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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Development of skills that may be useful in working directly with clients and others, including listening for emotions, monitoring one's own reactions and responses, and building a client-worker relationship, which can foster constructive change in the client.
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3.00 Credits
Study of both professional and popular theories regarding mental illness and abnormal behavior. Exploration of chronology of abnormal behavior theories and treatments from demonology and phrenology to psychophysiology and chemotherapy, from madness and demonic possession to modern day viewpoints. Comparative study of the medical, behavioral and social models of mental disorder.
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2.00 Credits
Provides psychology majors and minors an opportunity to engage in collaborative research at the undergraduate level. Students will have the opportunity to work with a member of the faculty and
other students on research projects of general interest. Students can take up to four times for credit.
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4.00 Credits
This course will cover the techniques and findings of modern cognitive psychology, as well as the theoretical issues and explanatory models of complex mental processes. Potential topics include: thinking, problem-solving, creativity, memory, attention, language, mental imagery, cognitive development, and the neural basis of cognition. Lecture: 3 hours. Laboratory: 2 hours.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of current and traditional research findings and theories related to classical, operant, and observational learning. Non-associative forms of learning and the application of learning principles in behavior modification will also be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the recent advances in understanding how the brain works and how it controls behavior. Beginning with the basics of the structure and functioning of the nervous system, students explore the biological bases of topics that have long been of interest to psychologists. These topics include: Sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, learning and memory, and abnormal behavior and its treatments..
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with how we construct a conception of physical reality from sensory experience. While the primary focus will be on vision and hearing, the chemical senses (taste and smell) and the somatosenses (touch, temperature, vibration, etc.) will also be addressed. Students will cover the anatomy and physiology of the various sensory receptors, the neural mechanisms of sensation, sensory representation in the brain, as well as the phenomenological experience of perception. Topics will include the ways in which illusions can fool our senses and what they tell us about how our sensory systems work.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores what is currently known about the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders and the use of psychoactive drugs to treat them. Starting with the basics of the brain/behavior relationship and principles of pharmacology, we will cover the symptoms and treatment of the affective disorders, anxiety disorders and the schizophrenias, among others. Also included will be the psychological aspects and pharmacotherapy of the neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease.
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3.00 Credits
Drug abuse is our nation's number one health and social problem. In this course students will examine the use and abuse of drugs from many perspectives: social, historical, legal, medical, pharmacological and psychological. Beginning with a basic coverage of how the brain controls behavior, we will look at how drugs interact with the brain to have such powerful effects on behavior. Topics will include the medical use of drugs (including over-the-counter and psychotherapeutic drugs), the illegal abuse of drugs like heroine and cocaine, and the use and abuse of legal drugs such as caffeine, nicotine and alcohol.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on gender issues from the perspective of different disciplines. Specific topics may include: biological, social, and cultural determinants of gender differences, gender roles in the family, philosophical views of men and women, gender in the classroom, gender issues in the workplace, gender issues in the health professions, and men, women and power.
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