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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisite: PSY 120. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles of behavior and hot to apply procedures derived from those principles to systematically changed socially important behaviors. Students will learn to apply theories and research findings from behavioral and cognitive psychology to educational practice. An emphasis is placed on the assessment of maladaptive behavior in classrooms and other settings and the development of effective procedures to change behavior in ethically and socially significant ways.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours This course focuses on the study of human growth and development from a psychological viewpoint. Topics include physical, social, emotional and intellectual development from conception through adulthood. This course is approved by the State of Nebraska Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse for alcohol/drug abuse counselor certification.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisites: PSY 120, SOC 130, and at least sophomore standing. The scientific study of the way individuals think, feel, and behave in social situations. Topics include social self, perception of others, interpersonal attraction, intimate relationships, helping others, aggression, attitudes, group processes, and the application of these topics to our lives.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisites: PSY 120, 200. This course focuses on current research and best practices in behavioral assessment. After reviewing the definition, characteristics, and basic concepts of applied behavior analysis, students will learn to select, define, measure, and functionally analyze behavior. Procedures for constructing and analyzing graphs and analyzing behavior change will be examined. Class time will be devoted to critical discussion of the topic and assigned readings, in-class activities, and a student project/presentation. This course is part of the sequence designed to prepare students to sit for the Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst (BCABA) exam.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisite: PSY 120; junior standing and BIO 204 recommended. This course focuses on the study of physiological aspects of behavior with special emphasis upon neurological structure and function. Experimental evidence on which psychophysiological theories are based is reviewed. Areas covered include the physiological bases of sleep, body needs regulation, motivation, learning, brain damage, and mental disorders.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours See course description under Psychology.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisites: PSY 120, MTH 210, and at least junior standing. An introduction to the construction, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests. This course reviews statistics, scaling techniques, and measurement theory. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of various psychological measures, will be able to read and interpret test critiques, and will be able to administer and interpret some commonly used standardized and non-standardized tests.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisite: PSY 120 and at least sophomore standing. This course is designed to provide the student with exposure to the minimal skills of counseling through exercises and role playing. Skills reviewed include: listening, empathy, confrontation, behavior analysis, biofeedback techniques, and group techniques. Counseling theories covered include affective, cognitive, behavioral, and systemic. The course also presents the ethical standards of counseling. Independent study and reporting are required.
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4.00 Credits
4 credit hours Prerequisite: PSY 120, SOC 130 and MTH 210. Serving as the department's "W" course, students are introduced to the research methods ohuman behavior, including literature review, experimental and correlational design, collection of data, analysis of results, APA writing style, and the ethics and philosophy of research. Students conduct studies with various designs as a class and individually write five- to eightpage reports of each study according to APA style. Each report is evaluated for style, form and content, corrections noted and returned before the completion of the next study. As a final project, each student individually designs, conducts, and writes an eight- to 10-page report of his/her own research topic. The course includes a lab.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisites: PSY 120 and at least junior standing. The purpose of this course is to study various theories of learning and related research. Indepth analysis through independent study and reporting allows students to research the biographies of prominent learning theorists, understand in detail specific theories oflearning, and become knowledgeable of critical research associated with different learning theorists.
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