Home Interested Students Enrolled Students Alumni Parents Advisors & Faculty Apply Now Contact ISA

Buenos Aires

Courses with Argentine Students - Spring 4 2009
Educational Psychology

45
Language Level: Advanced
Educational Psychology
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: Primarily Local Students
University of Belgrano (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Course Description

Area of Study

Psychology

Hours & Credits

45

Hours of Instruction

3

Semester Credit Units

4

Quarter Credit Units

Prerequisites and Language Level

Advanced
Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

Overview

Function and reaches of educational psychology. Cognitive factors in learning. The intellectual capacity, individual differences. Affective and social learning factors. Motivation and learning. Factors of personality. Social and group factors in learning. Information and learning processing. Learning by discovery. Resolution of problems and creativity. Interphase of psychology and the law. Legal psychology and forensic psychology. Concept of Law. General knowledge of Public and Private Law. Organization of National Justice. Forensic Psychologist Work Antecedents. The Legal Medicine in Argentina. The function of the expert witness. Nosology criteria and the trustworthiness of the Forensic Psychologist report. Ethical problems faced. Protection of minors systems. Protection of people. The psychologist and family law. The psychologist and mediation.