100g Introduction to Psychology (4, FaSp) Factors that influence human behavior, including learning, thinking, perception, motivation, and emotion; analysis of determinants of development, adjustment, and maladjustment.
199 Proseminar in Psychology (2) A ten-to-twelve week overview of psychology, its areas of current interest, research methods, and scholarly practices, including presentations of faculty research in representative sub-areas. Grade of B or higher required in Psychology 100. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
210gm Introduction to the Study of Women and Men in Society (4) (Enroll in SWMS 210gm)
255x Human Social Behavior (4, Irregular) The interrelationship between the individual and his social environment. Social influences on attitudes, motivation, perception, and behavior. Not available for major credit to psychology majors.
274 Statistics I (4, FaSp) Introduction to the use of statistics in psychology: basic ideas in measurement; frequency distributions; descriptive statistics; concepts and procedures in statistical inference. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and MATH 116 or a course at a comparable level.
300g Human Diversity: The Psychology of Individual Differences (4) How and why people differ from one another. Emphasizes the balance between both social and biological forces shaping individuality.
301L Cognitive Processes (4, Irregular) Experimental and theoretical aspects of human memory, perception, thinking, and language. Lectures, demonstrations, and individual experiments. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
304L Sensation and Perception (4, Irregular) Receptor processes and stimulus organization; traditional topics in the perception of objects, space, time. Laboratory demonstrations and exercises. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
305 Learning and Memory (4, Irregular) Principles involved in classical and operant conditioning. Concentration on basic causes of behavior; consideration of the relevance of simple behavioral laws to complicated human behavior. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
314L Research Methods (4, Sp) Experimental and other research methods in psychology; nature and concepts of scientific method. Laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 274.
315 Psychological Measurement (4, Irregular) Modern tests of ability, intelligence, and achievement. Measurement of attitudes and personality traits. Principles of construction and validation of tests. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 274.
318L Applied Research Methods (4, Fa) Class design of laboratory and field studies in cognition, social behavior, personality; joint student derivation of hypotheses; development of design instrumentation; collecting and interpreting data. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
320 Principles of Psychobiology (4, Fa) Core course for the Psychobiology Program utilizing both evolutionary and systems perspectives to integrate the concepts and methods of psychology and biology. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 and departmental approval.
326 Behavioral Neuroscience (4, Fa) Neural bases of behavior. Concentration on sensory and motor processes and the interaction of neural, chemical, and hormonal systems. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
336L Developmental Psychology (4, FaSp) Child and adolescent behavior and associated theories; exploration of the continuity between child and adult behavior. Laboratory projects. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
337L Adult Development and Aging (4, FaSp) Genetic, physical, and social influences during adult years on perception, learning and memory, intelligence, personality, social roles, and normal and deviant behavioral patterns. Laboratory demonstrations and exercises. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
338 Adolescent Development (4) The adolescent years from both an applied and research-oriented perspective. Topics include physical, cognitive, and moral development; socialization; and sexual and sex-role development. Prerequisite: PSYC 336L.
340 History of Psychology (4) Early Greek and medieval background; later European developments; modern psychological systems; current trends. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
348 Psychological Aspects of Sex Differences (4, Irregular) Theories and research findings concerning sex differences in personality, cognitive style, intellectual performance, motivation, attitudes. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
355 Social Psychology (4, FaSp) Theoretical and experimental analysis of human behavior. Social processes involved in attitudes, conformity, compliance, interpersonal perception, liking, affiliation, aggression, altruism, and group dynamics. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
359 Interpersonal Relations (4, FaSp) Theories and research on person perception, attribution processes, interpersonal attraction and romantic love, freedom and causality, social comparison phenomena. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, PSYC 355, or departmental approval.
360 Abnormal Psychology (4, FaSp) The commonly diagnosed behavior pathologies; biological, social, cultural, and developmental antecedents of abnormal behavior; principles of learning, perception, and motivation, as they relate to psychopathology. Not open to students with credit in PSYC 461. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
361 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (4, Irregular) Introduction to the scientist-practitioner model of clinical psychology, including research methods, psychological assessment and diagnosis, psychotherapeutic interventions, and treatment of special populations. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.
