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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines some of the central aspects of behavior and mental life: classical and operant conditioning, remembering, forgetting, solving problems, making decisions, and communicating. Combines experimental data, everyday experience, and psychological theory. Lecture plus lab experience. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100; STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Focuses on the scientific investigation of individuals' characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving from a psychological perspective. Includes historical and contemporary approaches, current research, personality assessment, and the application of personality concepts in everyday life. Lecture plus lab experience. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100, STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduces the emerging domain of positive psychology (building on human strengths). Implications of research for psychological interventions are explored with regard to promoting health, spiritual growth, and services to particular populations. Surveys briefly the traditional foci of psychology, the historical interrelationships of psychology and religion, and the psychology of spiritual and religious experience. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100, STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Studies the history, principles, and applications of psychological testing and assessment. Included are: the functions of psychological testing; technological and methodological components such as reliability and validity; test development and construction. Particular focus on the theories and uses of intelligence and personality tests. Lecture plus lab experience. Prerequisite: PSYC 1000, 2100; STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduces the study of human behavior in groups, including social cognition, social influence, attribution, social comparison, attraction and friendship, stereotypes, and the self. The course incorporates theory, research, and application. Prerequisite: PSYC 1000, 2100, STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Studies psychological disorders, etiologies, assessment, and interventions. This includes the history of abnormal psychology; theory and research; and biological, psychological, and social approaches to treatment. Field visits and extensive use of video recordings are included. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100, 3000, 3100, STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduces research and principles, theories, and techniques of counseling. Emphasizes the practice and mastery of basic listening and responding skills; sound judgment and the limits of practice; and professional ethics. Lab experience using video recordings of skills practiced by the students. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100, 3000, 3100, 4100, STAT 1490.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Studies the relationship between the external world and our internal representation of it-the world as we perceive it. Considers the bases of accurate perception, factors contributing to perceptual distortion and disability, the dimensions and processes of consciousness, and the nature of reality. Lecture plus lab experience. Prerequisites: PSYC 1000, 2100, STAT 1490.
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4.00 Credits
Studies in depth and detail selected topics in psychology. Repeatable. Prerequisite: as announced.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Studies an approved research topic in depth and detail under the supervision of department faculty. Involves a literature review, design of a study, analysis, and write-up. The final paper is presented to the larger university and/or psychological community. Students may register for PSYC 4000 in one semester for 4 sh, or two semesters for 2 sh each. The prerequisite is approval of the project proposal by the department faculty and assignment of the supervisor.
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