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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) After a brief overview of psychoanalysis and its evolution through the development of ego psychology (A. Freud, Hartmen), considerable attention is given to object relations theory, both British (Klein, Winnicott, Guntrip) and American (Kohut, Kernberg) schools. The interpersonal psychoanalysis of Harry Stack Sullivan is reviewed. A familiarity with the language of psychoanalysis is essential. Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4 credits. Spring An examination of the biological basis of behavior. Topics include: neuronal transmission; the coding and higher- order processing of sensory stimuli; movement; regulatory processes in feeding and drinking; sexual and emotional behavior; learning and memory; psychopharmacology. The biological bases of various psychological disorders are also covered. Prerequisite: PSY 1530 or, for biology majors, permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Focuses on how personality measures are constructed and how scores on these measures are interpreted and used. The strengths and weaknesses of various projective tests, personality inventories, single-trait measures, IQ tests, behavioral indicators, and physiological measures are reviewed. Topics include: the stability of personality; whether or not IQ tests actually m e a s u re intelligence; the accuracy of people’s self-descriptions of their personalities. Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) One or two topics in neuropsychology are examined in depth. Topics may include memory across the lifespan, degenerative disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia and depression), or communication disorders. Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) This course reviews brain-behavior interactions obtained from studies of human brain damage and from investigations of the normal brain. Topics include: hemispheric specialization, the representation of language, memory, spatial ability, attention, movement disorders, developmental disorders, and generalized cognitive disorders. Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the cognitive representations and processes involved in human memory. Topics include: short-term and working memory; encoding and forgetting processes; implicit memory, semantic memory, eyewitness memory; reconstructive processes and alterability of memory; memory for text; neural bases of memory. Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Fall The study of how diverse psychological systems combine to form a coherent, unique individual. Three competing traditions are discussed: the observationist approach (studying people in depth through careful observation); the psychometric approach (personality and intelligence testing); and the experimental approach (manipulating one set of psychological systems to see how others respond). Prerequisite: PSY 1530
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years The study of human cognition from the perspective of the mind as a processor of information. Topics include: attention; memory; conceptual structure; imagery; reasoning; problem solving; language use. Prerequisite: PSY 1530 or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) HIV/AIDS is among the most pressing health and social issues of our time. Topics include: in-depth coverage of prevention and intervention; social marketing; HIV testing; disclosure of HIV status and stigma; access to medications and medication adherence; politics and public policy; and the international impact of HIV/AIDS (Africa, Asia, Europe) from an applied socialpsychological perspective. Prerequisite: PSY 1530 and either PSY 3301 or PSY 3860 or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) In this course, social behavior is studied through ethnomethodology, a phenomenologically based form of social analysis. Students read sociological theory and conduct investigations aimed at examining the methods people use to construct a social world. Topics include: performing gender, defining death, interpreting IQ, understanding contradictory versions of events, creating credibility, and making sense of communications. Prerequisite: PSY 1530 or one philosophy or sociology course
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