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Seminar, three hours. Historical and philosophical perspectives of violence as a way to enhance social science views. Violence as a problem of the social order. The state of nature, the social contract, and human destructiveness explored in conjunction with overviews of violence and warfare. Prerequisites: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent; and consent of instructor.
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Lecture, three hours. Faulty eyewitness testimony is a major cause of wrongful convictions. Covers the fast-growing topic of eyewitness testimony and memory for real-world events, both how psychologists study eyewitness capacity, and how the legal system has dealt with eyewitness issues. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 10 and senior standing. Same as Criminology, Law and Society C177.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines factors involved in shaping public health and environmental policy. Topics include the role of science in public health policy, the function of governmental regulatory agencies, citizen participation, and economic and sociopolitical aspects of controlling infectious diseases and regulating carcinogens. Same as Public Health 124.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Covers statistical techniques used to describe and make generalizations about phenomena represented by data. Hands-on experience in data analysis and interpretation using statistical software (SPSS, STATA) is emphasized. Topics include data visualization, ANOVA, multiple regression, and categorical data analyses. Prerequisite: Social Ecology 13 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. The ecological study of contexts in which the child develops and is socialized: the family, school, peer group, media, and community. Examines the impact of societal influences, such as culture, religion, economics, politics, and technology. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. History, major theories, methods, and applications of motivational psychology, with emphasis on European approaches. Origins of the field in personality, learning, cognition, and activation research. Recent innovations in motivational and volitional self-recognition. Current approaches, major debates, empirical research programs. Prerequisites: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C; P106; P108 or Environmental Analysis and Design E108U. Psychology and Social Behavior P191D and Psychology 121M may not both be taken for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Major concepts in motivation and self-regulation as they develop during the phases of life. Topics include: development of action in infants; childhood conceptions about competence; causal attributions for success and failure; beliefs about control; goal-engagement and disengagement across adulthood. Prerequisites: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent; and either Psychology and Social Behavior P106 or P191D, and consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Introductory overview of the biology of behavior with a focus on the structure and function of the brain. Selected behaviors (e.g., eating, sleeping) and psychological states (e.g., stress, psychiatric disorders) are addressed from a biopsychological perspective. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11A, or Psychology 7A or 9A, or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examines risk perceptions and behaviors of individuals and societies in response to terrorism. Topics: unconventional and emerging threats, psychology of terror, coping and resilience, risk communication, media effects on psychological responses, public health preparedness for mass-casualty terrorism. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent. Same as Planning, Policy, and Design 171.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. A history of the development of various schools and systems of psychological thought. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P9 or P11C, or Psychology 7A or 9C, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Same as Psychology 120H.
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