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4.00 Credits
4 s.h. The influence of social factors on human behavior, including social cognition, attitude formation, social influence, interpersonal attraction, prosocial behavior, aggression, and prejudice. Focus on the individual, and on use of the experimental method. Prerequisite: PSY 1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. An overview of current issues in the mental health field and an introduction to important skills needed by professionals in their day to day work. Students become familiar with diagnostic approaches, interviewing and clinical data gathering, types of psychological intervention, legal and ethical considerations, and how to recognize, understand and minimize psychologically inevitable gender and cultural biases often encountered in mental health settings. Prerequisite: PSY 3420.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. An intensive introduction to the most influential and prevalent treatment methods in the mental health field. Treatment approaches as discreet theoretical systems containing their own philosophical views of the person, conceptualizations of disorder, definitions of cure, and technical prescriptions. Problems in determining the efficacy of treatment approaches also addressed. Prerequisite: PSY 1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. How the science of psychology is used by our legal system to better understand situations where an individual's state of mind or psychological functioning may have an impact on the legal process, the distinction between forensic and clinical work, conceptual underpinnings of forensic psychology, and the role of psychology in the legal system and controversies surrounding its use. Career paths and training issues also discussed. Prerequisite: PSY 1010 and PSY 3420.
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4.00 Credits
4 s.h. An overview of the major theories of personality, the role of personality theories in development, how various personality theories can be distinguished from one another, and an evaluation of these theories. Prerequisites: PSY 1010, junior or senior standing.
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4.00 Credits
4 s.h. All aspects of human thinking, including attention, perception, memory, knowledge, language, problem solving, creativity, decision making, and intelligence. Attention given to current research in areas such as mood-dependent memory, the power of suggestion in creating false memories, speed reading, and learning vocabulary, as well as the application of cognitive principles in everyday life. Course includes an on-line laboratory component in which students participate in a variety of experimental studies in various areas of cognitive psychology. Prerequisite: PSY 1010.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Ways in which behavior is influenced by physiological processes within the body and by the evolution of the species. Study of the nervous system; sensory and motor systems; biological mechanisms influencing daily activity rhythms, motivation, emotion, learning, gender identity. Normal and abnormal brain functioning. Prerequisites: PSY 1010 and BIO 2240 or BIO 2430.
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5.00 Credits
5 s.h. An 8-hour-per-week intensive field placement experience in a clinical setting, to develop students' clinical interaction skills and prepare them for jobs in the mental health field. Includes a weekly, three-hour seminar which augments supervision provided at the placement sites and provides additional support for students: developing the ability to understand clinical material, documenting interactions, presenting clinical observations, and preparing case reports and assessments. Prerequisites: PSY 4700 requires PSY 3720 pre- or co-requisite and permission of the instructor. PSY 4710 requires PSY 4700.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. In preparation for graduate studies, students develop advanced knowledge and skills in conducting scientific research in psychology. Emphasis placed on critical review and analysis of the scientific method, research ethics, research design, and measurement. Descriptive and inferential statistics are reviewed, and multivariate statistical techniques are introduced. Application and synthesis for each student involving the development of a research proposal that qualifies as original research. Prerequisite: PSY 2840.
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2.00 Credits
2 s.h. The capstone of the Psychology Major. A review and consolidation of material covered throughout the major. Preparation of a portfolio, including refining work completed for courses in the major and reflective writing on the departmental goals for the major. Includes focus on graduate school preparation and continued professional development. Prerequisite: senior standing.
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