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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Various topics, which may change from semester to semester, are presented by psychology department faculty. May be repeated for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Honors equivalent of PSY 392. Various topics, which may change from semester to semester, are resented by psychology department faculty. May be repeated for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to be a survey course covering a variety of research and theories within the field of cognitive psychology. A number of different topics will be reviewed including attention, perception, human memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving, reasoning, intelligence, skill acquisition, and expertise.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the chemical substrates of behavior and the influences of various drugs (experimental, clinical, and recreational) on the nervous system and behavior. Pharmacological principles, behavioral procedures, neurophysiology, and synaptic transmission are reviewed. Major neurotransmitter systems in the brain are discussed in terms of the behaviors in which they are involved and the drugs that affect them. Emphasis is placed on using drug effects to understand the brain's control of behavior.
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3.00 Credits
Personality theories selected from the traditions of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and phenomenology-existentialism are presented and contrasted in the fundamental assumptions made by each outlook. Theorists include Freud, Adler, Jung, Dollard and Miller, Skinner, Bandura, Rogers, Bass, Benswanger, and Kelly.
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3.00 Credits
Linguistic descriptions, successive stages, and psychological explanations of typical patterns of oral language development.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will have the opportunity to develop an advanced understanding of the principles, concepts, theories, and research methods used by personality and social psychologists. This course will demand a high level of student participation and responsibility in two broad ways. First, in place of standard lectures, students will be asked to actively participate in class discussions and demonstrations of central topics. Second, students will gain "hands-on" experience by conducting an empirical study pertaining to personality and social psychology, and by engaging in a variety of laboratory exercises.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of research in human sexuality with the primary focus at the social psychological level. Problems in sex research and theoretical issues will be considered.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced course in abnormal psychology allowing for more thorough coverage of selected disorders that were introduced in PSY 350. Topics covered will typically include the affective disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety and stress-related disorders, and personality disorders; but may vary somewhat with each offering of the course. Outside material related to description and diagnostic indicators of the disorders, latest research on etiology, and current treatment methods will be included.
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3.00 Credits
Psychological processes and current theories of work motivation and job satisfaction and their practical implications.
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