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3.00 Credits
This class examines how genetic influences affect various dimensions of human behavior, ranging from personality to clinical disorders. Topics covered include methods used to study genetic influence, how genetic predispositions interact with the environment, and ethical implications of genetic research in psychology. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the relations between people and their physical and social environments. It examines the influence of space on human behavior and the design of homes, work areas, educational settings, and urban environments. Specific topics include environmental contributors to psychopathology, the interaction between human behavior and toxins, habitat destruction/species extinction, exhaustion of fossil fuels, and climate change. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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3.00 Credits
Review of basic theoretical orientations to the understanding of personality and complex human behavior. Overview of related techniques, procedures, and findings of personality assessment and personality research. Discussion of critical issues in evaluation of personality theories. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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Survey of deviant and maladjusted behavior including neuroses and psychoses; consideration of biological, social, and individual determinants of maladjustment. Cultural perspectives on mental health and illness. Diagnosis, etiology, and treatment. Review of pertinent research. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the interaction between psychology and the legal system. The contribution of psychology to such legal areas as family law, juvenile delinquency, criminal cases, law enforcement, and correctional psychology is surveyed. Topics covered include domestic violence, child abuse, personal injury, eyewitness testimony, insanity, sex offenders and psychopaths. Legal standards regarding insanity, civil commitment and expert testimony are reviewed. We also focus on the emerging contributions of neuroscience to the field of forensic psychology. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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A survey of clinical psychology. Emphasis is placed on historical and recent developments in the field (e.g., managed care), as well as the consideration of the roles, functions, and techniques of clinical psychologists including psychological testing and psychotherapy. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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This course examines the development of language skills in children, asking how children so rapidly learn their first language. Topics include: biological bases of language development; development of phonology, syntax, and morphology; language development in atypical populations; childhood bilingualism; and development of written language skills. Prerequisite: Psych 100B or Ling 170D.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the study of thought processing from an information-processing approach. Emphasis on theoretical models grounded in empirical support. Topics include pattern recognition, attention, memory, reasoning, language processes, decision making, and problem solving. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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3.00 Credits
A general introduction to the underlying principles and mechanisms of brain function that give rise to complex human cognitive behavior. Emphasis is placed on how emerging methods and approaches from both neuroscience and cognitive psychology have been integrated to yield new insights into the organization and structure of higher mental processes. Topics include perception, attention, memory, language, and executive control. Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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3.00 Credits
Basic learning processes in animals, such as conditioning, reinforcement, punishment, and constraints on learning. Comparisons and interactions between classical and operant conditioning. Consideration given to learning theorists and theories, along with applications from the laboratory to the "real world." Prerequisite: Psych 100B.
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