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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students with little or no background in psychology to the current theories and research on the psychology of women. Critically examines psychological, biological, and social influences on gender differences, gender roles, and gender stereotypes in the light of scientific evidence and individual experience. Assesses their consequences for society. Uses the unique perspective generated in the field of the psychology of women to evaluate the traditional research methods in psychology as well as the major psychological theories formulated to explain women and the differences between women and men. Emphasizes critical thinking skills.
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4.00 Credits
Investigates what starts and stops eating behavior. Examines taste, nutrition, metabolism, the brain, food experiences, and societal factors that control feeding behavior. Emphasizes the biological/psychological interaction in normal eating and in pathological eating, such as anorexia, bulimia, and extreme obesity.
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4.00 Credits
Traces the effects of psychological factors through the course of a trial including such issues as accuracy of eyewitness identification, plea bargaining, jury selection, persuasion tactics in the courtroom, presumption of innocence, jury size, jury decision rules, and sentencing and punishment.
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4.00 Credits
Studies the physical, affective, and cognitive behaviors associated with sport participation and also examines the psychological theories and research related to sport and exercise behavior. Introduces students to the field of sport and exercise psychology by providing a broad overview of the major topics in the area, including the history of sport and exercise psychology, leadership, self-confidence, youth sports, aggression, moral development, team dynamics, anxiety and arousal, goal setting, imagery, and motivation. Covers the psychological makeup of athletes, how psychological factors influence involvement and performance in sport, and helps students acquire the skills and knowledge about sport and exercise psychology that they can apply to their everyday lives.
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4.00 Credits
Explores how advertising works to influence behavior, and why some ads are memorable and others are forgettable, through the lens of cognitive psychology. Like it or not, advertising is everywhere. Examines popular ads and some of the students' favorites and analyzes their effectiveness using basic principles of cognitive science such as attention, memory, and reasoning.
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4.00 Credits
Offers an integrated lecture/lab one-semester course covering descriptive and inferential statistics with a focus on psychological applications. Includes a lab to provide hands-on experience with important concepts. Covers standard material in undergraduate statistics including distributions, central tendency, variability, z-scores, the normal distributions, correlation, regression, probability, hypothesis testing (using the z, t, F, and Chi-square statistics), and confidence intervals. This course should be taken before the end of the sophomore year.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007. Accompanies PSY U320. Cover topics from the course through various experiments.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the varied scientific approaches to the study of consciousness and the diverse theories of consciousness and the mind. Explores biology and consciousness; drug-induced states of consciousness, dreaming, hypnosis, meditative states, pain perceptions, and anomalistic psychology (that is, near-death experiences and ESP). Examines data, theory, and methodological and conceptual problems.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on mental illnesses that are first diagnosed in childhood-such as autism, phobias, conduct disorders, and attention deficit disorder. Overviews childhood depression and suicide and disorders of eating and sleeping.
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4.00 Credits
Uses selected films to investigate psychological subjects including human development over the life cycle (particularly childhood and adolescence), family dynamics, sexuality, and psychopathology (trauma, anxiety and eating disorders, and psychosis).
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