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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Study of the application of learning principles, techniques, and procedures to the understanding and treatment of human psychological problems in a wide range of settings. Offered every academic year. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
Develops the skills of critical thinking (analyzing the arguments of other people and forming one's own reasoned judgments) about controversial issues. Skills are applied to selected psychological issues, such as "Is intelligence inherited?'' and "Can suicide be rational?'' Offered every academic year.
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3.00 Credits
A critical examination of the psychological research regarding purported mental, emotional, and behavioral differences between women and men, theories of the development of gender identity, and the etiology of differences. Issues discussed will include the construction of difference and the cultural and ideological uses of the rhetorics of difference. Cross-listed with WGS 315. Offered every academic year.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative analysis of sexual practices, reproductive strategies, and intimate relationships using competing viewpoints (e.g., cultural psychology and evolutionary psychology). Topics may include comparing dating and cohabiting, married and gay and lesbian couples, factors in relationship stability and divorce, and the social control of sexuality and reproduction. Cross-listed with WGS 316. Offered every academic year. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of a wide range of childhood and adolescent disorders using developmental theory and research to inform issues related to classification, assessment, and intervention. Explores the biological basis of behavior and the role of broader systems (e.g., family, school, community) in the development and alleviation of psychopathology. Offered every academic year. Prerequisites: PSY 101 and (PSY 301 or PSY 364).
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Prerequisites: PSY 101 and (PSY 301 or PSY 364).
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3.00 Credits
Study of psychological principles applied to classroom instruction, including development, nature and conditions of learning, motivation, individual differences, home and school adjustment, evaluation, and test construction. Offered every academic year. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of historical perspectives, current practices, and lifespan issues for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The course covers diagnostic and assessment practices, etiology, and prevention and intervention strategies. Offered every academic year. Prerequisites: PSY 101 and (PSY 301 or PSY 364).
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Prerequisites: PSY 101 and (PSY 301 or PSY 364).
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to behavioral neuroscience, the scientific study of the interaction between biological processes and behavior. Topics covered include the basic structure of the nervous system, research methods in behavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, neural mechanisms involved in sensory and perceptual processes, and psychiatric disorders. Offered every academic year. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
Adolescence seen as a developmental stage: an examination of the complexities of the adolescent experience, the development of identity, intellect, and relationships with the adult world. An examination of historical and cultural variables, as well as consideration of problem behaviors. Offered every academic year. Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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Prerequisite: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on two major content areas in the analysis of media: 1) study of the ways in which humans receive and interpret visual and auditory information (an understanding of perception will be emphasized in projects and analyses of media materials and 2) study of communication theory in media as it relates to persuasion, attitude, and opinion change. Offered every academic year.
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