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1.00 Credits
The course will introduce the student to the biological underpinnings of human behavior. After basic training in the fundamentals of brain anatomy and physiology, the role of the brain and basic biological processes in topics such as sensation and perception, food intake, reproductive behavior, learning, emotion, mechanisms of drug effects, and mental disorders will be examined. Methods used to study how the brain works will be introduced in laboratory sessions. Prerequisite: PSY-100. Fall and Spring semesters.
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A survey of the nature and characteristics of abnormal behavior, with attention to theories and research concerning causes, assessment, classification, and effective treatments for disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, eating disorders, chemical dependency, stress disorders, and lifespan problems. Prerequisite: PSY-100. Fall and Spring semesters.
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1.00 Credits
The nervous system integrates information about the world and the state of the individual to ensure appropriate behavioral responses. This course combines both biological and psychological approaches to pose the question of how animal brains perceive, process, and display the necessary information. We will use comparative behavioral models that are suitable to introduce fundamental mechanisms of neural and hormonal signaling in both lecture and laboratory. This course is intended for students with an interest in continuing studies in neuroscience. Prerequisite: BIO-101 or PSY-100. Spring semester.
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1.00 Credits
Off-campus employment experience related to the student's major. Students should seek approval from a Psychology Department faculty member before arranging an internship. Ordinarily, these are limited to one course credit. See description of the Internship Program. Prerequisite: junior or senior status. Offered Fall and Spring semesters, January Interim and Summer.
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0.25 Credits
This course is for students interested in collaborating with a faculty member on a research project in the faculty member's area of research expertise. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with extensive experiences in a particular area of research so the student will be prepared to conduct an independent research project during the senior year. Prerequisites: sophomore or junior status, and permission of the instructor. Grading is pass/fail. Fall and Spring semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Selected areas or problems for individual and/or group study. Offered Fall and Spring semesters, January Interim and Summer.
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1.00 Credits
This is a continuation of the study of development in PSY-234. It covers the life span from adolescence to life's end and focuses on the psychological development of the individual, from the attainment of independence in youth, through growth in capability and responsibility in adulthood, to the changing life patterns of old age. Emphasis will be on the special problems faced at each stage of life as a person completes the cycle of existence. Prerequisite: PSY-100. Spring semester.
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1.00 Credits
Humanistic psychology focuses on human potential for mature, healthy growth. It identifies the conditions that facilitate change; evaluates the role of choice, responsibility, and values in change; looks at the consolidating role of emotion; and, finally, assists the student to develop criteria for making reasoned choices about when and how to effect change in oneself and position oneself as a culturally sensitive person in a global world. Prerequisites: PSY-100 and PSY-236. Spring semester.
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1.00 Credits
These upper-level seminars are designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate expertise in a particular problem area within a sub-field of psychology. Students will be expected to learn to direct their own pursuit of knowledge and gain fluency in the theories, measures, and research methods used to address questions within their selected area. Students will be expected to direct class discussions and produce a paper that reviews theory and research on a problem and/or present the results of a research project. Successful students will also demonstrate their ability to relate the problems within their selected subfield to the broader challenges that face psychologists who participate in the development of psychology as a science. Prerequisite: PSY-100, PSY-224, or permission of the instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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1.00 Credits
This upper-level seminar is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate expertise in a particular problem area within neuroscience from a psychological perspective. Students will be expected to learn to direct their own pursuit of knowledge and gain fluency in the theories, measures, and research methods used to address questions within their selected area. Students will be expected to direct class discussions and produce a paper that reviews theory and research on a problem and/or present the results of a research project. Prerequisites: PSY-260 or permission of instructor. Fall or Spring semesters.
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