Academic Staff

COURSES TAUGHT

Courses I Taught: Post-graduate: Personality Theories Intelligence Assessment Cognitive Psychology Personality Assessment Clinical Neuropsychology Critical Thinking Introduction to Measurement and Evaluation Theories of Counseling Psychology of women Psychological Assessment Community Mental Health Developmental problems Psychopathology Assessment and diagnosis Systems of Psychotherapy Neuropsychology
Undergraduate: Social Psychology (nursing students) The Psychology of War Principles of psychotherapy Abnormal Psychology Psychology and Life Emotion and Motivation Introduction to Psychology Anthropology Introduction to Clinical Psychology (4th and 3rd year medical students) Introduction to Clinical Psychology (3rd year dental students) Psychology: the science of behaviour (2nd year dental students) Introduction to Exceptional Children Physiological Bases of Handicap Mental Health Neuropsychology Experimental psychology Developmental Psychology Principals of Measurement and Evaluation Physiological Psychology. Sensation and Perception. Practicum in Psychology General Psychology Descriptive Statistics

ACADEMIC RANKS

Rank	University	Country	Date
Associate Professor	Mutah University	Jordan	2006

QUALIFICATION

Degree	Institute	Specialization	Date
Phd	Manchester University, UK.	Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	September 1989
Masters Degree	Manchester University, UK.	Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	June 1987
High Diploma	University of Jordan		August 1982
Bachelors Degree	University of Jordan	BA Psychology	August 1978

WORK EXPERIENCE

Job Title	Institute	Country	Time Period
	Isra University		September 2011 - September 2012
	University of Jordan		September 2011 - September 2021
	Mutah University		September 1989 - September 2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Memory and Amnesia, Neuropsychotherapy and Rehabilitation, Neuropsychological Assessment and Psychological Assessment, Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Medical Neuropsychology, Physiological Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Experimental psychology, Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia, Learning Disabilities, Children with Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, spinal cord injury and epilepsy.

RESEARCHES & PUBLICATIONS

NO one (2021) Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Prevalence among University Students and its Relationship with Some Demographical Variables. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry, , 32 (1)79-85.
NO one (2020) The relationship between executive functions and anger among a sample of students aged 13-17 years old and its relationship to some demographic variables. Multicultural Education (IJDRI), , 6 (2) 8-17
Al Sunna’, Zaynoun Saleem (2019) Differences in Executive Functions Among Depressed Patient Sample and a Normal Matching Sample. Dirasat, Human and Social Sciences, 46 (2) Supp. (1) 433-452
Arafat, D (2019) Executive functions among Substance-Induced Psychotic Patients in Jordan: A clinical neuropsychological study. Dirasat, Human and Social Sciences, , 46 (2) Supp. (1) 419-432.
NO one (2018) Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behaviour, translated to Arabic . (Translate four chapters, 1, 7, 14,15,. ,
NO one (2018) Introduction to Neuropsychology . ,
Jaber, Faris (2015) Psychology (Traslated to Arabic). ,
NO one (2015) Gender Differences in Brain Executive Functions. Mu’tah Lil-Buhth wad-Dirasat,, 30 (4)37-66
Athal Fadhal alswilmi (2012) The effect of the multiple intelligences theory’s strategies in the achievement of the 6th Grade students on the science subject.. Arab childhood Journal, , 13 (52): 47-67
NO one (2012) Sex Differences and the Relationship between Body Esteem, Depression, Social Phobia and Self-Esteem among College Students. . Mutah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences, 27 (1): 9-34
Yousef, Fayzeh N (2010) Modification of the Psychometric Properties of McGill Pain Questionnaire to the Jordanian Culture. Egyptian Journal of Health care, 1(1): 43-55
Almajali, S (2003) Neuropsychological characteristics of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J. of Educational and Psychological Science, 4 (4):45-104.
Darabi, M. Y. and Aldmour, M. M. (2003) Sources of Psychological Stress and its Related Psychological Symptoms and Loyalty among Workers at Wadi Al Abead Phosphate Mine.. Aledari, (92):155-188.
Hawamdeh, N. (2003) ) Burnout among Private and Public Universities’ Academic Staff: A Comparative Study. Mutah Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences, 16 (6): 11-27
Al Zeghoul E. A. (2003) Facilitating Memory Functioning among College Students through Using the Method of Loci. J. Faculty of Education, , 19(1):24-36
Al-Nawaiseh, S. J (2002) Attitudes of Health Workers at Al-Karak Distric Toward Elderly and their Relationship to some Demographicales. . . J. of Educational and Psychological Sciences, 3 (2): 81-124.
NO one (2001) Job Stressors and their Effects on Physical Health and Emotional Health and its Relation to some Demographical Variables in Mutah University. . J. of Faculty of education, 17 (2): 279-318.
Mayes, A. R., Downes, J. J., Symons, V., (1994) Do Amnesics Forget Faces Pathologically Fast? . Cortex, 30:543-563
Mayes, A. R., Downes, J. J., (1993) Encoding Ability is Preserved in Amnesia: Evidence From a Direct Test of Encoding. Neuropsychologia, 31: 745-759
Mayes, A. R., (1991) Disproportionate Incidental Spatial-Memory and Recall Deficits in Amnesia.. Neuropsychologia, 29: 749-769.
Mayes, A. R., Pickering, A. D., McDonald, C., and Meudell, P (1990) Performance on Tests Sensitive to Frontal Lobe Lesions by Patients with Organic Amnesia: Leng and Parkin Revisited. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, , 29:401-408
Mayes, A. R., (1989) Spatial Memory and Amnesia (Paper given at the International Conference on Cognitive Neuropsychology at Harrogate). . ,
Pickering, A. D., Mayes, A. R., (1989) Priming Tasks in Normal Subjects: What do They Reveal about Amnesia. ,
Mayes, A. R., (1984) Spatiotemporal Memory and Rate of Forgetting in Acute Schizophrenics. Psychological Medicine, 18: 843-853

