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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Davidson, Nilsen Content: Application of cognitive theory to decision making and problem solving. Selective perception, memory, contextual effects on decision making, paradoxes in rationality, biases created from problem-solving heuristics, probability and risk assessment, perception of randomness, attribution of causality, group judgments and decisions. Prerequisite: Psychology 100. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Davidson, LaBounty Content: Psychological development in domains including perception, cognition, language, personality, social behavior. How psychological processes evolve and change. Emphasis on infancy and childhood. Prerequisite: Psychology 100. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Schoeneman Content: Issues in defining abnormality; classification and description of abnormal behaviors; societal reactions to abnormal behavior; theory and research on causes, treatments, and prevention of pathology; major psychopathologies including physical symptoms and stress reactions; anxiety, somatoform, and dissociative disorders; sexual dysfunctions; addictions; sociopathy and other personality disorders; schizophrenia; mood disorders. Prerequisite: Psychology 100. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
B. Detweiler-Bedell Content: The effects of social and cognitive processes on the ways individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others. Person perception, the self, prejudice and stereotyping, social identity, attitudes and attitude change, conformity, interpersonal attraction, altruism, aggression, group processes, intergroup conflict. Prerequisite: Psychology 100. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Watson, Zhang Content: An examination of how the brain controls and regulates behavior. Basic properties of neurons, neurotransmitters, and the basic anatomy of the nervous system. Emphasis on the brain's role in such functions as sensation, emotion, language, learning and memory, sexual behavior, sleep, and motivation. The biological bases of abnormal conditions, such as affective disorders, amnesia, learning disorders. Prerequisite: Psychology 100. Not open to students with previous credit in Psychology 350. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Topics not covered in depth in other department courses, or facultysupervised research projects. Details determined by the student in conference with the supervising faculty member. First-year or sophomore level. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: As needed, 1-4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
LaBounty, Nilsen Content: Research methodologies and experimental design techniques applied to laboratory investigation of psychological phenomena. Data collected from laboratory studies analyzed statistically and reported in technical lab reports. Prerequisites: Psychology 100 and 200. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Nilsen Content: Coverage of classical and contemporary research topics in cognition. Discussion of scientific methods used to investigate cognition. Emphasis on memory, reasoning, decision making, and cognitive science. Laboratory sections supplement lectures and readings with computer-based experiments and demonstrations. Prerequisites: Psychology 100, 200, 220, and 300. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
B. Detweiler-Bedell Content: Continuation of Psychology 200; emphasis on theory and experimental design. Variance, covariance, regression analyses, nonparametrics, and exploratory data analyses using the computer as a tool in psychological research (SPSS statistical analysis programs and PC/Mac packages). Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 300, or consent of instructor based on statistical experience. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: How the anatomy and physiology of sensory systems interact with expectations and prior experiences to allow the brain to perceive the world in an extremely efficient manner. Discussion of scientific methods used to investigate perception. Emphasis on visual processing, but other senses also discussed. Laboratory sections supplement lectures and readings with computer-based experiments and demonstrations. Prerequisite: Psychology 100, 200, 220, 280, 300, or consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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