Musselman Library

Psychology

 
Faculty spotlight

Will Slater


This summer professor Will Slater is pursuing training to teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a program developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 to alleviate suffering and promote well-being through psycho-educational presentations, mindfulness meditation and yoga. He is attending a retreat led by the founders of MBSR at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, N.Y., and plans to incorporate an MBSR course and daylong retreat into his Positive Psychology course at Bluffton.

Study psychology at Bluffton

Psychology literally translated means "study of the mind." To some extent that definition still holds today, but since the workings of the mind are manifested in behavior, a more contemporary definition highlights the "study of behavior and mental processes."

As a psychology student at Bluffton you will develop skills in observation, interviewing, conducting surveys and performing experiments. You will learn computer-based methods of handling and analyzing data, computer- and library-based methods of searching psychology literature and learn how to write and present the results of investigations and to be critical consumers of psychological information. 

Psychology classes at Bluffton are small so you will receive considerable individual attention. We have strong laboratory and field components in many of our courses, and our facilities include computer technology for biofeedback, for designing computer-based experiments and for sophisticated statistical analysis of data. Our practicum program provides experience in a professional setting based on your career interests.

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