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

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CONSULTING & TRAINING COURSES

Title	Location	Date
Training Course: **Theoritical and Practical training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (48) hours, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 November 2016, Amman- Jordan. (This course was given with the cooperation of Mohammed Shoqeirat, Ruth Wells and Manar Hasan) Others: -A range of lectures and seminars for counselors and university students in the subject of Psychological First Aid and Crisis Intervention. 2007- Member of the examination board of master's and doctoral qualified individuals seeking licensure in Clinical psychology and counseling Psychology, Ministry of Health-Jordan. 2015- Chief of the examination board of master's and doctoral qualified individuals seeking licensure in Clinical psychology and counseling Psychology, Ministry of Health-Jordan. -Provided clinical consultations for both individual and in group settings that include people with psychiatric disorders or brain damaged patients. - Provide Neuropsychological assessment for patients who been transferred from neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists and other agencies. In addition to program development, clinical supervision and consultation, specialties include: Psychotherapy for: -Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -Mood Disorders (depression, bipolar) -Anxiety Disorders -Developmental Disorders -Sexual Disorders -Substance Abuse and Addiction -Stress Management Psychological Testing: -Neuropsychological assessment: e.g. Tower of London, Wisconson Card Sorting Test, Trail making Test………….. -Personality Assessment: MMPI 2 and others -Cognitive (memory, attention…etc.) -Intelligence Assessment (WAIS, WISC, Stanford Benit 3 and Stanford Benit 5) -Court Ordered (for legal compensation and others) Clinical Orientation: Utilization and integration of the following theories and interventions techniques in psychotherapy: Client Centered Theory & Therapy Existential Theory & Therapy Developmental Theories & Therapies Narrative Theory & Therapy Psychodynamic Theory & Therapy Cognitive Theory & Therapy Behavioural Therapy Group psychotherapy In addition to Neuropsychotherapy and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. -Supervised more than 20 master theses at Mutah University and Jordan University some of them has been published.		2021
Courses: International Course on the Planning and Management of Community-Based Rehabilitation Programmes, 7-27 Oct.-2001, Lisbon. Continuing education: -Multiple Roles Psychologist can Play in the Judiciary System, workshop. APA (4 CE Hours/credits approved by APA. April 28th 2007. -The sexual disorders "psychological and physical aspects". April 6th 2010. The Jordanian Association of Psychiatry. - Advanced Interviewing Skills. April 7th 2010. The Jordanian Association of Psychiatry. - Training Course: Application and Interpretation of Stanford-Benit 5. July 7th-11th 2012. Cairo: Egypt. - The professionals Scientific training Conference on Children's Social and Emotional Wellbeing. 29-31 Oct. 2013, Amman-Jordan. - Workshop in CBT for Anxiety & depression; Fundamental skills & essential practice, 23th Feb 2017. Cairo- Egypt. - Workshop in Sex Therapy, 24th Feb 2017. Cairo- Egypt. - Asseement, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Disorders, Amman-Jordan, 22Feb.- 3 March 2018 (60 hours).		2018

THESIS SUPERVISION

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

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