Coalinga College
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- Child Abuse and Neglect: Stopping the Maltreatment of Our Future Generations
- An overview of child abuse and neglect, from historical & contemporary perspectives. Topics include: physical & emotional abuse & neglect, sexual abuse, reporting & investigation, case management & the legal response, treatment for survivors and perpetrators, and prevention of future child abuse & neglect. It is designed for use by adult students, & other individuals who work with children. Topics may be unsettling. Only through understanding can we stop the maltreatment of future generations.
- Critical Thinking and Social Problems: A Sociological Perspective
- This text explores major social problems experienced by society, with an exploration of the role of power in defining social problems, causes and consequences, theoretical perspectives, proposed solutions, and methods of interventions. The book also focuses on the application of critical thinking skills to strengthen critical analysis and heighten social awareness.
- Cultural Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)
- This text introduces students to the relationship between geography and the development of human cultures. It investigates how geography serves as a frame upon which communities and social groups developed their languages, religions, food and so many other aspects of culture. Particular attention is placed on how these systems of culture interacted with one another and across different places and spaces to create and mold different racial-ethnic groups.
- Student Development 001 for College Success
- This text assists students in obtaining skills and knowledge necessary to reach their educational, career and life objectives. Topics to be covered include orientation to college, motivation, memory development, physiological well being, study skills/techniques, career-life planning, financial literacy, and skills for dealing with personal issues, interpersonal relationships and other life challenges that students encounter throughout the various stages of their lives.
- The Science of Psychology
- "'Volunteer Duty' Psychology Testing" by Tim Sheerman-Chase is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
- Understanding Biological Behavior (C-ID PSY 150)
- This book introduces the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and its fundamental role in the neurosciences. Physiological, hormonal, and neurochemical mechanisms, and brain-behavior relationships underlying the psychological phenomena of sensation, perception, regulatory processes, emotion, learning, memory, and psychological disorders will be addressed. The course also notes historical scientific contributions and current research principles for studying brain-behavior relation