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Can you measure happiness or anger? How do brain functions, our cognition, the environment and our personality interact to shape who we are? Can you gain all this knowledge in three weeks? Foundations of Psychology gives students the opportunity to establish connections between factors that determine our behavior and wellbeing. Students learn how to conduct research and gather data, in order to measure emotions, behaviors, and cognition. A holistic approach to human behavior is utilized, combining the understanding of how the brain, hormones and genetics influence behaviors, along with the impact of the environment. Experimentation, hands-on activities and role-play, as well as debates and heated discussions will provide students with a thorough understanding of the foundations of the most important fields of Psychology. The course also focuses on abnormal psychology, one of the areas that most students are especially interested in. Mental health disorders, their symptoms, causes and management are introduced from a critical point of view.

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate knowledge on research methods and biological psychology, such as brain anatomy, hormone regulation and genetics.
Experiment with memory and thinking games, to determine the role of cognition in behavior.
Critically assess the role of the environment on development and wellbeing.
Research and review mental health disorders, their causes and management.

Save humanity, join the Superhero Academy!

Much like Superman and Batman, our Superhero Academy students are called upon to complete missions to help save humanity. In this interdisciplinary course, we will form a literary community and utilize disciplines such as technology, chemistry, psychology, literature, art, engineering, and sociology in the fight against crime, and in an effort to protect civilians against evil super-villains. Each mission will help us develop our vocabulary, creativity, critical thinking, and writing and presentation skills. Then, in order to graduate from CTY Greece’s Superhero Academy, we will create our own secret superhero identity, and engage in an original battle against threats of destruction. Superhuman powers, time traveling, tech novelties, architectural marvels, behaviors, motivations and code of ethics come alive, to form unique characters, extraordinary settings and epic stories!

Lessons and one-on-one conferences with the instructor will help students create their own mythological universe and help them grow as writers, inventors, storytellers and communicators. Cooperative learning and constructive criticism are key elements of the course, and detailed responses from your instructor and peers will play an essential role in the students’ growth.

Learning Objectives:

Read, analyze, and discuss works of superhero fiction.
Practice writing personal narratives, instructional texts, descriptive articles and opinion pieces.
Utilize the tools introduced and skills learned in the course to compose four works of creative writing.
Engage in the writing workshop process, editing and revising work based on feedback from the instructor and your peers.

Courses

3D Printing Wonders!

Foundations of Psychology

Introduction to Web Design (Greek)

Scratch Elementary (Greek)

Superhero Academy

The Psychology of Social Interactions

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