PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY

 Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Psychologists are actively involved in studying and understanding mental processes, brain functions, and behavior. The field of psychology is considered a "Hub Science" with strong connections to the medical sciences, social sciences, and education (Boyack, Klavans, & Borner, 2005).

At Ohio State, the Department of Psychology is organized into eight areas, working to investigate critical aspects of the brain and human behavior.

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

• Factors influencing plasticity of brain and behavior through development and into adulthood

• Hippocampal biology and function

• Stress and the brain

• Neurogenesis and brain plasticity across the life span

• Sex-related differences in brain function

• Endocrine and immune regulation of brain and behavior

• The neurobiology of cognitive control

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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

• The treatment of mood and personality disorders using cognitive behavioral therapies

• Biobehavioral responses to cancer diagnosis and treatment

• Testing and dissemination of psychological treatments for cancer patients

• Psychological and behavioral adaptation to chronic health problems

• Effects of exercise on psychological and cognitive functioning

• Neuroplasticity in healthy aging and neurological disorders

• Mindfulness and cognitive functioning in older adults

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COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

• Experimental, brain imaging, and model-based approaches to perception, memory, decision making, action, and language

• Modeling decision processing in memory, perception, numeracy.

• How our visual systems create our stable perception of the world

• Neuroimaging (fMRI) studies examining how we value and choose things

• The creation of biologically plausible network models of human cognition

• How we control our attention in complex tasks

• How the auditory system solves the challenges of understanding spoken language

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DECISION SCIENCE

• How cognitive, affective, and social processes influence judgment and choice

• How numeracy (numeric ability) affects real-world decisions

• How the brain represents subjective values and beliefs

• The role of attitudes in numeric judgment and choice

• How to improve self-control

• How information is interpreted and integrated in decision making

• Modeling decision making in aging and cognitive decline

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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Learning and developmental change in cognition, behavior, and the brain

• Genetic and environmental influences on brain and behavior

• Development of memory, categorization, and reasoning

• Development of numerical cognition and mathematical thinking

• How children learn language and use it to understand their world

• How children grow beyond the superficial in their social and moral understanding How children grow beyond the superficial in their social and moral understanding

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INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

• How to improve health and well-being in children and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders

• How to best support family members of people with disabilities

• How to impact the outcome and course of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and related neurodevelopmental disorders

• How to develop psychological instruments that measure core and associated features of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurodevelopmental disorders

• How to treat behavior and emotional problems in children and adults who have intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and related neurodevelopmental disorders

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QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

• Developing, evaluating and applying new quantitative methods for the analysis of psychological data

• The application of statistical models to real world problems

• Bayesean models of human cognition

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Automatic and deliberative attitudes: Influences on information processing, judgment, and behavior

• Increasing women’s participation in STEM disciplines

• How motivations in social interactions shape relationships, beliefs, well-being, and health

• What motivates social behavior

• Effects of the immune system and common anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Tylenol) on emotions, decisions, and social behavior

• How similarity in brain activity across people underlies similarity in thoughts, attitudes and beliefs

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NUTRITION & DIETETICS

NUTRITION & DIETETICS

 

WHAT IS NUTRITION AND DIETETICS DEPARTMENT?

The nutrition and dietetics is a science that examines the methods of nutrition and the most appropriate nutrition and diet programs for human health.

Occupational Importance Is Increasing

Obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, digestive system, cancer and many diseases are increasing along with the health problems caused by malnutrition. For this reason, the profession of dietetics is gaining importance for prevention of diseases which caused by malnutrition and regulation of the current situation. The study areas of nutrition and dietetics professionals are nutrients, nutrition methods, diets, the amount of nutrient intake, type, frequency, regulation of the places of mass nutrition and nutrition of standing and underlying patients.

Those working in the field of nutrition and dietetics carry out studies that will contribute to the promotion of health level in a wide perspective from the protection and development of health to the treatment of diseases.

