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  • Psychology 235: Sensation and Perception

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    This course offers the opportunity to study our senses and sensibilities -- sensations of cold, tenderness and pain, perceptions of movement, pitch, symmetry, and color. Students participate actively in psychophysical, physiological, and perceptual laboratories and classes on vision, audition, somesthesis, and the chemical senses. The course includes lecture and laboratory work. Prerequisite: Psychology 125 or Neuroscience 234. Offered each year.
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  • Psychology 236: Conditioning and Learning

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    How do psychologists characterize the most basic aspects of the learning process While some emphasis is on analysis of the behavioral viewpoint (Pavlov, Skinner), students also examine the ways current investigators apply these basic principles to problems in other fields. These include behavioral therapy for a variety of psychological disturbances, research on the neurobiology of drug reward, and analysis of consumer behavior. The course includes lecture and laboratory work with nonhuman animals. Prerequisite: Psychology 125 or Biology 125. Offered each year.
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  • Psychology 237: Cognition,Learning and Memory

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    Focus includes information processing, learning and remembering speech, artistic, musical and athletic performance, invention and other forms of creativity. Students unlock the mind's mysteries using state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, developing cognitive science knowledge and research skills. The course includes lecture and laboratory work. Prerequisites: Psychology 125, Statistics 110, 212 or 263. Offered each year.
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  • Psychology 238: Biopsychology

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    How do biological factors influence fundamental aspects of psychology and behavior In this course, students learn about relationships between the brain and behavior and use neuroanatomical, physiological, and biochemical levels of analysis to understand basic behavioral processes and systems, including sensation, movment, emotion, sleep and arousal, hunger, motivation, learning, and psychopathology. Prerequisite: Psychology 125 or Biology 123 or 125. Biology 123 or 125 strongly recommended. Offered each semester.
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  • Psychology 241: Developmental Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    This course helps students better understand human development from the moment of conception and across the life span. The course focuses on biological and environmental factors that shape human development. Major changes in physical, cognitive, personality and social development are discussed. Prerequisite: Psychology 125. Offered each semester.
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  • Psychology 249: Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    Why are people prejudiced and how can we reduce prejudice Why do people help others What is self-esteem and how do we defend it How does romantic attraction develop What are emotions and how do they influence us In this introduction to the ways people interact and think about each other, students design their own theories of social behavior. Prerequisite: Psychology 125. Offered each year.
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  • Psychology 250: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    Students apply psychological facts and principles to the problems that permeate business and industry. Topics include organizational structure, personnel management, employee-supervisor relationships, job satisfaction and motivation, communication and leadership. Prerequisite: Psychology 125, Statistics 110, 212 or 263. Offered Spring Semester only.
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  • Psychology 255: Environmental Psychology at Rocky Mountain National Park

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    This course investigates the human relationship with the natural world, examining ways in which the natural environment is important psychologically to human beings. Integrating aspects of theoretical and empirical psychology, environmental studies and literature, we explore meanings, values and questions such as: How are we affected by nature What affects people's attitudes and behaviors toward the environment How do we respond to environmental challenges How does the field of psychology address the natural world Prerequisite: Psychology 125 or Environmental Studies 137. Offered during Interim.
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  • Psychology 264: Psychopathology

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    Why are certain experiences or patterns of behavior considered psychologically "abnormal " Students investigate a wide array of psychological disorders, including anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders and schizophrenia. We examine models used to conceptualize abnormal behavior, as well as current evidence and theories regarding the etiology and treatment of these important and sometimes devastating disorders. Not open to first-year students. Prerequisite: Psychology 125. Offered each semester.
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  • Psychology 271: Psychology of Personality

    3.00 Credits
    St Olaf College

    Students examine theories of normal personality development in an effort to understand the factors that shape personality. Is personality biologically determined Is it a result of interpersonal experiences, learning and reinforcement Are other factors involved as well We investigate prominent personality theories and research and their conceptualizations of this fundamental aspect of human experience. Prerequisite: Psychology 125. Offered each year.
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