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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the study of deviant and maladaptive behaviors such as childhood disorders, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and mental retardation, focusing on scientific, philosophical, and sociocultural issues in the study of abnormal behavior and the relationship between diagnosis and treatment strategy. Prerequisites: BC1001 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 60 students. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to behavior of individuals and small groups in work organizations. Recent theory and research emphasizing both content and research methodology. Motivation and performance, attitudes and job satisfaction, power, influence, authority, leadership, cooperation and conflict, decision making, and communications. Prerequisites: BC1001. Enrollment limited to 45 students. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Biological basis of parental and sexual behavior from a comparative perspective. Complex relations among genetic, hormonal, environmental, and experiential factors in mediating sexual, parental, emotional, and feeding behavior. Aspects of biology and physiology necessary to understand those behavioral processes are covered in class and are not prerequisites. Prerequisites: BC1001 or BIOL BC1101, BC1102. Enrollment limited to 45 students. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the historical roots and conceptual models in clinical psychology, aimed at becoming familiar with professional issues in the field, and comparing assessment techniques and therapeutic approaches for their utility, efficacy, and soundness. Prerequisites: Both BC1001 and BC2141, as well as one of the following: Personality, Human Motivation, or Developmental Psychology. Enrollment limited to 35 students 3 points
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4.00 Credits
Outlines major theoretical questions and research approaches in human motivation. In particular, it focuses on empirical investigations of motivation in social contexts, emphasizing goal formation, goal conflict, the self, and the influence of nonconscious processes. Motivation for competence, control autonomy, achievement, altruism, and intimacy will also be covered. Prerequisites: BC1001. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 4 points
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3.00 Credits
Survey of contemporary theories and empirical research on human memory. Topics will include sensory, short term and long term memory, levels of processing, organization, forgetting, and encoding specificity. Special topics include eyewitness testimony, amnesia, implicit memory, and false memory. Prerequisites: BC1001 and at least one psychology lab course. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Survey and critical evaluation of research investigating psychological, biological, and social factors in human sexual behavior. Topics will include sexuality throughout the life span, sexual dysfunction, and cultural constructions of sexuality. Prerequisites: BC1001 and two other psychology courses and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Preference given to seniors. 3 points
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4.00 Credits
Examines how female experience is and has been understood by psychologists. Through an understanding of gender as a social construction and issues raised by the intersections of gender, sexuality, class, and race, the course will analyze assumptions about what causes us to be gendered and about how being gendered affects behavior. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing and at least two psychology courses. Permission of the instructor required for majors other than Psychology or Women's Studies. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Survey of the research of psychology as it relates to the legal process. Among the topics covered are eyewitness identifications, jury decision making, repressed memory, child witnesses, and capital punishment. Each of these problems will be considered from both a theoretical and an applied perspective. Prerequisites: BC1001, one other psychology course, and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students. General Education Requirement: Social Analysis (SOC). Not offered in 2009-2010. 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Critically investigates the universalizing perspectives of psychology. Drawing on recent theory and research in cultural psychology, examines cultural approaches to psychological topics such as the self, human development, mental health, and racial identity. Also explores potential interdisciplinary collaborations. Prerequisites: BC1001 and either BC1123, BC1125, BC2141, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). 4 points
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