|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To examine the major classes of drugs which affect behavior, including drugs of abuse and drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders. Content The pharmacology of drugs of abuse and drugs used in treating mental disorders is explored. Exploration of historical background of drugs as well as social context. Taught Fall. Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To further students' understanding of psychological knowledge as it applies to women and gender issues. Content Exploration of the manner in which psychology defines and studies women with emphasis on research methodologies, empirical findings, theory, and current and historical controversies. Taught Spring. Alternate years. Prerequisites PSY 101 or WST 200. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 301.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To promote synthesized understanding of the person through an integration of theory and research. Content Exploration of environmental and inherited factors which produce a particular personality structure; includes psychoanalytic, humanistic, existential, trait, behavioral, social learning, and cognitive theories. Taught Fall. Prerequisite PSY 101. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To provide the student with a thorough review of the application of the scientific method to the study of human behavior. To become familiar with the philosophical roots of social science research, the nature of research materials and methods in the behavioral sciences, and the issues involved in their collection and interpretation. To evaluate critically research results and to be able to apply research methods appropriate to the level of measurement, theoretical issue, and sources of data involved in projects and assignments. Content An introduction to the application of the scientific method in the study of human behavior, focus on the philosophy of science and measurement, experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research, survey construction, and analysis, and the interpretation and critical evaluation of research results. Taught Spring. Prerequisites PSY 101, 220, and 230S. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To acquaint the student with contemporary points of view in psychology through a survey of modern psychological schools, their historical development, special problems, and contributions to the field. Content Historical development and current position of structuralism functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, and cognitive psychology. Classical readings. Taught Fall. Prerequisites PSY 101, junior or senior standing. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To study the value, uses, and limitations of many types of tests including general and special abilities, interests, personality surveys, projectives, aptitudes, etc. To be able to determine reliability and validity of tests. Content Study of testing ethics, reliability and validity determination, specific test uses and misuses, and statistical analysis of test results. Taught Fall. Prerequisites PSY 101 and 220. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To foster an understanding of the human mind and how it operates by discussing the major theories, concepts, and research in cognitive psychology. Content Detailed examination of how humans encode, perceive, remember, and use the information encountered in daily life. Topics examined include pattern recognition, mental imagery, attention, memory, language, problem solving, creativity, and artificial intelligence. Taught Fall. Alternate years. Prerequisites PSY 101. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To provide students with a clear and comprehensible integration of classic and contemporary achievements in the field of learning and memory. Content Principles of respondent and operant conditioning as well as memory and cognition in terms of possible mechanisms, current research, the theory. Taught Spring. Prerequisites PSY 101 and 220; PSY 305 or BIO 203; or permission of department chair. Credit 4 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To lead students to a fuller understanding of abnormal behavior and the ways that psychologists study and attempt to treat it. Content Issues and controversies in defining psychological abnormality; classification and description of abnormal behaviors including physical symptoms and stress reactions, anxiety, addictive disorders, sexual dysfunction, personality disorders, schizophrenia and mood disorders; and theory and research on etiology, treatments and prevention of pathology. Taught Spring. Prerequisite PSY 101 and PSY 207 or PSY 304. Credit 3 hours.
-
3.00 Credits
Goal To understand the application of psychological principles to forensic psychology. Content Forensic Psychology involves the application of psychological knowledge or methods to a task faced by the legal system. Both the production and application of the knowledge and methods of psychology to the civil and criminal justice system are explored (e.g., eyewitness memory and testimony, criminal behavior, jury decision making, or competency evaluations.) Special emphasis will be given to criminal profiling. Taught Spring. Prerequisite PSY 101. Credit 3 hours.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|