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  • PSYC 410: Applied Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or consent of instructor This course examines how theories, principles, methods and research findings from social psychology can be applied to the understanding and solution of everyday social problems. Applications to clinical and health psychology as well as issues related to the legal system, education and the environment are examined. (Formerly PSYC 210)
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  • PSYC 421: Psychology of Human Differences

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or consent of instructor The relative contributions of genes and environment to individual and group differences will be examined. Topics will include the description of human variability; gene/environment interactions; the heritability of cognitive abilities, personality, and psychopathology; and sex and age differences. (Formerly PSYC 321)
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  • PSYC 426: Comparative Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or consent of instructor This course will introduce students to the use of evolutionary theory as an organizing mechanism in understanding both human and nonhuman behavior. We will examine behavior in terms of Tinbergen’s four questions of nature: What is the cause of the behavior? How does the behavior develop? What is the function of the behavior? How did the behavior evolve? The course will also analyze the effects of natural selection, learning theory and cultural transmission in shaping the behavior of domestic and wild animal species. The course will culminate with a comprehensive research paper on an animal behavior topic of the student’s choice.
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  • PSYC 427: History of Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and at least nine hours in psychology; or consent of instructor This course will cover psychology’s philosophical, scientific and cultural foundations. It has been said that psychology has a brief history but a long past. As such, the course begins with ancient Greek psychological theories and progresses through Hellenism, Romanism, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the start of scientific psychology in the late 1800s, and the subsequent explosion of specialization that lead to modern psychological thinking. Eminent thinkers and intellectural trends will be addressed, as well as the rise of science and its impact on understanding behavior and the mind. (Formerly PSYC 319)
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  • PSYC 440: Sensation and Perception

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 242; or consent of instructor This course explores the relationship between the nature of the environment and perceptual experience, including the sensory processes. Perceptual processes examined include spatial, pattern, and color perception, as well as our perception of time, depth and the perception of action and events. The relationship between perception, memory, cognition and behavior is investigated, with implications for our understanding of cultural differences, how we perceive personality and emotion and psychotherapeutic change. (Formerly PSYC 340)
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  • PSYC 445: Psychology of Consciousness

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 242; or consent of instructor Consciousness studies are revolutionizing the ways in which we understand ourselves. The phenomena of consciousness will be examined from a variety of perspectives, incorporating the most recent research from the cognitive and neurosciences to explore the evolutionary and adaptive roles of consciousness. The relevance of this material to the study of personality, emotion, memory, learning, creativity and psychopathology will be addressed. The phenomena associated with altered states, dream cognition, hypnosis, meditation, imagery and visionary states will also be examined. This course will be of interest to clinicians and educators, as well as to anyone interested in discovering more about the nature of the human mind and consciousness. (Formerly PSYC 345)
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  • PSYC 460: Neuropsychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 242; or consent of instructor This course is an introduction to neuropsychology focusing on the behavioral deficits that arise from brain pathology. This pathology includes diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s as well as other brain-related conditions such as stroke, tumors and head injury. Through this course students will learn about the history of neuropsychology, details of brain anatomy, various neuropsychological assessments, and the examination of behavioral deficits and neuropsychological profiles associated with a variety of brain disorders and/or conditions.
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  • PSYC 465: Health Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or consent of instructor This course will review the critical role of behavior in health promotion and disease prevention. Theories and interventions related to health and behavior will be examined. The content of this course crosses the behavioral sciences, social sciences and medical sciences. Students will learn to conceptualize health from biological, psychological and social perspectives. Those who will benefit from this course are students seeking to understand how behavior affects health and what behavioral change strategies can be used to improve health status. (Formerly PSYC 365)
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  • PSYC 470: Clinical Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 360 and PSYC 370; or consent of instructor Survey of diagnostic and treatment procedures and resources in clinical work with children and adults; professional skills and responsibilities of the clinical psychologist. May be taken for graduate-level credit.
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  • PSYC 474: Forensic Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Bridgewater State University

    Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and PSYC 360 and PSYC 370; or consent of instructor A study of basic underlying assumptions of personality theory such as intentionality, nature/nurture and the knowability of man as these issues pertain to motive and bias as they manifest themselves in a judicial system. May be taken for graduate-level credit.
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