San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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3' Edward Johnson holds the undivided attention of Mrs. Anselyn White's class in Child Growth and De- velopment as he delivers an oral report. sychology, Sociology Each year the PSYCHOLOGY and SOCIOLOGY DEPART- MENT undertakes to reach its three primary objectives. The first is to teach the foundation courses that are essential for academic advance in those fields. The second is of a service nature: to help the student to adjust better to his job now or later when he finds employment. Personal adjustment of the individual is the third objective. Directing the department toward its goals for the past 13 years as its chairman has been Mrs. Frederick Maples. ln 1948, only one instructor taught approximately 100 students in one class of psychology and one class of sociology in the old Alamo Street Building. All counselling work and two education courses were also included in the combined departments. ln 1957, it was made into a distinct department when counselling was set up as a separate unit. This year, the department has a total enrollment of 2,500 students with 144 instructors. An increase of about 10 per cent is expected by next fall. Also, six new instructors will be added at that time. The department has been undergoing an increase of approximately 25 per cent per year in enrollment. UN' N.. R Wir , Students in this dual-teacher Psychology class prepare to take separate exams as Mrs. Anselyn White and Mr. William Mabe hand lout the test papers. The two classes meet in the same classroom at the same period, and the instructors take turns lec- turlng to the students. Study habits and adjustment to college life are some of the subjects covered in the sociology orientation courses. Here a student puts his leaming of how to take lecture notes into practice. 64 I

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ogy Three Objectives Established EPART- The first academic ature: to when he al is the past 18 In 1948, ts in one ld Alamo n courses 1957, it lling was of 2,500 IJ per cent be added n increase 'e some courses. lecture With the greater enrollment in the psychology section, the department boasted the largest number of sections of Introduc- tion to Psychology in junior colleges in the United States with 27 day and eight evening classes. Presently the department oi- fers such courses as Criminology, Marriage and the Family, Cultural Anthropology and Social Problems. Also taught was an orientation course in sociology which had enrollments of over 600 persons in some classes. A new course added this year was Introduction to Social Work, a subject taught by a pro- fessional social worker. Next fall the department plans to reacti- vate one of its most popular courses, American Institutions. Speakers, oral reports and tape recordings help the students with their study of psychology and sociology. Students also participate in field trips to such places as city jail, police head- quarters and the state hospital. A complete series of films is available for use in the classroom. Mr. Maples relates The use of visual aids adds, motivates and supplements all of the classes? He added that his department is the one which makes the most use of films in the classrooms. Mr. Joseph Zielinski of the Counseling Department illustrates a peg board device which measures a person's finger dexterity to a student. This test is one of the many which psychology students undergo during the semester. Evaluation of psychological statistical data is per- formed by the Friden calculator. Dr. .Wayne Gill , demonstrates its use to Betsy Cantu and Timothy Burk. j i ..,. Z. ,. .3 ,,.,, ., j ff e ' Le, . ' 4 f W f I 'tWould you believe a pirate with an overgrown mustache? questions Mr. William Mabe as a student takes the ink blot test. Description of ink blots con- stitutes one of the personality tests administered by the college psychologists.