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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Formerly Developmental Psychology I: Child) Presents theory and research on the social, emotional and cognitive development of children birth to age 12.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Formerly Developmental Psychology II: Youth-Adolescent) Presents theories, research and problems concerning development in youth and adolescence.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Compares and analyzes the major theories of cognitive development: Piaget, Information Processing, Vygotsky, Gardner, and Sternberg. The course describes cognitive growth from infancy to adulthood. Particular topics will include: concept formation, language acquisition, memory reading and writing, mathematical skills and sociocultural skills. Also of interest will be the use of cognitive theory in education, and understanding variations from the typical pattern of cognitive development as in mental retardation and prodigies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Investigates various types of retardation, focusing on etiology, methods of diagnosis, programs and services available to individuals and families. Considers problems relating to adjustment in academic, social, and vocational areas.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The facts and theories of sensation and perception, their role in the total psychology of the individual, and current application are examined.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Deals with the scientific study of human beings in social situations, focusing on reciprocal influence of the individual and the group, especially aspects of behavior that are socially determined. The nature of attitudes: their development and change; the nature of social influence; interpersonal perception and attraction; dynamics of social behavior; and social phenomena, such as prejudice and social movements, are covered.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Basic biological structures and processes underlying behavior, including general neuroanatomy and neurophysiology; sensory physiology; structure and function of the motor systems; physiology of emotions, motivation, learning, memory; brain dysfunction; psychoactive drugs.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Introduces students to a study of selected topics in psychology and law. Topics include eyewitness testimony, jury selection, and decision making.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1-4 credits Provides an opportunity for students to obtain research experiences in psychology. Consists of a combination of project meetings, assigned readings and supervised research. Each student will work with a selected faculty member on a topic of mutual interest. Projects may include learning some components of research methods and applying these techniques to the collection and analysis of data. Provides focused reading and discussion as it relates to each student's research topic. Prerequisite: psychology majors or minors and permission of instructor and chair.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits (Formerly Research in Cognition) Provides students with an in-depth coverage of the expanding field of cognition and memory. Addresses issues and research within the field. Emphasis is on current views of human memory. Students learn how to design and conduct their own experiments from the topic areas of information processing, psycholinguistics, problem solving, learning and memory, social cognition, and cognitive neuroscience. Laboratory skills include programming computers, developing multimedia stimuli, recording psycho-physiological data, and composing an APA-format research report in a network-based writing lab. Prerequisites: a grade of C in PSY-201, PSY-225, PSY-235 or PSY-237 or permission of instructor.
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