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3.00 Credits
Examines how evolution has shaped the behaviors of animals to be adaptive, primarily exploring the functional significance of animal behavior. Topics include animal communication, foraging, antipredator strategies, sociality, mating systems, and parental care patterns. Laboratory involves naturalistic observations and experimental research with a variety of animal species. Lecture/laboratory. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology 120 Staff
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3.00 Credits
The study of how humans process (i.e., acquire, store, and use) information. Topics include attention, perception, short- and long-term memory, mnemonics, imagery, language, problem solving, reasoning, and intelligence. Students design, conduct, and report original research studies on fundamental cognitive phenomena in laboratory. Lecture/laboratory. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology 203 or permission of instructor Talarico
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3.00 Credits
Examines how social psychologists conduct research. Students read and critique primary sources on such topics as altruism and compliance. In the laboratory component, students conduct research projects illustrating various social psychological methods. Lecture/ laboratory. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology 203 and 235 or permission of instructor Shaw, Childs
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3.00 Credits
Advanced course that focuses on either development during childhood, youth and/or adulthood. This is a laboratory course that focuses on current theoretical models, recent research, and assessment and anlytic methods in relation to a range of course-relevant topics. Students conduct research projects related to the topics under study in laboratory or field settings. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology 203 and 233 or 234 or permission of instructor Bookwala, McGillicuddy-DeLisi
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3.00 Credits
An overview of industrial (personnel) psychology. Topics include criterion development, performance appraisal, recruitment and selection, validation research, selection bias, job analysis, training and development, compensation, and personnel psychology and the law. Prerequisite: Psychology 120, or Mathematics 176 or 186, or permission of instructor Vinchur
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3.00 Credits
An overview of organizational psychology. Topics include motivation, leadership, group processes, organizational stress, job satisfaction, communication processes, decision theory, power, and organizational effectiveness, development, and theory. Prerequisite: Psychology 120 or Mathematics 176 or 186 or permission of instructor Vinchur
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3.00 Credits
Examines some of the major theories of counseling, such as psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and client-centered therapy. Students are involved with both conceptual and practical aspects of each counseling approach. Prerequisite: Psychology 231 or permission of instructor Basow
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3.00 Credits
The emphasis in this course is on the principles underlying psychological testing. These princples are applied to tests in all content areas in psychology (e.g., clinical, educational, neurological, industrial). Topics include the history of psychological tests, technical and methodological concerns such as reliability and validity, and legal, social, and ethical issues. Prominent tests in selected content areas of psychology are examined. Prerequisite: Psychology 120 or permission of instructor Vinchur, McGillicuddy-DeLisi
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3.00 Credits
Provides a historical survey of psychology, with an emphasis on the development of scientific psychology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the topics explored are the origins of psychology in philosophy and neurology, "schools" of psychology such as functionalism, Gestalt psychology, and behaviorism, and the lives and careers of psychology pioneers. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology 110, junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor Childs, Vinchur
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3.00 Credits
An experientially based course in which students apply their knowledge from academic course work to a field setting and explore research relevant to their field activities. The internship site matches the student's interest (e.g., human service agency; personnel department, etc.). Field supervision/seminar. [W] Prerequisite: Psychology major or minor, junior or senior status, and permission of instructor Staff
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