Psychology (PSYC)

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.

100 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, Irregular) 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 PSYC 100. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: PSYC 100.

202 Mental Health Law (4, Sp) (Enroll in LAW 202)

210gm Introduction to the Study of Women and Men in Society (4) (Enroll in SWMS 210gm)

230Lg Brain, Mind and Machines: Topics in Neuroscience (4, Sp) (Enroll in BISC 230Lg)

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.

295 Urban Psychology (2, Sp) Combined classroom discussion of assigned readings and field application of community psychology. Projects directed by faculty to illustrate combining service and research in community settings. Recommended preparation: psychology or other social science background.

300 Human Diversity: The Psychology of Individual Differences (4, Sp) 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, Irregular) 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, Irregular) 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.

407 Atypical Language (4) (Enroll in LING 407)

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.

462m Minority Mental Health (4, Irregular) The interaction of cultural influences on communication, values, and gender roles with mental health; important mental health issues for U.S. minorities. Experiential learning emphasized.

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.

501 Statistics in Psychological Research (4, Fa) Principles of descriptive and inferential statistics for psychological research; introduction to analysis of variance and regression. Computer methods. Prerequisite: PSYC 274.

502 Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design (4, Sp) Experimental designs and their analyses of variance beyond straightforward factorial, nested, or repeated measures designs. Prerequisite: PSYC 501.

503 Regression and the General Linear Model (4, Fa) Multiple regression as a tool in experimental and non-experimental data; analysis of variance and covariance as regression on coded variables. Computer applications. Prerequisite: PSYC 501.

504 Research Design (4, Sp) Intensive review of research methods in the behavioral sciences. Problem analysis, formulation of research propositions, and procedures for research inference.

506 Learning and Cognition (4, Irregular) Survey of learning theory and research, including conditioning and information-processing approaches with human and animal subjects.

508 Historical Foundations of Psychology (4, Irregular) History of psychology: clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, quantitative, and social; epistemology and philosophy of science as applied to psychology.

510 Visual Cognition (4, Irregular) The behavioral, neural, and computational aspects of real-time shape recognition will be examined, along with implications for imagery, reading, concepts, and attention.

511 Cognitive Foundations of Language (3) (Enroll in LING 511)

512 Seminar in Social Psychology (4, max 8, Fa) Problems and theories of the person in the social context. Person perception, interpersonal relations, attitude dynamics, social systems.

514 Psychopathology (4, Fa) Study of psychopathology: in-depth survey of theory and research concerning psychological disorders; introduction of diagnosis. (One of four clinical psychology core courses: PSYC 514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619, PSYC 620.)

515 Clinical Assessment (4, Fa) Study of clinical assessment: test construction, measurement and prediction of behavior, major cognitive and personality assessment instruments. (One of four clinical psychology core courses: PSYC 514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619, PSYC 620.)

516 Survey of Physiological Psychology (4, Irregular) Survey of theory and research in the physiological and neural bases of psychological and behavioral functioning.

520 Test Analysis (4, Irregular) Factor analytic theory. Classical test theory. Prerequisite: PSYC 501.

524 Research Design in Developmental Psychology (4, Irregular) Review and practice in the analysis and design of experimental and quasiexperimental paradigms for research on ontogenetic age changes and generational differences in behavior.

530 Child Development (4, Sp) Survey of current research and theory in child development: intelligence, cognition, Piagetian and Neo-Piagetian theory, language, parent-child interactions. Prerequisite: PSYC 336L.

531 Psychology of Adult Differentiation and Aging (4, Irregular) Present findings on changes in organization of behavior after physical maturity; drives, emotions, learning and memory, thinking and problem solving, achievement, psychophysiology. Prerequisite: B.A. in psychology.

535ab Proseminar in Life-Span Developmental Psychology (4-4, Irregular) Theory and research in human development: perception, learning, intelligence, and psychophysiological processes.

544 Psychophysiology (4, max 8, Irregular) Recent research on relations between basic psychological states (e.g., cognition, learning, emotion) and physiological response processes (e.g., autonomic responses, covert muscle activity).

