Psychology 251 - ALCOHOL & OTHR LICIT SUBSTANCE

This course will provide you with a general understanding of young people’s risk for initiating/misusing thefollowing licit substances: caffeine, cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol. In this course, you will gain knowledgeabout the prevalence of these substances, who’s at risk and why, and what motivates people to use them. Youwill also be introduced to general treatment and motivational-based intervention approaches in combating theuse/misuse of these substances. This course will focus primarily on the general adolescent and young adultpopulation, mainstream cognitive psychology theories, and quantitative studies and meta-analytic work onsubstance use published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Prerequisites: PSY100, PSY 201, PSY 202.
Enrollment limit of 25.