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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Designed for individual student exploration of a given body of knowledge or a specific area of interest. Selected topics agreed upon between student and a member of the departmental faculty. Topic of the course, detailed learning outcomes, and means of evaluation to be negotiated between student and faculty member. Intended for majors. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the essential features, principles, facts, and theories that surround stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Theoretical approaches considered will include those from psychology, sociology, and international human rights. Consequently, discussion of intergroup relations as they pertain to different racial and ethnic groups throughout the world. In addition, the course examines discrimination based on appearance, gender, age, ability, and sexual orientation. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100, or ANSO 1010, or ANSO 1070, and 6 credit hours of social science; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines antecedents of aggressive behavior--why people aggress and what steps can be taken to prevent or control this destructive behavior. Topics to be covered may include child abuse, racially based violence, terrorism, antisocial personalities (i.e., psychopath), sexual aggression, spousal abuse, drugs and aggression, and the media's impact on violence. Also explores the conditions that lead to helping behavior. The role of empathy, gender, race, and attractiveness in bystander intervention will be examined. The concept of true altruism (i.e., helping without regard to potential rewards) will also be debated. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100 and 6 credit hours of psychology; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Provides survey current theories of human judgment and decision making. Includes an examination of judgment and decision making under a variety of social conditions. Students examines how people make personality judgments about themselves and others; how people attribute causation to human behavior; and how people make estimates about uncertain outcomes. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100, PSYC 2825, and 6 credit hours of psychology; or per-mission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the structure, dynamics, and development of personality and explores the assumptions about human nature that underlie the various theories about personality. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100 and 6 credit hours of psychology; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how the human brain receives and processes information from our environment by exploring the functioning of human sensory systems and the means by which we interpret these neural signals. Topics covered in the course include vision, audition, taste, smell, touch, and basic psychophysics. The manner by which we perceive the world will be examined through topics such as color vision, depth and space perception, motion perception, visual illusions, and Gestalt principles of organization. Information-processing approaches to perception, including top-down and bottom-up processes, the role of knowledge and attention in perception, imagery, and stage models of information flow will be discussed. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100, PSYC 2825, and 6 credit hours of psychology; or permission of the instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Lab is designed to complement a 3000-level core course allowing the instructor and student to work collaboratively towards the development of a course related project. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100, or ANSO 1010, or ANSO 1070, and 6 credit hours of social science; or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces a variety of counseling theories, techniques, and skills. Focuses on the problems and issues facing a professional counselor in a variety of settings (including individual and group counseling, family counseling, counseling handicapped individuals, career counseling, and consulting). Provides students with opportunities to explore new dimensions in counseling and to confront and clarify their own reasons for wanting to do this kind of work. Prerequisites: PSYC 1100 and 6 credit hours of psychology; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for in-depth study of a specific area or issue in psychology. Topics vary each semester. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of social science or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys many of the important topics from the field of political psychology. Political psychology is focused mainly on the intersection between psychology, particularly personality and social psychology, and political behavior. The field of political psychology has been strongly influenced by political and psychological theories as well as important political events and social issues. The course examines many of the important theories that have relevance to political behavior and provides the opportunity to apply these theories to important events and issues. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of psychology or permission of the instructor.
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