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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Major systematic interpretations of personality, including works of Adler, Allport, Erikson, Freud, Maslow, Rogers, and Skinner. We will consider what it means to be "normal," as well as each theoretical perspective's guides to living. Theoretical anapplied level of analysis included. Prerequisite: Psychology 211. Dunn, Lyons, Toedter
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Analysis of disordered behavior: description, possible origins, prevention, treatment, and social signifi cance. Current research and new developments. Class lectures and discussions, case studies. Prerequisite: Psychology 361. Toedter
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3.00 Credits
Opportunity to develop the skills for assessing quality of commonly used measures of human behavior. Basic material on norms, reliability, and validity leads to evaluation, administration, and interpretation of tests currently in use in clinical, industrial, and educational settings. Topics include ethics, testing and the law, and test construction. Prerequisite: Psychology 211. Toedter
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3.00 Credits
The interviewing process and commonly used intervention strategies and techniques. Emphasis on values clarifi cation and development of relationship in the counseling process. Experiential components. Prerequisite: Psychology 361. Lyons
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3.00 Credits
Development of the child from prenatal period through pre-adolescence. Theories, research, and current issues in cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development with emphasis on stability and change across these stages of development. Topics include physical changes, attachment, emotions, parenting, morality, language, memory, education, peer relations, aggression, and gender identity. Developmental methodology and empirical evidence. Prerequisite: Psychology 211. Schmidt
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3.00 Credits
Development of the person from adolescence through death. Understanding theories, research, and current issues in cognitive, socialemotional, and physical development with emphasis on stability and change over these stages of development. Topics include physical growth and decline, identity development, peer relations, romantic relations, health and nutrition, leaving home, marriage, parenthood, vocational choice, grandparenthood, retirement, illness, death. Developmental methodology and empirical evidence. Prerequisite: Psychology 211. Schmidt
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3.00 Credits
Explores implications of recent medical advances. Topics include: assisted reproductive technologies, genetic testing, premature and low-birth-weight infants, performance-enhancing drugs, sex selection, and euthanasia. Students will be provided with an overview of the medical technologies in question and will explore ways in which individuals, families, and society are socially, emotionally, morally, legally, and economically affected by these advances. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. (U1) Schmidt
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the emerging theories and controversial issues regarding the relationship between work, family, and other life roles. Both the employee and employer perspective will be discussed within an organizational context, and from various moral perspectives. Students will also consider and react to the psychological adjustment and decision-making issues posed by the impact of work on one's family and life roles, and vice versa. Some of the contemporary trends addressed in the course include gender differences, legal issues, child care, cross-cultural perspectives, and technology-driven fl exible work arrangements. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. (U2) Brill
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3.00 Credits
Contemporary issues in social psychology and/or personality psychology. Issues will vary to refl ect new disciplinary developments or instructor interests. Prerequisite: Psychology 211; junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Staff
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3.00 Credits
New developments and contemporary issues in experimental and cognitive psychology. Prerequisite: Psychology 211; junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Staff
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