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3.00 Credits
Survey of psychoactive drugs, their effects on mind and behavior, and prevention and treatment of drug abuse.
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5.00 - 10.00 Credits
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
Design, analysis, and interpretation of research in psychology. Instruction on different research techniques and ethics in research. Students conduct, analyze, and evaluate empirical research and gain experience preparing APA-style research reports. Includes laboratory/ discussion sessions.
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3.00 Credits
(SS; 4 cr; =[Psy 3401/3402/3403]; prereq 1051; counts as elective cr for the Psy major or minor, and psy elective for the LAHS major; fall, every year) An introduction to theory, data, and research approaches in development from the prenatal period through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging until the cessation of life. Includes physical, perceptual, cognitive, language, moral, personality, socio-emotional, family, and career development and changes over time, as well as issues of death, dying, and bereavement. Includes a multicultural focus. Students who intend a deeper focus in developmental psychology should consider 3401-3402- 3403, an upper-division alternative to this course.
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5.00 - 10.00 Credits
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the interactive biological, psychological, and socio-cultural processes that shape the lives of women and the experience of gender. Topics include: the psychobiology of sex; the social construction of sex and gender; socialization and development; media representations; identity and sexuality; language and communication; motivation and personality; relationships; work and family lives; mental and physical health; mid- and later life development; victimization; therapy; intersections of race, class, and gender; and feminist approaches to teaching, learning, and knowing.
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3.00 Credits
Major theories of learning and their importance for understanding human and nonhuman behavior. Classical and operant conditioning, generalization, discrimination, stimulus control, animal cognition. Behavior modification theories and techniques and their application to clinical populations. Lab projects demonstrate learning and behavior modification theories, concepts, and techniques and illustrate research methods and theory testing. Includes lab.
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3.00 Credits
Empirical study of sensory processes and perceptual organization with emphasis on vision and audition. Anatomy and physiology of sense organs, psychophysics, signal detection theory, attention, speech perception, and perceptual-motor coordination. Includes lab.
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3.00 Credits
Empirical study of memory, language behaviors, representation of knowledge, judgment, decision making, problem solving, and creative thinking. Includes lab.
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3.00 Credits
Phylogenetic comparison of animal behavior emphasizing mechanisms of adaptation. Mechanisms of speciation, behavior genetics, evolution and ontogeny of the central nervous system, ethological determinants of behavior and learning. Includes lab.
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