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Examines contemporary theories and research which account for our abilities to sense and interpret light, sound, and other forms of stimulation. Laboratory course. Prerequisite: Psy 290. Fl, Sp-4-
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An examination of the physical and biological mechanisms that underlie or are associated with specific behaviors and experiences including aggression, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, psychopathology, development, and the action of psychoactive drugs. Laboratory course. Prerequisite: Psy 290. Fl, Sp-4-
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the theoretical and empirical bases of motivational concepts. Of particular interest is how physiology, heredity, learning, cognition, and social factors contribute to human motivation and emotion. Laboratory course. Prerequisite: Psy 290. Fl, Sp-4-
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3.00 Credits
This area of psychology is guided by the information processing approach in its examination of how people think. Topics include attention and memory, problem solving, decision making, and logical reasoning. Laboratory course. Prerequisite: Psy 290. Fl, Sp-4-
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This course is designed to impart factual information about individual and group differences among humans in such areas as intelligence, achievement, personality, attitudes, interests, and values. The function of gender, age, ethnicity, and race will be examined as well as the methodology used to study individual differences. Students will gain an appreciation of the history of the field as well as contemporary findings, and the applied implications of such findings. Prerequisite: Psy 290 or permission of instructor. Ir-3-
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Explores the application and use of neural networks in a variety of areas in the social and natural sciences. Students will familiarize themselves with a number of different neural network architectures, and will learn to use simulation software to apply neural networks to problems of optimization and forecasting, as well as to explore intellectual issues related to neural networks as an explanatory alternative to the understanding of human behavior. Course grades will be based on participation, successful completion on class exercises, and of applied projects chosen by the student. Prerequisite: upper division standing. Ir-3-
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Examines theories and research related to human development from the prenatal period through the preschool years, with particular emphasis on infancy. Topics will include: cognitive, social, emotional and physical development; methods of research and assessment; behavior teratology, health, nutrition, and at-risk status; and infant care giving and education. Prerequisites: Psy 290 and either Psy 200, 322, or 323. Ir-3-
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An examination of the law and legal process from a psychological perspective. Topics include: assumptions about human behavior made by the legal profession; the legal issues impacting on the psychological profession; and the implications that psychological theories and methodological techniques have for the legal process. Prerequisite: Psy 290 or permission of instructor; Psy 340 recommended. Sp-3-
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Examines etiological and treatment aspects of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, and eating disorders. It will involve an integration of developmental psychopathology and psychobiological influences. Prerequisites: Psy 290 and 350. Ir-3-
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the study of the psychology of trauma and loss as it impacts human behavior. The nature of trauma and grief and the types of loss people experience when they encounter traumatic experiences, psychological theories of trauma and loss, cultural and historical issues relevant to traumatic loss experiences, as well as some of the methods used to study these reactions will be covered. Prerequisites: Psy 100, 280, 290, and 350 or instructor permission. Fl, SS-3-
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