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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSYC 309, 313, 420. Phenomena of perception: hearing, vision, body perception, illusions, sensory deprivation, sleep, hypnosis, altered perceptual states. Theoretical and interpretations and perceptual organization.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 309. Organic foundations of behavior.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 100-General Psychology or permission of the instructor. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the field of forensic psychology. The course provides an overview of the role of mental health professionals in correctional settings and in conducting forensic evaluations.
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5.00 Credits
SPRING Prerequisites: CSBS 320. An overview of the following topics: automatic nervous system, biofeedback, clinical applications, emotion, instrumentation, measurement, pain, psychosomatic processes, sleep, social aspects of physiological processes and stress. Laboratory includes: biofeedback, blood flow, ECG, EDR, EEG, EMG and respiration. Course is especially suited for students of the health sciences.
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3.00 Credits
FALL/WINTER/SPRING Examines the psychological, physiological and health consequences resulting from selected psychological and environmental stressors. Psychological stressors include personality type, social disorganization, competition and conflict. Environmental stressors include cold, heat, hypo- and hyperbaric pressures and exercise. Examines coping responses such as biofeedback, progressive relaxation, autogenic training and physiological adaptation.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or AGST 310. Psychological meanings of aging in terms of personal experience with growing older, relations with older family members and potential professional roles. Focus is on sensory, cognitive and personality changes, psychopathology and coping with death.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Happiness has been a neglected topic in psychology and yet is an important human pursuit. This class investigates what happiness is, how it can be assessed and what factors facilitate happiness. Other human virtues important to well-being such as gratitude, wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance and transcendence are explored.
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4.00 Credits
SPRING Prerequisite: Recommend PSYC 302. This class explores traumatic experience in terms of substance, impact and reactions, including the assessment and treatment of trauma-related psychopathology.
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4.00 Credits
SPRING Prerequisite: PSYC 302. This course focuses on psychopathological disorders of childhood and adolescence, critically attending to normal and abnormal developmental sequences. Attention is given to the diagnosis and implications of such disorders and to clinical intervention methods.
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5.00 Credits
SPRING Prerequisite: PSYC 381 or instructor permission. The course Prejudice and Stereotyping is a five credit discussion course that examines the social psychological underpinnings of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. The course topics will address specific types of prejudice such as sexism and racism, individual differences and cognitive states that can lead to prejudice, the effect of prejudice on its targets and reducing prejudice.
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