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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This seminar provides an in-depth examination of cognitive development from infancy through adolescence. Topics include the development of knowledge about physical objects, memory, language, numerical understanding, and an understanding of the mind. For each topic we discuss the results of various research studies with an emphasis on the methodologies used, various interpretations of the findings, and practical applications of the work. Prerequisite: PS 236 or PS 233; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys research topics that pertain to effective parenting, such as parental discipline practices, and the effects of media on development. Research is drawn from fields such as developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, abnormal psychology and anthropology. Prerequisite: PS 307; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
The biological bases of behavior are studied in detail. Emphasis is on the brain correlates of motivational states. Topics include reproductive behavior, neuronal plasticity, hunger and thirst, emotion, sleep, language, memory, vision and drug states. Prerequisite: PS 252 or BI 102; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
Speciesspecific behavior in vertebrates and invertebrates is explored with particular emphasis on comparative analysis of various social behaviors. Topics include instinct, critical periods, imprinting, reproductive behavior, aggression, learning, sleep, communication, and biological clocks. Prerequisite: PS 307 or BI 102; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the sensory systems as gateways to the mind. Psychological mechanisms of vision, audition, taste, smell, pain and other senses are explored, as well as the psychophysics, anatomy and physiology of these sensory systems. Prerequisite: PS 233 or PS 252; Every Year, Fall and Spring
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4.00 Credits
This course presents an advanced study of the history, philosophical bases and contemporary issues in respondent and operant conditioning in particular, and in learning in general; a survey of current applications of basic theory and research including behavior modification; and examination of the social controversy generated by such applications. Lab accompanies the course. Prerequisite: PS 101 and one PS 200-level course; Every Year, All
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0.00 Credits
Lab to accompany PS 355. Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the scientific study of language. Topics include speech physiology, psychological processes underlying the production and comprehension of both spoken and written language, the psychological and biological milestones of language acquisition (both normal and special), theories of language evolution, cognitive neuroscience of language, and the relationship of language to other cognitive processes. Prerequisite: PS 233 or PS 252.
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3.00 Credits
Students learn what psychology research reveals about development in children between the ages of 5-14. The class explores the following domains: sensory-motor, neurological, cognitive, language, social and emotion. Students learn about developmental questions that pertain especially to school-aged children, such as whether IQ can change, and about influences that may be particularly powerful, such as exposure to community violence. The facts of development are connected to theories of learning, motivation, intelligence, cognition and cultural psychology and also are applied to education. Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an in-depth exploration of the traditional ideas and innovations of industrial psychology. Topics include, but are not limited to: recruitment and selection of employees, development and implementation of performance appraisal systems, issues involved in training employees, employment law, and labor-management relations. Prerequisite: PS 265; Every Year, Fall
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