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4.00 Credits
This course addresses the basic question: How does gender influence your identity and development? You will review research about the patterning and origins of gender differences in behavior, cognitive functioning and personality. We will also consider how cultural definitions of gender influence the socialization of men and women into adult social and occupational roles. You will be expected to critically analyze psychological research and theory for gender-related biases. Offered annually. Also offered as WOST. Prerequisite: PSYC 1001.
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Study of the course of human maturation and aging from adulthood until death. Focus on how gender, social class, race, culture and ethnicity mediates the aging process. Topics include the self and the life story, marriage and the family, intergenerational influences, work, retirement, health, well-being, physical aging, death and dying. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2025 and junior or senior status or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced developmental psychology course about the role of socialization processes in personality and social development. We will focus on cultural differences in socialization and the influence of different agents of socialization (parents, peers, teachers, media). Topics include gender role socialization, moral development, attachment and affiliation, and identity formation processes. Weekly laboratory sessions focus on descriptive and observational research methods. You design and complete an independent research project. Offered annually. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2025, 2050.
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4.00 Credits
Perennial and current issues in the study of learning: reactive, classical, operant and observational; behavior modification; motor learning; biological limits on learning; verbal learning and basic memory processes; applications to education and training. You will participate in weekly laboratory exercises and design and execute an independent research project. Offered annually. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2050.
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4.00 Credits
Survey of current research paradigms, information processing theories and controversies in a wide range of areas, including attention, pattern recognition, mental imagery, models of memory and forgetting, language, concept formation, problem solving and creativity. You will participate in weekly laboratory exercises and design and execute an independent research project. Offered annually. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2050.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of a variety of relationship techniques for use in the regular classroom as well as in education-related services and other helping professions. Discovery of approaches that best fit a person's own characteristics and preferred ways of working to help others acquire appropriate social behaviors. Not open to first-year students. Offered annually. Same as EDUC 3540. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2025. Psychology majors and minors need permission of their psychology advisor.
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4.00 Credits
Survey of current theory and research in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology. Topics include worker attitudes and motivation, personnel selection and training, job performance and performance appraisal, occupational health, organizations and organizational development, work/life balance and leadership. Emphasis is placed on principles of measurement; individual differences in behavior at work and influences of organizational factors on individual behaviors. You participate in weekly lab sessions and design studies, collect and analyze data, interpret study findings and write scientific reports. Offered annually. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2050.
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Survey of current theory and research. Topics include effects of mass communication and group membership upon the attitudes and behavior of the individual, experimental methodology, attitude formation and change, interpersonal attraction, altruism, aggression, prejudice and group dynamics. You will participate in weekly laboratory sessions and design and execute social psychological research projects. Offered annually. Also offered as SOCI. Prerequisites: PSYC 1001, 2050.
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4.00 Credits
The study of biological mechanisms underlying behavior. Examines the anatomy, physiology and pharmacology of the nervous system in relation to sensation, movement and cognition. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory (including independent student research) each week. Offered in alternate years. Also offered as BIOL. Prerequisites: BIOL 1210, 1220 and a course in statistics.
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4.00 Credits
For the first half of this course you will study the major philosophies, scientific discoveries and cultural developments that led to the formation of psychology as a discipline. The second half examines psychology's impact on society. Topics include key features of the western intellectual tradition, the emergence of the secular-scientific worldview, and the history of psychology's involvement in education, mental health and culture. You will have the opportunity to research a topic in psychology of your choice. Offered annually. Prerequisites: Four courses in psychology. Senior status recommended.
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