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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A survey of the empirical evidence on gender differences and issues specific to women. Gender differences are examined from biological, developmental, social, and cognitive perspectives. Issues specific to women, such as discrimination and stereotyping, are also examined. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines the application of psychological theory, method, and research to issues in the legal system. Topics covered include eyewit- ness testimony, jury selection, determination of dangerousness, assessment of competence, and treatment of offender populations. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Recommended: PYSC 3170. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines the applications of psychological theory, method, and research to issues in business, industry, and organizational settings. Topics addressed include: performance appraisal, personnel section and management, work motivation, organizational communication, leader- ship, group dynamics, and ergonomics. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Recommended: PYSC 3170. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the psychological processes utilized in making decisions. Topics covered include judgment, estimation, predic- tion and diagnosis, choice under certainty, heuristics and biases, risky decision making, and problem solving, as well as methods that have been developed to improve these processes. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines the perception, comprehension, and production of language. Topics covered include psychological and linguistic aspects of phonology, syntax, and semantics; the biological bases of language; reading; bilingualism; language acquisition; and disorders. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Recommended: PYSC 3100. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course describes the physical, sensory, cognitive, personality, and social changes that occur in normal aging. Examines the dominant theories of developmental psychology from young adulthood through old age. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Study of the behavioral effects of the most common legal and illegal drugs. The various actions of each drug on the central nervous system are emphasized, with a concentration on how these actions lead to behavioral changes. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Recommended: PYSC 3180. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Cognitive processes underlying memory, problem solving, and consciousness. Systematic exploration of processes, mechanisms, and putative structures involved in encoding, storage, retrieval, and use of information. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Mechanisms underlying immediate experience produced by stimuli, and the organization of these sensations into meaningful, interpretable experience. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Adaptive behavior, with an emphasis on processes, principles, and theories related to behavioral change. Areas of reflexive adjustment, respondent conditioning, and operant conditioning, as well as their interactions, are examined. Laboratory component. Prerequisite: PYSC 1000. Offered in alternate years.
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