PSYCHOLOGY

INSTRUCTOR
Don Hubbard
9486 Coogan Drive
Cincinnati , OH 45231
513-521-0268 (Home)
513-825-5950 (Church)
513-885-2839 (Cell)
Email: dwhmath@yahoo.com

COURSE SITE
Greater Ohio District Ministry Center
457 Darby Creek Drive
Galloway , OH 43119

COURSE DATES AND TIMES
May 3, 10, 17, 2008
9:00am-12:00 noon, 1:00pm-4:00pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Psychology is a journey into the inner space. Psychology is such a broad science that no short description will do it justice. For our purpose, psychology is a study of human thinking and actions. (The goal of psychology is to describe, understand, predict, and control behavior.)

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The student who successfully completes this course should be able to:
•  name the developmental areas of a person (Luke 2:52)
•  identify, using one or two words, the developmental stages of specific age groups
•  describe the 4 major types of personalities
•  relate more effectively with persons of the various types of personalities
•  analyze statistical information as to use or misuse
•  use basic statistical methods to communicate with others

COURSE TEXTBOOKS
Postive Personality Profiles by Robert A Rohm, published by Personality Insights, Inc. PO Box 28592 , Atlanta , GA. 30358-0592

Understanding People by Robert Barron and others, published by Evangelical Training Association, 110 Bridge Street, Box 327 Wheaton , IL . 60189-0327-2-

COURSE REQUIREMENTS (*optional)
•  Read each textbook (Write a paper expressing your evaluation of each)
•  Take 2 tests.
1. Test #1 – The characteristics, one or two words, of each age group (10) for the five aspects of personality (May 10).
2. Test #2 – Match the personality types (4) with the given word, phrase, or statement (May 17).
*3. Write to me (in 6-9 months) explaining how this course has affected your ministry. (Question: Of what value was this course to you personally and to your ministry?)
•  A collection, from at least 5 different sourses, of 20 articles which use or refer to statistics (Due by May 30).

COURSE GRADING
Class Participation: 20%
Reading and writing 25%
Articles 15%
Tests 40%

COURSE OUTLINE
May 3: Introduction, Understanding People (Stages of Development)
May 10: Test #1, Personality (D-I-S-C)
May 17: Test #2, Statistics, Applications (Ministry, Marriages, etc.)

SUGGESTED READING
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts by C. Peter Wagner.
I Love You, But Why are We So Different?, by Tim LeHaye
Tales Out of School compiled by Robert A. Rohm
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman