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3.00 Credits
Seminar on the theory and practice of applied behavior analysis combined with eight to 10 hours per week of field work in a school setting. Topics include measurement and observation techniques, empirically validated school interventions and single-subject experimental designs. Field work will include meetings with school personnel, weekly observations of students, and implementation and evaluation of behavioral interventions. Written summaries of research and field work, oral presentations to classmates, and oral presentations to school personnel required. Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Prior experience with behavioral interventions helpful. Maximum enrollment, 6.
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An introduction to the science of human behavior. Topics include the nervous system, perception, learning, motivation, cognitive and social development, personality, individual differences, social behavior and psychopathology. In class laboratory exercises to emphasize the use of research methods and data to describe and examine behavior. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) The Department.
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Students will work on a project with an instructor. Focus on laboratory data collection and analysis. Readings to illustrate hypotheses investigated in the laboratory. Prerequisite, Permission of the instructor. Four-five hours per week of lab work. Does not count toward concentration requirements. Based on evaluation of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. One quarter credit. Course may be repeated for credit. (Same as Neuroscience 198.) The Department.
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The application and interpretation of descriptive and inferential statistics in the study of psychological processes. Instruction in research design and methodological issues. Students will complete five projects involving data collection, data analysis, and communication of findings in APA style. Use of the statistical computer program SPSS to analyze data. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 101. Not open to students who have taken 280. (Same as Neuroscience 201.) Borton and McKee (Fall); Pierce and Yee (Spring).
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Study of human brain function from the standpoint of experimental and clinical research in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. Survey of research involving animals and humans, addressing presumed neural mechanisms for cognitive, motivational and emotional states. Analysis of aphasia, agnosias, apraxias and disconnection syndromes. Prerequisite, 101. Not open to students who have completed Psych/Neuro 232. (Same as Neuroscience 204.) Vaughan, Weldon.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the structure and function of the nervous system as it relates to consciousness and behavior. Emphasis on psychobiological explanations of perception, learning, attention, motivation, emotion and behavior disorders. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 101 or Biology 102 or 115. (Same as Neuroscience 205.) The Department.
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Theoretical and methodological understanding of the study of the self in social psychology. Topics include organization of self-concept and its effect on information processing; self-awareness; self-esteem maintenance processes; cultural influences; stigmas; and self-regulation. Class time devoted to discussion of research articles. Laboratory component involves conducting two research projects. Data collection, statistical analysis, papers based on findings, oral and poster presentations. Three hours of class and two hours of laboratory. (Writing-intensive.) (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 280/201. Not open to students who have taken 337 or 361. Maximum enrollment, 20. Borton.
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An examination of theoretical and methodological issues in examining visual perception. Focus on understanding how the visual world is constructed from simple features into complex objects. Topics will include perceptual organization, visual attention, object recognition, face perception and consciousness. Current literature about these topics and ongoing debates in vision science research. Laboratory component will involve generating original empirical projects. Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. (Writing-intensive.) (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 280/201. Not open to students who have taken 333. Maximum enrollment, 20. Butcher.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of complex psychological processes (e.g., the structure of personality, associations between the quality of family relationships and stability and change in personality across time) using data from several ongoing research programs in the Psychology Department, including the Hamilton Longitudinal Study of Families. Emphasis on commonly encountered problems and methods for addressing them using a variety of statistical analyses. Use of statistical computer programs to analyze data. Six hours of class and laboratory. Prerequisite, 280/201. Not open to students who have taken 305. Maximum enrollment, 20. Pierce.
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3.00 Credits
Theoretical and methodological aspects of basic mental processes in attention, perception, memory, language and problem-solving. Emphasis on development of original empirical projects. Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 280/201. Maximum enrollment, 20. Yee.
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