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4.00 Credits
4 class hours, 4 laboratory hours; 6 credits This laboratory course introduces basic findings and techniques in the study of social behavior and personality. It will review all phases of research including research design, ethics, data collection, analysis, and presentation, with a specific focus on current methods used in personality and social psychology. In the laboratory, students will design and complete group or individual research projects illustrative of the major topics covered, as well as a term-long major project. Prerequisites: PSY 266; PSY 226 or PSY 212
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4.00 Credits
4 class hours, 4 laboratory hours; 6 credits This laboratory course introduces basic findings and techniques in the study of developmental psychology. It will review all phases of research including research design, ethics, data collection, analysis, and presentation, with a specific focus on current methods used to study the psychological development of children. In the laboratory, students will design and complete group research projects illustrative of the major topics covered, culminating in APA-style research papers. Prerequisites: PSY 242 and PSY 266
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2.00 Credits
(Also WMS 340) 3 class hours, 2 fieldwork hours; 4 credits Introduction to the developmental concerns and clinical skills needed to form mentoring relationships with at-risk adolescent populations. Coursework entails review of the literature on mentoring as well as specific issues regarding adolescent development, with an emphasis on gender identity. Other topics addressed may include race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation. Students do on-site mentoring under faculty supervision and have the opportunity to evaluate these fieldwork experiences in class. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, a minimum of 45 credits completed, and successful completion of PSY 226 or PSY 242
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Research in social and cognitive processes involved in language development and early communication is explored. Topics include listening to speech in the first year of life, babbling, word learning, grammatical development, the critical period hypotheses, and developmental language disorders such as dyslexia and Specific Language Impairment. Prerequisite: PSY 242
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits This course is concerned with how infants come to understand the world around them. Students will learn classic and current theoretical perspectives on infant development as well as methodologies and results from recent empirical papers. We will discuss what sort of evidence would provide a meaningful answer to the question of how learning occurs. Topics to be discussed include prenatal development, physical and motor development, and cognitive, perceptual, language, and emotional development. Prerequisite: PSY 242
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A central goal for this class is to understand the psychological aspects of motor development. Over their first two years of life, babies' bodies, skills, and environments change rapidly and dramatically. How do infants learn to cope with a changeable body in a variable world? In this class, we will discuss infant motor development in the context of traditionally separate domains of psychology—perceptual, cognitive, and social development. Prerequisite: PSY 242
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits. The relationship between prejudice, stereotyping, and social identity will be discussed. Social psychological research on prejudice in regard to areas such as ageism, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and body weight will be reviewed. Students will be introduced to a variety of research paradigms in social psychology including cognitive, attitudinal, behavioral, social identity, feminist, and postmodern frameworks. Students will also gain research experience by conducting an interview and an observational study. Prerequisite: PSY 212
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Historical development of contemporary psychology including a critical survey of its chief contemporary systems: structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, and others. Prerequisite: At least 12 credits of psychology courses numbered 200 or higher
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits This course focuses on current issues in the psychological study of human sexuality, with an emphasis on social psychological perspectives. It will review contemporary debates in the psychological theory and research on human sexuality. It will begin with an overview of current theories, research methods, and issues related to the study of sexuality in psychology. It will then cover current controversies in the measurement of sexuality, theories of sexual desire, debates about sexual pathologies and treatments, the impact of technology on sexuality and, conclude with a few unresolved issues and future directions. Prerequisites: PSY 235 and at least 15 credits in psychology completed
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Primary source readings in representative schools of psychotherapy. Undertaken are an evaluation, description, and comparison of major treatment theories and techniques (e.g., the rationale and methods involved in one-to-one therapy, group therapy, encounter and sensitivity groups, and counseling). Prerequisite: PSY 202 or PSY 226
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