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3.00 Credits
The construction, validation, and interpretation of test results. Group and individual tests of aptitude, intelligence, and personality are analyzed. Each student will develop and administer a measure for a specific diagnostic or research purpose. Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 210.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the structures and properties of human groups. Topics include: group formation, development of role relationships, intra-group and inter-group conflict, factors influencing group effectiveness, the role of motivation, and attitudes in group processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the impact of organizational structure, leadership and group dynamics on role-related behaviors, on personal feelings of motivation and commitment and communication within the organization. The course stresses theories of work motivation and job satisfaction and linkage of these factors with worker performance. A major focus of organizational psychology concerns the means by which organizations, supervisory and work-group factors can facilitate or interfere with the individual worker's feelings and behaviors on the job. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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3.00 Credits
The examination of communication from various standpoints, as illustrated by different types of interviews. Interviewing techniques employed for personnel selection are compared with those used in interrogation and those used for the therapeutic purposes. Practice in interviewing. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, SOCI 101.
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3.00 Credits
Although the course will be largely focused on technical sales, large segments of the course will have applicability to general sales skills. Major topics will be: developing new customers (which includes making approach calls and demonstrating equipment); preparing and presenting proposals (both written and verbal); delivering and installing equipment (taking into consideration physical space and training of the customer personnel who will operate this equipment); satisfying existing customers. Individual sales skills will be stressed, as opposed to the larger scale marketing tactics of a marketing division. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, SOCI 101.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the important role of individual differences in selecting and placing employees, in appraising the level of employee's work performance and in training recently hired and veteran employees to improve various aspects of jobrelated behavior. Emphasis is placed on job analysis, measurement of performance and methods used in selection, i.e., tests and interviews. Special attention to the legal issues involving fairness in selection of employees. Prerequisites: PSYC 101; previous coursework in elementary statistics recommended.
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3.00 Credits
The broad range of activities of psychologists and counselors in community settings will be examined. An intensive study will be made of between twenty and twenty-five special areas of community involvement, including hospitals, rehabilitation services, halfway houses and outreach clinics, crisis intervention centers, and correctional institutions. Emphasis is on the prevention, recognition, and remediation of problems, including field experience. The social, professional, and personal rationales for community psychology as a separate academic and professional entity will be considered. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, SOCI 101, PSYC 345.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the current status of the community mental health movement which attempts to define and anticipate future trends. Topics include health and social environment, preventive health education, type and quality of community mental health services, organizational complexities, manpower, consumer attributes, consumer participation, and impact on other mental health organizations. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, SOCI 101.
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3.00 Credits
Improvement of interpersonal skills needed in managing people. The nature of small groups, group formation and development, group composition and structure, the nature of group goals, leadership in groups. Application of the concepts of small group functioning to improving the individual's ability to accurately perceive and diagnose problems, compare interpersonal problems and adjust personal behavior to situational demands. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, SOCI 101.
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4.00 Credits
This course stresses the classical approach to experimental research on human behavior. Students conduct and report on experiments in the fields of psychophysics, psychomotor learning, memory, and perception. These laboratory experiments permit the student to apply knowledge gained in former courses about measurements, statistical inference, and the design of experiments. Prerequisites: PSYC 101, PSYC 210.
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