366 Personality (4, Sp) Major theories of human personality; problems of measurement, experimentation, and theory construction as applied to personality theory. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
372 Human Sexuality (4, Sp) Psychological and physiological base of sexuality; gender identity, childbearing, birth control, venereal diseases; dysfunctions and treatments.
380 Junior Honors Seminar (2-4, max 8, FaSp) Advanced study of scientific inquiry in psychology with in-depth analysis of current research by faculty in the Psychology Department. Preparation for senior honors thesis research. Prerequisite: acceptance in Psychology Undergraduate Honors Program and departmental approval.
390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
404L Psychophysiology of Emotion (4, Irregular) Introduction to the scientific study of emotional behavior. Emphasizes research into relations between physiological and psychological variables underlying emotional experience. Demonstrations and laboratory. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
406 Psycholinguistics (4, Irregular) Experimental and theoretical aspects of how spoken and written language is produced and understood, learned during childhood, and affected by brain damage. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, LING 210.
420 Animal Behavior (4, Irregular) Sensory systems, central nervous system design, instinctive behavior, motivation, learning, social behavior, and the evolution of behavioral adaptations. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
424 Neuropsychology (4, Irregular) Effects of brain damage on human behavior and abilities, particularly language, memory, and emotion. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 326.
426 Motivated Behaviors (4, Irregular) Social, environmental, and physiological influences on behaviors associated with aggression, eating, reproduction, and sleep. Will focus on behavioral disorders such as violence, anorexia/bulimia, sexual abuse, and insomnia. Recommended preparation: PSYC 100.
428 Psychobiology of Development and Aging (4, Irregular) The neurobiological correlates of behavior from a developmental orientation. Human and animal data examining the problems of brain plasticity will be examined. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 326.
430 Advanced Child Development (4, Irregular) An analysis of selected topics and issues in child development. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 274, PSYC 314L, and PSYC 336L.
431 Intellectual Development (4, Irregular) An analysis of the environmental and genetic determinants of intelligence. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 274, PSYC 314L, and PSYC 336L.
433 Children's Learning and Cognitive Development (4, Irregular) Examination of contemporary psychological theory and research on the development of cognitive skills, including language, memory, reading, and mathematics. Prerequisite: PSYC 336L.
438 Behavioral Genetics (4, Irregular) Inheritance and evolution of behavioral characteristics in man and other species. Prerequisite: BISC 106L or BISC 116L and PSYC 274 or departmental approval.
451 Formation and Change of Attitudes (4, Irregular) Effects of socialization, personal influence, propaganda and social structure on private attitudes and public opinion. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 355.
454 Social Cognition (4, Irregular) Theory and research on cognitive processes in social behavior, to include social inference, cognition and emotion, the Self, social categorization, person memory, and attribution processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval; PSYC 355 recommended.
457 Applied Social Psychology (4, Irregular) Practical applications of theories and research in social psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or PSYC 355 recommended.
460 Introduction to Personal Counseling Techniques (4, FaSp) Basic principles underlying counseling with special consideration of the emotional factors in human relations. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval and PSYC 360.
461 Seminar in Abnormal Psychology (4, Fa) In-depth study of the several paradigms of psychopathology and therapy with reliance on original sources as well as standard textbook readings. Not open to students with credit in PSYC 360. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
463 Criminal Behavior (4, Sp) Genetic, biological, psychological, and sociological characteristics of those who evidence criminal behavior; theoretical formulations to be reviewed and appraised. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
480x Senior Honors Seminar (2-4, max 8, FaSp) Advanced study of empirical approaches in psychology. Progress presentations and evaluations of Senior Honors Thesis research. In-depth exploration of issues in science. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: senior standing in Psychology Undergraduates Honors Program and departmental approval.
490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSp) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, FaSp) Selected topics in the various specialty areas within psychology. Topic will vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or departmental approval.
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