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3.00 Credits
Provides the student with a broad based understanding of the field of psychometrics, including the theories and techniques of psychological assessment. This course will be driven by an individual differences perspective to understand abilities, attitudes, and personality. The functions and origins of psychological testing will be discussed, as well as the nature, development, and use of contemporary tests. Technical and methodological principles, such as norms, reliability, validity, and item analysis will be presented, and various instruments, including intelligence tests, educational tests, occupational tests, personality tests, and clinical tests will be reviewed. This course will also tackle the controversial social, legal, ethical, and cultural issues related to testing. Prerequisite: PSYC 0101 and PSYC 0105.
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3.00 Credits
A presentation of the philosophies, methods, techniques, and research associated with five or six major contemporary counseling theories such as psychoanalytic, client-centered, rational emotive, and gestalt. Prerequisites: PSYC 0101 and PSYC 0201.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to help counselors to develop an understanding of the issues involved in helping relationships dealing with persons having educational, vocational, interpersonal and intrapersonal problems. Techniques and abilities to apply basic counseling skills will be stressed. The aim of the course is to develop an advanced understanding of major counseling theories. Elective for juniors and seniors. Prerequisites: PSYC 0101, PSYC 0201, and PSYC 0322.
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6.00 Credits
Students seek placement in agencies which provide various psychological services to the community. The primary goal of the placement is to provide an opportunity for the student to become involved in a meaningful manner with the services provided by the agency. It is hoped that the student can make a contribution to the service. The student is responsible, under the joint direction of an agency representative and a Department of Psychology supervisor, for the formulation of a detailed outline of activities, time commitment, and responsibilities. The student will also prepare a term paper and a final evaluation related to the activities in which he/she is involved. The agency is expected to provide general supervision and make a final evaluation of the student's performance. The Department representative will make periodic evaluations of the student's performance and will cooperate fully with the agency supervisor. Interested students should contact the Chair of the department. Prerequisites: PSYC 0101, PSYC 0201, PSYC 0322, and PSYC 0323.
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3.00 Credits
A limited enrollment course designed according to current student and faculty interests and focuses on advanced study of current research and theory in a particular area of psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 0101 and senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
presentation of theories of how family interaction and patterns of response influence personality and behavior. An exploration of the characteristics of "healthy" and "unhealthy" families and the types of individuals they produce. A review of family therapy techniques as a means of treating the "identified patient." Limited to juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: PSYC 0101.
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3.00 Credits
The psychology of sensation, perception, psycholinguistics, cognition and information processing. Topics include memory, attention, pattern recognition, thinking, problem solving, language, and artificial intelligence. Lectures stress in-depth reviews of the experimental evidence which bears on theories of cognition and language. Prerequisites: PSYC 0101 and PSYC 0105.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of theories and research in the study of emotion. Topics to be covered include historical and cultural influences on the understanding of emotion, current theoretical explanations of emotion, research on the elements of emotion, issues of development, and other topics such as emotional regulation, emotional intelligence and the role of emotion in cognition, personality and disorder. This is a seminar style course. It fulfills the capstone requirement for the psychology major. Prerequisites: PSYC 0101 and senior standing and at lest six hours of 300-level psychology courses or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine issues related to women's mental health. Topics will include theories of female personality development, socialization, life cycle events, sexuality, psychopathology more frequently associated with women (e.g. depression, eating disorders, phobias) , specific treatment needs of women, the impact of violence against women, and international issues concerning women.
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3.00 Credits
each offering; students may receive no more than 6 credits for this course number. Offered on an irregular basis. This offering is an in-depth study of a limited and/or specialized area within one field of psychology. The exact title will vary according to the specialization of the instructor and the interest of the students. Prerequisites for majors: PSYC 0101 and at least 9 additional credits in psychology. Prerequisites for non-majors: PSYC 0101 and permission.
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