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5.00 Credits
3 (2 + 2) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 and PSY 1800 or PSY 3250 or PSY 2270 or SOC 3100 This course is designed to examine human cognitive development and learning. Topics include the development of cognition and learning throughout the lifespan, psycholinguistics (language acquisition and literacy acquisition), the development of scientific and mathematical thinking in children, and the effects of formal schooling on cognition. Students will complete a practicum project applying the ideas presented in class with children/adults of different ages.
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3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1010, 3 additional hours of PSY course credit, satisfaction of all General Studies Level I requirements This course critically examines several important aspects of social, emotional, and personality development across childhood into adolescence. Topics pertain to the development of behavior (e.g., aggression, helping), social cognition (e.g., achievement motivation, person perception), emotion (e.g., expression, temperament) and relationships (e.g., peers, family).
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1800, or PSY 2210 or PSY 3240 or PSY 3250 This course examines the psychology of atypical children: learning disabled, gifted, mentally retarded, physically handicapped, chronically ill, emotionally disturbed, and neurologically impaired. Historical context, research findings, etiology, assessment, intervention options, and prognosis are examined for each exceptionality.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001; PSY 2160 or PSY 2410 or PSY 3000 This course entails in-depth consideration of specific areas and issues in contemporary social psychology and personality theory. Emphasis will be on exploration of current theory, research, and applications. Course content will vary, and course may be repeated twice with different topics for a maximum of nine credit hours.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 This course offers a multidisciplinary analysis of a broad range of addictive disorders, including alcohol or other drugs, and a spectrum of behavioral disturbances, including excessive eating, exercising, gambling, and risk taking. Emphasis is placed on contemporary strategies for prevention, early intervention and treatment.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 and six additional hours of psychology coursework Organizational Psychology is a comprehensive survey course, applicable to any student whose career places them in an organization. Content includes approaches to organizational structure, culture, and change; organizational behavior such as leadership, teamwork, conflict, power, management strategies, feedback and communication styles; personnel selection and appraisal; theories of motivation and performance; and diversity and its impact on the changing organization in the global context.
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3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001; and three additional hours of psychology course work This course provides an in-depth overview of contrasting theoretical approaches to the explanation, prediction, and control of violent and aggressive behaviors, including psychobiological, radical behaviorism, social learning, cognitive social learning, and psychopathological approaches. Specific behavioral foci include youth violence, criminal violence, inner-city gang violence, white-collar aggression, combat, terrorism, sexual violence, self-mutilation, etc., from both legal and psychological perspectives. This course explores socialization systems leading to the development of aggressive and violent behavioral tendencies and factors facilitating the maintenance of these dispositions. Prevention and intervention strategies are considered.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 or WMS 1001 This course presents the history and development of theories, research, and concepts in the psychology of women, including a focus on mental health and illness, the pathology of women's social roles, biological bases of women's behavior, and feminist psychological theories and research. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSY or WMS. (WMS 3480)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 and PSY 2310 or Permission of instructor This course presents an in-depth consideration of current areas and issues in experimental psychology, focusing on the scientific investigation of various aspects of psychological functioning. Course content will vary, and the course may be repeated twice with different topics for a maximum of nine hours of credit.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: BIO 1000 or equivalent PSY 1001 PSY 2310 and nine additional hours of PSY courses This course studies the physiological bases of normal and abnormal behavior with emphasis on neurology and hormones
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