (e.g. light) from
the environment in our brain to give rise to a perceptual experience? The course aims at
providing basic knowledge of sensory mechanisms, exploring the relationship between the
physical world and our perceptual experiences, the anatomy and physiology of the parts of the
brain responsible for processing perceptual information, discussing different psychophysics
methods to measure subjective perceptual experience and perceptual sensitivity, and the
mechanisms that give rise to the perceptual experience, such as illusions, and perceptual
abnormalities.

PSY 300 Abnormal Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to provide students with a background understanding of abnormal
psychology through introducing the signs and symptoms associated with various
psychopathological conditions. Contemporary schools of thoughts and empirical basis as well
as different traditional models concerning the diagnosis, etiology, treatment and prevention of
psychopathology will be introduced. The course will empower students with the knowledge
base to critically apprise mental health issues in the society.

PSY 303 Health Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits
Health Psychology stands as one of the newer sub-disciplines within the field of
Psychology. It reflects the increasing recognition of the far-reaching influence of psychological
factors on what have traditionally been considered as biomedical outcomes. This course aims
to guide students to a coherent understanding and informed appreciation of the influential
paradigms, historical context, theoretical frameworks, general topics of inquiry, and
investigative methods of relevance in this developing field. Students will be shown how current

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