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4.00 Credits
An advanced overview of the discipline, which bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Begins with neuroanatomy and the methodologies of electrophysiology and structural and functional imaging; and examines their application to perception, memory, language, cognitive control, attention, decision making, and motivational and emotional behavior.
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4.00 Credits
Overviews the field of clinical health psychology. The biopsychosocial model and the management of chronic illness used as a framework in which to address assessment and intervention principles, cultural influences, bioethics, and dying and death issues.
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2.00 Credits
Advanced coverage of neurotransmitter systems, with particular emphasis on the mechanism of action of various psychoactive substances. Prerequisite: PSYC 551.
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4.00 Credits
Intensive learning experience in biofeedback concepts, terms, and techniques, including biofeedback applications for treating and diagnosing a wide range of psychophysiologic disorders, such as headaches, temporomandibular disorder, Raynaud's disease, chronic lower-back pain, and irritable bowel syndrome. Training in diaphragmatic breathing and biofeedback-assisted relaxation strategies for teaching patient self-regulation of tension-related problems. Hands-on laboratory experience and training in thermal, electromyographic, and electrodermal activity of biofeedback. Prerequisite: PSYC 581, PSYC 581L.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the legal and psychological analyses of competence. Gives attention to conceptual models of assessment and evaluation, with special emphasis on empirical foundations. Students examine pertinent, legally relevant assessment and evaluation instruments, and their development and use--focusing on reliability and validity issues. Includes competence to stand trial, insanity plea, guardian and conservatorship, consent to treatment, capacity to parent, malingering, waiver of rights, and other related issues requiring inquiry, assessment, and evaluation.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys research, theory, and applications of social psychology within the context of other areas of psychology and related disciplines. Emphasizes scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to each other--both at the interpersonal and intergroup levels--within the context of cultural, social, and related phenomena. Applications to areas of psychology, such as clinical, health, and organizational psychology; as well as to economics, politics, and social issues.
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2.00 Credits
Examines cross-cultural variations in psychological processes and human behavior in light of the role of culture and implications for the universality of psychological principles. Examines cross-cultural research, theory, and interventions in terms of their implications for the understanding of cross-cultural variations and the universality of psychological knowledge; the implications for the study and practice of psychology in a multicultural society and interdependent world. Includes basic areas--such as personality, developmental, and social psychology--as well as clinical and other professional areas.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys theories, research, and interventions dealing with culture and ethnicity in mental health and clinical practice. Focuses on working with ethnic minorities, while emphasizing the effects of culture, ethnicity, and socio-economic factors in the behavior of all ethnic-minority as well as mainstream individuals and groups. The role of cultural and socioeconomic factors in psychological processes, psychopathology, psychological assessment, and intervention examined within the context of human diversity and community.
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2.00 Credits
Examines the special problems faced by a psychologist specific to the psychological disorders of PTSD, pain, traumatic brain injury, and other related dysfunctions. Focuses on preparing, presenting, and explaining results that will provide evidence useful to the court and from which legal decisions can be determined.
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4.00 Credits
Advanced overview of the major theoretical and empirical approaches to the understanding and classification of adult psychopathology in light of contemporary psychological research and the context of culture. The DSM-IV provides the basic structure for analysis of the various major types of adult psychopathology, including schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, adjustment disorders, and cognitive disorders.
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