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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
An advanced course on the characteristics of communication between physicians and patients. Emphasis placed on determinants of the quality of communication (including nonverbal cues), interaction of various communication styles, and impact on varied patient outcomes. Prerequisite: PSYC 104.
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2.00 Credits
Advanced class on development of basic skills in critical thinking. Topics include reasoning, logic, common fallacies, practical language, persuasion, problem solving strategies, and applying skills of critical thinking to the complex issues of everyday life. Prerequisite: PSYC 104.
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2.00 Credits
The incidence, etiology, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of bulimia, anorexia, obesity, body dysmorphic disorder, and other eating disorders. Emphasis placed on the effects of media and advertising on the young, as well as on their perceptions of their bodies.
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2.00 Credits
An examination of current models of mental illness in light of cultural, social, and gender issues. Focus on debates about the existence and universality of categories of psychopathology as well as their social, economic and political implications. Prerequisite: PSYC 104.
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2.00 Credits
A focused study of the developmental period between latechildhood and early adulthood including developmental tasks related to attachment and autonomy, sexuality, intimacy, achievement, and identity. Prerequisite: PSYC 104 or PSYC 234.
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2.00 Credits
Study of the factors influencing eyewitness testimony, including situational variables (i.e. temporal and violence factors), witness variables (i.e. witness expectancies, witness age), recovered memory vs. false memory, face recognition, the interview process, and expert evidence presented. Other topics include the impact of eyewitness testimony on the jury, child witnesses in sexual abuse trials, and other issues of pretrial identification methods. Prerequisite: PSYC 104.
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2.00 Credits
Explores the psychological processes associated with creativity, including characteristics of creative people, development of creativity over the life span, creativity and flow, nurturing the creative process, and creativity and madness. Prerequisite: PSYC 104 or PSYC 234.
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2.00 Credits
An exploration of conceptual, social, and linguistic processes underlying children's language development; similarities and differences in these processes when developing a second language. Prerequisite: PSYC 104 or PSYC 234
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3.00 Credits
Topics of current interest in the field of psychology. Content varies as follows; different sections may be repeated for additional credit.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the way individuals in groups relate to each other focusing on the cognitive aspects of intergroup relations and the relation between identity and intergroup relations. Prerequisite: Upper division standing; PSYC 304, 349 and 349L, 304.
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