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2.00 Credits
Focuses on cognitive and learning styles, learning preferences, learning modalities, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligence. Similarities and differences among these concepts will be explored, and the latest research in each area will be examined. Students will have the opportunity to assess their own learning styles and preferences and to learn how this knowledge can be beneficial in their daily interactions. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 2 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the causes, symptoms and treatment of mental disorders. Also addresses theoretical perspectives, research methodology, the diagnostic process, assessment procedures, and ethical issues associated with the field. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the development, characteristics and use of psychological tests. Covers methods of constructing, administering and evaluating tests. Reviews tests of abilities, personality, interest and attitudes. Also explores technical problems and ethical issues common in psychological testing. Prerequisites: PSYC:101 and PSYC:123. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Continues and expands topics introduced in PSYC:123 Statistics. Emphasizes the design and analysis of multifactor experiments. Examines designs, including completely randomized, randomized block and split-plot factorial designs. Also covers Latin and Greco-Latin square designs and covariance designs. Prerequisites: PSYC:101 and PSYC:123. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Explores current theory and research in the development of gender and consequences of gender roles. Covers evolutionary, biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive, social learning, and cross-cultural perspectives on gender, as well as approaches that seek to understand interactions among these influences. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. Same as WMST:334. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of the characteristics and instruction of children exhibiting developmental disabilities, physical challenges, learning disabilities, social and emotional disorders, sensory impairments, and giftedness. Also considers the history of special education and significant legislation in the field. Requires 12 hours of field experience. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces historical perspectives and current theories of human information processing. Topics include attention, memory, language use and problem solving. Emphasizes the role of research in increasing knowledge. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Explores neurophysiological influences on behavior. Topics include regulation of food and water intake, sleep, emotion and stress, reinforcement and addiction, biofeedback, aggression, and the neuropsychology of mental disorders. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines principles and theories of learning and motivation. Includes the roles of contiguity and contingency in classical conditioning, reinforcement and drive theories, cognitive and behavioral models of classical conditioning and instrumental learning, verbal learning, and factors influencing learning and memory. Prerequisite: PSYC:101 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
A critical examination of the role of culture in human development and behavior. Explores: (a) the universality and diversity of human biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development and behavior within and across racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, (b) the contexts in which multiple cultures intersect or interact with one another and the historical,institutional, and personal factors that influence or regulate these interactions; and (c) the theoretical and methodological approaches psychologists use to explore these issues. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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