» Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

The psychology faculty takes pride in its established tradition of individualized faculty-student mentoring, creating a personalized education that enhances student achievements. Many professors are currently engaged in a wide range of psychological research, for more details please view our Faculty and Student Research page.

If you are a psychology major in need of advising, please contact your faculty advisor directly. If you don’t know who your faculty advisor is, please check www.my.chapman.edu. If you don’t see a psychology faculty advisor listed in www.my.chapman.edu, please contact the psychology department or the psychology student peer advising team for assistance. Contact information for all psychology faculty members can be found on the Crean College Faculty Directory. If you are a prospective student, please contact the psychology student peer advising team for general information.

PSY 490 & PSY 492 offer psych students the opportunity to intern in a variety of psychologically related service areas ranging from educational settings to hospital facilities. Students are mentored by psychology faculty during the internship experience. Contact your faculty advisor and the Career and Professional Development for more information and registration materials.

Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology, offers academic recognition, advising, research opportunities and more.

• Society for Research in Child Development: http://www.srcd.org/
• Association for Psychological Science: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
• American Psychological Association(APA): http://www.apa.org/
• Western Psychological Association (WPA): http://westernpsych.org/
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology: http://www.spsp.org/
• American Psychosomatic Society http://www.psychosomatic.org/home/index.cfm
• Social Personality and Health Network http://sphnetwork.org/
• Society for Chaos Theory: http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/

Article on how pregnancy changes a woman’s brain: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/how-pregnancy-changes-a-womans-brain.html

Interview discussing his therapeutic approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5NZEa3Xo8

Julia Boehm:

Article on Life Satisfaction: https://blogs.chapman.edu/press-room/2015/06/08/chapman-university-publishes-research-on-life-satisfaction-and-its-association-with-mortality-risk-in-older-adults/