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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Junior standing and PSYCH 2270, or consent of instructor. Data and theory concerned with social behavior in infants, preschoolers, and school-aged children. Discussion will include emotional regulation, measurement and nature of temperament, formation and maintenance of attachment relationships, sex-role development, theories of aggression and the effects of socializing agents such as family, peers, media, and culture on development.
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Prerequisites: 9 hours of Psychology or 6 hours of Black Studies minor, or consent of instructor. Provides an overview of the emergence of contemporary African American Psychology. It explores the implications of a psychological perspective specific to African Americans. Traditional research theories are explored from a historical perspective. African American identity, socialization, personality, cognitive development, and mental health are discussed. Contemporary issues which impact African American behaviors and attitudes are also addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Junior standing and twelve hours of Psychology, or consent of instructor. Survey of current theoretical material in the area of motivation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2160 or SOC 2160. Psychological perspective on the role of nonverbal behavior in social settings. Primary concerns of the course will include an analysis of a) functions of nonverbal behavior (e.g., communication, intimacy exchange, control), b) factors influencing nonverbal expression (e.g., culture, personality, relationships), and c) various theoretical views on nonverbal behavior and communication. Applications to various problems and settings in everyday life will also be pursued.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: 9 hours of Psychology or Biology, including at least one of the following: either PSYCH 2200, PSYCH 2211, Psych. 4300 or PSYCH 4314 or permission of instructor. Can be taken for graduate credit. It is now clear that the endocrine system influences a notable range of reproductive and non-reproductive behaviors including mood, stress responses, cognition, memory, violence, attachment, aging, weight control and athletic prowess. Emphasis of the class is on hormonal contribution to reproductive and non-reproductive behaviors and sex steroids influences on the brain from prenatal life to old age as well as their contribution to gender behavioral differences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Nine hours of psychology or consent of instructor. A survey of contemporary research, theory, and facts pertaining to the acquisition, retention, and forgetting of information.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Nine hours of psychology or consent of instructor. An introduction to modern analytical approaches to the psychology of thinking: problem solving, reasoning, categorizing, judgment, attention, and consciousness. Particular attention is paid to the mental structures and operations involved in the encoding, abstraction, representation, transformation, and retrieval of knowledge.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: At least fifteen hours of psychology. The course should be taken no sooner than the winter term of the junior year. Historical antecedents of contemporary psychology, including a survey of systems and schools of psychology.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYCH 2201 and PSYCH 2219, or consent of instructor. Survey of psychological tests and principles of reliability, validity, test construction, and test evaluation.
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Prerequisite: Nine hours of psychology. A survey of neuropsychological findings concerning relationships between brain and behavior. Topics will include brain function, neuroanatomy, neurological syndromes, and methods of neuropsychological assessment.
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