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3.00 Credits
PSY 904. Biological and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology Develops the idea that psychology is a biosocial science. Examines the philosophical foundations of science itself before exploring the biological foundations and contextual nature of psychological science. Readings cover biological factors as they pertain to psychology: evolution, genetics, maturation, functional neuroanatomy, physiology. Includes critical reviews of genetic determinism, neural localization, and hemispheric specialization. Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
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3.00 Credits
PSY 905. Cognitive/Learning Foundations of Behavior Focuses on how human beings learn, maintain, and modify behavior, and how cognitive knowledge is acquired, maintained, represented, and used. Serves as an integrated resource of the main issues and the theoretical questions investigated in the psychology of learning and cognition. A basic understanding of classical and instrumental conditioning, and the cognitive processes of memory, language, speech, thought, decision making, and problem solving are provided. Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
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3.00 Credits
Assessment of Personality and Individual Differences Reviews psychometric principles underlying assessment of individual differences in cognition and personality. Major approaches to assessment of normal personality variables are examined. Students self administer several personality instruments and assess a client under supervision. Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
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3.00 Credits
Social and Developmental Foundations of Behavior Examines basic assumptions, theories and methods in social and developmental psychology. Describes and analyzes research concerning the functional significance of social relationships for development and the embeddedness of behavior in social, ecological and cultural contexts, focusing on a number of substantive issues such as person perception and social cognition, affiliation and attachment, socialization and interpersonal interaction, social support and social roles and contexts over the life span. Considers the applications of theories of attribution, attitude change, group functioning and attachment to current social problems Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
PSY 908. Doctoral Dissertation Repeatable for credit. Graded S/U only. Prerequisite: admission to candidacy and instructor's consent.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
PSY 909. Preproposal Research A research course for students who have completed the 2nd year project but have not taken qualifying examinations. Focuses on the first steps in developing a dissertation proposal. May be taken an unlimited number of times. Graded S/U.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
PSY 911. Teaching of Psychology: Principles, Practices & Ethics Prepares doctoral students in psychology to assume undergraduate teaching duties. Presents basic pedagogical tools as well as university and departmental policies and procedures. Students learn about opportunities to incorporate technology in the classroom and have several occasions to observe and practice teaching. Introduces students to important ethical issues that confront teachers of psychology and provides strategies for handling ethical dilemmas. Psychology graduate students are required to complete the 2-hour/1-hour fall/spring sequence or have equivalent experience before teaching. Graded S/U.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Psychological Principles of Human Factors Focuses on the interaction of people with machines and technology in a variety of environments. Provides depth to the topics surveyed in PSY 386 and serves as a means of integrating cognitive, biological, and perceptual psychology in applied settings. Prerequisites: completion of undergraduate course in cognitive psychology or PSY 905; and instructor's consent after interview for doctoral students from other disciplines.
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3.00 Credits
PSY 921. Seminar in Human Factors Focuses on a sample of contemporary human factors problems through review of current literature and theory. Content changes as new problems attain prominence internationally, but a typical sample might be human factors in the aging population; human factors in airport security and baggage marking; and human factors in third-world industrialization. Prerequisites: completion of 9 hours of foundations of psychology doctoral courses; for doctoral students from other disciplines, instructor's consent after an interview.
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