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4.00 Credits
A study of psychological principles and research relevant to educational practice. Topics include cognitive development, behavioral and information processing theories of learning, motivation, and socialization. Prerequisite: Course 101 or 102 or Human Development 111. Enrollment limited to 50 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Individual Study
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4.00 Credits
A study of issues pertaining to psychologists performing services within a legal context (criminal, civil, and family court). Examples include the following: the psychologist as an expert witness, the insanity defense, competence to stand trial, diminished capacity, forensic neuropsychological evaluations, and emotional factors in personal injury evaluations. Class discussion will be facilitated by reviewing recent court cases described in the media and by discussing historically important cases that affect psychologists working within the legal system. Prerequisite: Course 205 or 210 or permission of the instructor. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Theory and practice of intelligence, personality, and vocational tests. Topics include the design and construction of psychological tests, interpretation of test results, and the application of tests and measurements in clinical, business, and school settings. Prerequisite: Course 205 or 210. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the research process in personality psychology. Contemporary research in personality psychology will be examined at three levels: 1) traits or general descriptions; 2) characteristic adaptations including goals, coping strategies and defenses; 3) identity and meaning-making, including life stories and autobiographical memories. An examination of selected theories and research methods. Emphasis on the development of original research projects. Prerequisite: Course 201 and 202 and 205. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 12 students. J. Singer
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4.00 Credits
A laboratory course in classical and operant conditioning with special emphasis on the development of research skills in the experimental analysis of human and animal behavior. A supervised research project in conditioning is required. Two lectures; three hours laboratory work weekly. Prerequisite: Course 201. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Offered in alternate years. S. Vyse
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the organization of cognitive functioning with particular emphasis on models of thinking and the manner in which information is processed. The areas of attention, pattern recognition, memory, retrieval and problem solving will be considered in light of current theory and research. Prerequisite: Course 202. Offered annually. A. Devlin
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the anatomical, physiological and psychological/behavioral aspects of sensation and perception. This course will include lecture and discussions of the basic sensory mechanisms and higher order processing of visual, auditory, tactile and chemical information. The impact of sensation and perception on development, learning and memory, cognition and environmental adaptation will also be presented. Prerequisite: Psychology 101, Biology 101, or Biology 105. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
An examination of theory and practice in the field of behavioral medicine. Emphasis will be placed on the role of mind-body interaction in physical health and illness. Approaches to health maintenance will be discussed. Prerequisite: Course 208 or Biology 202 or Psychology/Biology 314 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Offered in alternate years. J. Chrisler
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4.00 Credits
Relationship between the nervous system and behavior. Neural and sensory functioning and the biological substrates of homeostatic behaviors, such as sex, aggression, and feeding. Biological basis of language, learning, development, emotions, stress and mental functioning. Course will be a combination of lectures, dissections, laboratory experiments, selfguided investigations, computer tutorials and classroom demonstrations. This is the same course as Biology 314. Two lectures and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Course 202 or Biology 202 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Offered annually. R. Grahn
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