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3.00 Credits
A survey of theory and research in the field of industrial/ organizational psychology. Topics include: personnel psychology (recruitment, selection, training, and performance appraisal); leadership; team building and dynamics; psychological dimensions of organizational management; and human performance psychology (job design and specification). Pre: MGMT 1000 or PSY 1000.
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An examination of the behaviorist approach to understanding and influencing learning. Included are reviews of historical stimulus-response models and more current cognition-based models. Ethical questions associated with the goal of systematically studying and applying behavior influence principles are addressed, including questions of whether behaviorists seek to stifle "free will," and whodecides what behaviors should be reinforced. Pre: WRI 1200 and PSY 1000.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the processes by which sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. Major topics include: pattern recognition, attention, memory, visual language, language, problem-solving, and decision-making. This course systematically describes these topics, explains their theoretical foundations, and reviews the empirical support for each. Practical applica tions to improving memory, thinking about people, and designing computer interfaces are also covered. Pre: WRI 1200 and PSY 1000.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to acquaint the travel industry student with the consumer-traveler. Understanding the traveler in psychological instead of demographic terms provides new insights into travel behavior for the future professional. The course focuses on why an individual traveler behaves in a particular manner. It differs markedly from the tourism literature that focuses on descriptions of the mass behavior rather than explanations of individual behavior. Pre: TIM 1010 or PSY 1000.
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3.00 Credits
A systematic discussion and practice of the major mental skills required for optimal performance in physical sports. These include the relaxation response, directing attentional focus, becoming proficient in mental imaging, promoting positive thoughts, awareness of pain and pain control, and the effortless regulation of movement. Pre: WRI 1200 and PSY 1000.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the field of adolescent psychology that covers both theory and research on emotional growth, family and peer relations, cognitive development, and other aspects of the maturation process. Theories examined in this course derive from the works of Anna Freud, Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson, Sullivan, and others. Pre: PSY 1000 and WRI 1200. Recommended: PSY 3110 or PSY 3400.
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3.00 Credits
Interviewing and counseling methods for work with clients on a one-to-one basis. The focus is on basic skills that can be used to assess a wide range of situations and engage clients in problem solving. Also covered are factors relating to the human services worker-client relationship, including ethical issues associated with using relationship for therapeutic purposes. Pre: WRI 1200 and PSY 1000.
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3.00 Credits
Issues and methods in the use of small groups to promote personal growth, therapeutic interaction, and social change. Group formation, maintenance, and termination; group dynamics; and roles/skills appropriate to group leadership and membership. Pre: PSY 1000 and one research methods course.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of individuals from conception to death. Theories and research evidence concerning factors such as heredity, early experience, parenting styles, peers, school, societal values, work, retirement, leisure, aging processes, death and bereavement will be assessed in the context of development through the life span. Pre: PSY 1000; PSY 2100 or MATH 1123; and PSY 2200 or concurrent enrollment or SOC 2100 or SOC 3100 or any three biology or chemistry courses.
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3.00 Credits
This is a brief, pragmatic survey of advanced statistical concepts for non-mathematicians. Topics will include fundamental concepts/assumptions and use of statistical software for computing analysis of variance for factorial and repeated-measures designs, multivariate analysis of variance and covariance, partial correlation, multiple regression, and discriminant analysis. Examples from psychology. Pre: PSY 2200 or one research methods course and one statistics course.
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