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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course studies selection, training, motivation, morale, supervision, leadership and organizational development in business and industry. Emphasis is given to the psychological techniques used to measure and analyze behavior in industry. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY314. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores how the brain carries out the functions of the mind. Through examinations of cognitive function following brain damage and patterns of brain activation during cognitive tasks, this course will explore the functional organization of our abilities to remember, use language, perceive the world, make plans, and experience emotion. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY315 or PSY316. Prerequisites: PSY101 or PSY103, and PSY204 and one year of college biology.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic principles of behavior analysis derived from both classical and operant conditioning. Students will learn to use these principles to analyze and interpret examples of both overt and covert human behavior. In doing so, students will examine the relation between verbal and non-verbal behavior as it relates to the concepts of rule-governed behavior, self-control, and self-management. Not open to students who have received credits for PSY351. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the major topics, methods, and perspectives within the psychology of language. Included will be linguistic analysis, speech recognition, animal communication and language, language and thought, language acquisition, and language disorders. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY211.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the psychology of human behavior as applied to the law. It will compare psychological perspectives and emphasize the role of psychologists as expert witnesses in resolving legal conflicts. Topics include psychological research related to jury selection and deliberation, eyewitness testimony and identification; the recovered memory debate; assessment of competence, the insane, and involuntary commitment; and psychological aspects of criminal profiling. Prerequisites: PSY101 and Junior/Senior class standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the scientific and professional issues in the field of clinical psychology. It will focus on the professional role of the clinical psychologist in mental health settings. Topics include psychological assessment, forms of clinical intervention, research on the psychotherapy process and outcome, and current professional issues. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY215.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines human and animal behavior and mental phenomena as the products of evolution by natural and sexual selection. Data on human and animal psychology, such as those found in studies of consciousness and cognition will be interpreted in light of principles of evolution, and current work designed to test evolutionary predictions will be considered. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
An empirically oriented course which examines the psychological literature on sex-roles and developmental differences between women and men, the psychological implications of events unique to women, and the treatment of women in classic and current theories and research. The course will explore both biological and cultural influences on gender, and explore the oppression and victimization of women across cultures. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the self as a product of hereditary and environmental influences on the structure and function of the brain. Topics include brain mechanisms underlying learning and behavior change, how the brain creates a coherent and useful conscious awareness of the world around us, and the brain's ability to carry our several functions simultaneously. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for PSY305. Prerequisites: PSY212, either PSY210 or PSY328, and BIO124.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how perception, thinking and reasoning, memory, and other mental processes change with development. Several theoretical perspectives will be explored, including Piagetian and New-Piagetian, information processing, psychometric and multiple intelligences. In addition to learning the theoretical perspectives, students will learn how cognition is assessed, how social and cultural context affect that assessment, and some practical applications. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: A course in developmental psychology-PSY218, PSY251, PSY252, PSY322, PSY337, PSY432, or PSY544.
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