The New Dietitians Getting Ready for the Profession

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of Binet University offers solutions for identifying, eliminating and creating social consciousness in this field, preparing diet programs for the treatment of diseases, translating scientific data into practical dietary recommendations, determining the individual nutritional patterns, providing health-related fitness in the community nutrition centers, providing professional and ethical values to train specialists. The graduates of this department receive the title ‘dietician’.

WHAT ARE THE COURSES TAKEN IN THE NUTRITION AND DIETETICS DEPARTMENT?

In the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, the laboratory practices of experimental and skill-related subjects are included with basic sciences and professional courses. In addition to the syllabus that will give scientific fundamentals to the students such as Nutrition Principles, Basic Chemistry, Basic Psychology, Anatomy, Medical Biology and Genetics, and there are professional courses such as Nutrition Biochemistry, Nutrition Ecology, Food And Nutrient Interaction, Nutrition Methods, Nutrition Of Cancer Patients, Nutrition In The Elderly, Nutrition In The Pregnancy.

What are the Working Areas of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department?

The obesity and diabetes are among the most threatening problems in society and it causes the need for dieticians is increasing. In this framework, there are many job opportunities in public institutions and private health sector. The graduates find jobs in public and private hospitals, health institutions such as universities, public health centers, food industries, catering industry, food factories, hotel food and beverage departments, all private and public institutions where mass nutrition is performed. There are also advantages in this area as the food and nutrition issues in the fields of research and academic career reach a large proportion. The graduates of the department have the opportunity of career as an administrator in the food production facilities.

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EXERCISE SCIENCES

EXERCISE SCIENCES

 About the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Are you passionate about how sport and exercise play a vital part in general health and performance? Become an accredited Exercise Scientist with Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) and improve the health and performance of individuals, employees, athletes and the community. The Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences takes a multidisciplinary approach to examine humans’ relationship with sport, exercise and physical activity. Theory is combined with hands-on laboratory and practical work so you have the opportunity to develop technical and communication skills.

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PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION

PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION

 The Profession Needed for Preventive Treatment Approach: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION?

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation is a branch of science, which muscle skeletal system disorders, correction of function, minimizing, multi-faceted physical therapy approaches to improve the quality of life of an individual, as well as planning the right exercise prescription patients with disabilities in healthy individuals. It includes preventive and therapeutic approaches for the protection of health conscious in parallel with the growing age of the population, scientific and technological developments. Physiotherapists are those who practice orthopaedic rehabilitation, neurology and neurosurgery rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, cerebral paralysis, hand surgery rehabilitation, muscle diseases and rehabilitation, rheumatism diseases, women's health, sports health and professional rehabilitation.

WHAT ARE THE COURSES TAKEN IN PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT?

The physiotherapy and rehabilitation undergraduate program provides students with a systematic professional training in order to gain professional knowledge and skills. During the four-year, the first year basic and professional introduction courses are concentrated and the students try to establish a professional base. In the second and third years, students receive special physiotherapy and rehabilitation assessment and therapeutic approach training for specific diseases and age groups as well as professional courses they have taken. In the fourth year, the students are given clinical practice training where they have the opportunity to apply the information they have learned for three years. In addition, 2. and 3. summer insternships are compulsory in summer periods for students. The graduates of the department are given the title “Physical Therapist”.

Ethical and Equipped Physiotherapists are Trained

At the end of the four-year training given in the physical therapy and rehabilitation department, it is aimed to educate physiotherapists with professional ethics and autonomy, knowledgeable, capable of taking responsibility and having professional skills, and obtain a substructure to carry out their profession.

What are the Working Areas for Physiotherapists?

The Physiotherapists are employed in state, private or university hospitals, rehabilitation centers, private clinics, sports clubs, industrial facilities, public health units, home rehabilitation, home care centers, health and recreational activities for healthy and disabled people, schools, nursing homes, thermal hotels, municipalities, disabled schools and primary health care facilities.The graduates who wish to pursue academic careers can pursue by continuing their graduate studies at domestic and foreign universities.

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