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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 110, SOCI 110, and PSYC 306 The relation between attitudes and behavior, the self-concept, group formation and maintenance, perception, and interpersonal interaction are among the topics examined. (Dual listing with SOCI 331.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 110 An introduction to the biological, psychological, and social causes of human behavior with an emphasis on the application of motivational principles.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Upper-division status and PSYC 203 A comprehensive study of the basic principles and techniques of evaluation. The construction and utilization of intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests as they relate to planning and executing the instructional program in the classroom setting will be considered. The administration and interpretation of standardized tests, special tests, and teacher-made tests as they may be used with the individual for diagnostic purposes, and problems relative to test validity, reliability scaling procedures, norms, rating scales, and questionnaires.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 110 An overview of contemporary issues in psychology, the evolution of psychological thought and theory, and how psychology has impacted and been impacted by changing social, political, and cultural environments.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the development of the whole child: physical traits, learning and intelligence, social and emotional behavior, and personality adjustment. Emphasis on birth to adolescence. (Dual listing with EDUC 360.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 110 This course examines the role of interpersonal relationships in shaping the development of human brain, and how the molding of the brain affects back the interpersonal relationships and other social processes and behaviors. The recently developed field of social neurosciences, to which this topic belongs, deciphers how "nature and nurture" work together isshaping our brain and behavior. It is a confluence of neural and social processes that no other course on campus addresses, even if elements of it can be found spread in different other classes. The course will cover the following topics: Emergence of social neuroscience; Structure and functions of the 'social brain'; Basic aspects of bridging the 'sociasynapse'; Principles of social vision; Disorders of the 'social brain', anSocial neural plasticity.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 110 The "Psychology of Love" course examines a universal and significanthuman experience which, for better or for worse, can greatly impact not only our personal life, but the professional one, too. The course covers the following topics: Evolution of Love; Biobehavioral Model of Love; Duplex Theory of Love; Illusion, disillusion, and reality in romantic love; Intercultural couples; Barriers to intimacy; Sexual function and dysfunction; Trauma's influence on love and attachment; Intimacy problems in addiction; Infant and adult attachment; Maternal love; Transference love, and Passionate Love.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 110 The principles and techniques of Behavior Modification enable us to understand better and change our own behavior, as well as the behavior of others. The course teaches students how conditioning and selfmanagement techniques can be used to change behavior in "real world"settings, e.g. in home or institutions like schools, hospitals, prisons, or various work places. Specific techniques and principles, like Positive and Negative Reinforcement, Factors Influencing, Premack Principle are introduced for increasing desirable behaviors (e.g., working out regularly, or following a diet). Others, like Extinction, Differential Reinforcement, Response Cost and Time Out are offered for decreasing undesirable behaviors (e.g., over eating, or bed wetting in children), while Modeling, Prompting, and Fading, Successive Approximations and Shaping are useful in developing new behaviors. Finally, students are taught how targeted behaviors can be maintained and generalized.
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3.00 Credits
Special Topics in Psychology
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 203 and PSYC/SOCI 303 Individual, instructor-supervised research into selected topics in psychology.
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