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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. Theories of learning and the scientific investigation of the learning process; the psychological correlates of learning, memory and attention, empirical laws and principles and their derivation from research on humans and animals; theoretical explanations of the learning process.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSY 101. Intensive study of the major descriptive and inferential statistics used in psychological research; graphic and tabular presentation of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, t-tests, analysis of variance, chi-square, correlation techniques; experimental design. Required for psychology majors.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Major facets of perceptual functioning, from sensory processes to complex perceptual integrative processes. Emphasis on basic concepts such as physiological correlates of perception, empirical laws and principles, and theoretical explanation of perceptual processes and their determinants.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Major learning principles as applied in behavior-modification techniques; premises, ethics, and assessment of behavioral methods; reinforcement, extinction, punishment, modeling, and cognitive change as methods of changing human behavior.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Theoretical problems, methods, and empirical findings related to self and personality, conformity, obedience, aggression, attachment and child-rearing; abnormal psychology and culture-bound syndromes, and interpersonal and group relations.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. The study of animal behavior from a psychological perspective; current theoretical models; evolution and adaptive functions of sexuality, predator-prey interactions, evolution of social organization, territoriality, dominance, aggression, learning, and instinct.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Theoretical and empirical examination of the role of social factors on an individual's behavior; attitude formation and change, affiliation, attribution process, interpersonal attraction, small-group dynamics, aggression, conformity, leadership, and competition.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Introduction to human development and change throughout early, middle, and late adulthood; current psychological theory and empirical evidence on patterns of aging, problems of aging, and benefits of aging; social, psychological, and biological determinants of adult development; cognitive change; personality change; family relations; life satisfaction; the stigma of old age.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Introduction to research and theoretical issues in cognitive psychology; history of memory and thought, acquisition of information, attention, short-term and longterm memory, pattern recognition, speech perception, space perception, and higher-order mental processes.
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3.00 Credits
3, 3/0 Prerequisite: PSY 101. Psychological, biological, and social factors that affect psychological development throughout the lifespan; physical development, language acquisition, cognitive development, social development, personality development, morality and changing life tasks; genetic, cultural, and experiential determinants of development.
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