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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the scientific study of the mind and behavior and to applications of psychological theory and research to everyday life. Topics covered include abnormal psychology, biological psychology, cognition, development, learning, personality, and social psychology. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for PSY103.
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4.00 Credits
This is the first of a two-course sequence (with PSY204R) integrating statistics and research methods in psychology. The course covers basic research design principles and descriptive statistics, and introduces the normal curve and the sampling distributions underlying inferential statistics. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours per week. Limited to Psychology majors and minors. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY203 or 203R. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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4.00 Credits
This is the second of a two-course sequence (with PSY203R) integrating statistics and research methods in psychology. The course covers more complex research designs and inferential statistical methods, including one-and two-way analysis of variance and selected non-parametric techniques. Students will design and conduct an independent research project. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours per week. Limited to Psychology majors and minors. Required of Psychology majors. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY204. Prerequisite: PSY203R.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of research in animal and human learning including topics in reflexive behavior, classical and operant conditioning. Emphasis will be placed on behaviorism as a philosophy of science, reasoning about cause and effect, evolutionary mechanisms, animal research ethics, and the application of learning in institutional and clinical environments. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY301. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the study of perception, memory, thought, language, attention, and reasoning. Connections with other cognitive sciences, including linguistics, neuroscience, computer science, and philosophy of mind, will be explored. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and the methods of biological psychology, and explores the biological bases of psychological development, behavior, and behavior disorders. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course describes the various forms of abnormal behavior. It covers the etiology, development and treatment of the major psychological disorders. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY302. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to theory and research in social psychology, the scientific study of how people's thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and behavior are affected by others. Topics include perception of the self and others, attitudes and persuasion, conformity, compliance and obedience, altruism, aggression, social influence and group decision-making. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY250. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
Personality psychology is the scientific study of the whole person and of individual differences. The course will survey major theories of personality. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY303. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course stresses the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors which affect the human organism from birth through adolescence. Various theoretical points of view, e.g. Freud, Piaget, Erikson, are presented. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY206, PSY251 or PSY252. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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