|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 111, 112, 113, or 114, or permission of the instructor. The purpose of this course is to examine evolutionary theory as a means of explaining human behavior. The main premise is that behaviors such as cooperation, aggression, mate selection, and intelligence exist because individuals exhibiting these behaviors were more likely to produce healthy offspring that perpetuated those behaviors (i.e., natural selection). We evaluate the validity of this argument in a number of areas of human behavior and also discuss how culture has shaped our genes. Evolutionary psychology is not an area of psychology, like social psychology or cognitive psychology, but is instead a lens through which all human behavior can be explained. Though it is tempting to engage in “arm chair” application of evolutionary theory to behavior, this is a science course; all arguments must be backed up with data. Whiting.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 113 and permission of the instructor. The specific topic in this course will vary from year to year. However, each involves seminars on current problems or issues related to the development of children. Examples include issues in child and family policy; effect of media on children; and effects of poverty on families. Some topics require students to participate in observation and/or testing of children in addition to classroom work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Margand.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 113 or POV 101. This course explores the problem of child and family poverty, the issues it raises for psychologists and social policy makers, and the implications that poverty and social policy have for children’s development. This class explores how children’s perceptions of the world, or their place in it, are affected by economically stressed families. Margand.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One course in psychology or sociology or permission of the instructor. Examination of current topics in aging research. Material includes literature from biology, as well as psychology. Topics include neurophysiological changes accompanying maturation; mental health issues; age-related changes in cognitive function; alterations in intra- and intergenerational relationships during adulthood; and cross-cultural perspectives on aging. Whiting.
-
4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 120. Students learn about the design and analysis of psychological research, with particular emphasis on experimentation. Students learn statistical inference appropriate for hypothesis testing, and they use standard statistical packages to analyze data. Laboratory course. Fulcher, Murdock, Whiting, Woodzicka.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NEUR 120, or PSYC 111 and 250 (pre- or corequisite). Problems associated with sensory encoding, scaling, contextual and social determinants of perception are considered. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the senses in daily life. Lorig.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NEUR 120, or PSYC 111 and 250 (pre- or corequisite). The anatomical, physiological, and neurochemical bases for behaviors are considered. Some examples of behaviors to be discussed include thirst and drinking, ingestion, reproduction, and learning. Stewart.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 112; prerequisite or corequisite: PSYC 250. An examination of the theories and mechanisms associated with attentional processes. Topics include: selective attention, divided attention, inhibition, working memory, and the application of these processes in human/machine interfaces. The functioning of the above processes in abnormal patient populations is also examined. Whiting.
-
4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NEUR 120, or PSYC 111 and 250 (pre- or corequisite). An examination of the role of the central nervous system in the production of human behavior. Special emphasis is placed on the contribution of the cerebral cortex to cognitive activity and to the effects of brain injury on psychological processes. Laboratories focus on neuropsychological testing and basic concepts in the brain’s distribution of complex function. Laboratory course. Lorig.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NEUR 120, or PSYC 111 and 250 (pre- or corequisite). An examination of the neural mechanisms of sensory and motor function. Topics include polymodal sensory integration and sensorimotor integration in the spinal regulation of movement. Plasticity of sensory and motor processes is also discussed. Both human and animal data are considered. Stewart.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Cookies Policy |
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|