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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Every semester Empirical and theoretical approaches to the basic physiological, cognitive, and social mechanisms underlying behavior. Topics include: learning and conditioning; sensation and perception; memory, thinking, and language; psychological development; social processes; personality and psychopathology. PSY 1530 is a prerequisite for all upper-level psychology courses, except when the course description notes otherwise.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) This seminar takes an interdisciplinary approach to a topic of broad interest or concern; examples include (but are not limited to) violence and terror, the global AIDS crisis, poverty, or racism. It is team taught by faculty members in at least two distinct disciplines. Lectures are supplemented by visual presentations and guest lectures. Fall 2005 subtitle/topic: Violence and Terror ( also offered as ANT 2140).
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Alternate years The writings of classic and contemporary investigators provide the basis for examining theoretical and empirical issues within the area of human emotions. Topics include: the expression of emotions; individual differences in emotional experience; the structure of emotion; the interplay between emotions, cognition, and behavior.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Studies the biological processes by which the sensory systems pick up information from the environment and the psychological processes by which that information is coded, transformed, and integrated to form perceptions. Emphasis is on the visual systems and visual perc e ption. Aspects of perception in the visual arts and music are also discussed.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Every semester An introduction to data analysis, with coverage of both descriptive and inferential statistics, and an introduction to pro b a b i l i t y. Class discussions focus on the use of sample, sampling, and population distributions as they are employed in hypothesis testing. Inferential tests include t-tests, ANOVAs, chi square, re g ression and nonparametric tests. A problems section is re q u i re d. This course is intended to fulfill the statistics re q u i rement for psychology majors. It also fulfills (a) the statistics requirement for economics and sociology majors, and (b) the methodology re q u i rement for students majoring in media, society, and the art s . Prerequisite: Math pro fic i e n c y
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) An intro d u c t i o n to the behavior of communicating, and to the implicit ru l e s and conventions guiding verbal and nonverbal communication. Topics include: the diff e rence between language and communication; the roots of human communication in infantc a retaker interaction; conversational analysis and persuasion.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Behavioral and cognitive approaches to the study of human and animal learning are discussed. Topics include classical conditioning, motivation, cognitive models of memory, and applications outside the laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Spring A broad survey of human development from late childhood through early adulthood. Topics include: physiological, social, and cognitive development; peers, the family, and the school; issues of autonomy, identity, and sexual relations; depression; substance abuse; suicide.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Alternate years An examination of both interpersonal relationships and the relationship between the individual and society. Topics include: social development; situational and cultural influences on individual functioning; social support networks; interpersonal attraction; and intergroup relations.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Fall A broad survey of human development fro m conception through childhood. Topics include: pre n a t a l development and birth; cognition; language; parent- child interaction; peer relations; moral development; and sex ro l e development. PSY 2650 may serve as a pre requisite for upper-level developmental psychology courses. Credit will not be given for both PSY 2650 and BPS 3350/ Developmental Psychology ( o ff e red through the School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education).
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