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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An introduction to psychological assessment through a survey of the principles of test design, scoring, and interpretation for tests of achievement, intelligence, personality, career interests, and attitudes. Specific concepts include: item analysis and norms, reliability and validity, ethical and legal standards. Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 220.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. (see PHIL 309)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A study of the physiological and psychological processes involved in the immediate experience of sensory stimulation. Topics include sensory systems and coding mechanisms, psychophysical methods, signal detection, illusions, and complex perceptual processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours. This course provides students with an opportunity to learn about effective parenting through reading of literature and group discussion. The course explores a wide variety of issues, concerns, and problems that parents often face as well as the joy and gratification that effective parenting brings. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
2-4 hours. The critical link between health and behavior is the focus of this course. Students discuss and explore, in seminar format, health-related topics such as nutrition, addiction, exercise, life stress, health care delivery systems, alternative medicine, AIDS, health promotion behavior and personality and proneness to disease. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A non-laboratory course dealing with the neurological correlates and determinants of behavior. Emphasis on basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology underlying human behavior, i.e., the physical basis of movement sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, learning, memory and language.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. An exploration of the psychological organization and functions of the mind. The point of view of people as active processors of information is adopted. Topics include attention, recognition, varieties of memory, psycholinguistics and consciousness. Emphasis is placed on the experimental method and its application to the study of cognitive experiences and activities. Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course examines the philosophic, scientific, and applied aspects of personality theory and research. The major orientations toward investigating personality will be explored, e.g., psychodynamic, depth-psychological, trait-factor, humanistic, and cognitive-personality models. Emphasis is placed on developing a working knowledge of each theory and methods of conducting personality research. Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. Examines the biological, psychological and societal perspectives on the taxonomy, etiology, and treatment of clinically significant psychopathology. Provides a basis for understanding the personal and social problems of such individuals. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Recommended: PSYC 261, 262, 282 or 341.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A discussion of sexual attitudes and behavior, gender roles, love and intimacy, contraception and abortion, pregnancy and childbirth, marriage and family life, variations in sexualities, STDs, and the many psychological and cultural factors that affect human sexual behavior.
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