545 Neuropsychology (4, Irregular) Brain mechanisms underlying perceptual and cognitive functioning: brain damage, loss of function, and clinical assessment. Prerequisite: PSYC 516.

547 Functional Neuroanatomy (4, Irregular) Regional organization and systems of the mammalian nervous system and their functions.

548L Functional Neuroanatomy Laboratory (2, Irregular) Laboratory on the regional organization and systems of the mammalian nervous system and their functions. Prerequisite: PSYC 547.

575 Multivariate Analysis of Behavioral Data (4, Irregular) Multivariate statistical techniques; multiple regression, univariate and multivariate analysis of variance, factor analysis, and canonical correlation. Computer methods in data analysis. Prerequisite: PSYC 501.

576 Psycholinguistics (3, Fa) (Enroll in LING 576)

577 Analysis of Covariance Structures (4, Irregular) Multivariate analysis of non-experimental data, including structural equation modeling, path analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. Computer applications using variety of optimization routines and purpose-written software. Prerequisite: PSYC 503.

578 Workshop in Quantitative Methods (4, max 8) Practical, hands-on experience in the application of selected quantitative methods to empirical data. Includes training in use of relevant computer software. Prerequisite: PSYC 501 and either PSYC 502 or PSYC 503.

580 Seminar in Aging (4-8, Irregular) Review of the literature on selected aspects of aging. Identification of problems, issues of theory and interpretation, and implications for research design.

582 Seminar in the Psychobiology of Development and Aging (4, Irregular) Life span neurological development with emphasis on the behavioral consequences of environmental and experimental intervention during development.

585 Biological Basis of Learning and Behavior (4, Irregular) Survey of data, concepts, and methods of attempts to determine physical substructure of learning and behavior.

586 Advanced Psycholinguistics (3, max 9) (Enroll in LING 586)

590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSp) Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

594abz Master's Thesis (2-2-0, FaSp) Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

595 Practicum in Clinical Psychology (1-4, max 12, FaSp) Supervised experience in interviewing skills and assessment, including psychological test administration and the preparation of reports. Graded CR/NC.

599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Selected topics in the various speciality areas within psychology at the graduate level. Topic will vary from semester to semester.

606 Seminar in Learning and Memory (4, max 8, Irregular) Basic problems and experimental data related to understanding the nature of learning processes.

607 Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience (4, max 8, Irregular) Selected topics considered in the contexts of recent experimental developments and current theoretical trends.

610 Seminar in Information Processing in the Nervous System (4, max 8, Irregular) Current issues in research on short term retention, recognition, and recall; sensory filtering and attention; information processes in human skill; limits of capacity.

612 Seminar in Advanced Social Psychology (4, max 16, Irregular) An intensive consideration of selected concepts, theories, and research problems in social psychology. Prerequisite: PSYC 512.

616 Research Techniques for Non-Experimental Social Science (4, Irregular) Quasi-experimental designs; causal inference from correlational research, techniques for evaluating measures of attitude, personality, and social motives: observational methods; content analysis; sampling and survey techniques.

619 Psychological Intervention (4, Sp) Study of clinical psychological treatment: research and theory about major psychological approaches to intervention. (One of four clinical psychology core courses: PSYC 514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619, PSYC 620.)

620 Community Psychology (4, Sp) Study of community psychology: survey of research and practice concerning preventive interventions, social change, and the evaluation of community programs. (One of four clinical psychology core courses: PSYC 514, PSYC 515, PSYC 619, PSYC 620.)

621 Seminar in Quantitative Psychology (4, max 12, Irregular) Selected topics in mathematical psychology.

622 Decision Analysis and Behavioral Decision Theory (4, Irregular) Normative and descriptive theories and research on human decision-making, with special emphasis on applications to real social decision problems.

660 Seminar in Clinical Psychology (4, max 8, Irregular) Selected topics in clinical psychology.

663 Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience (4) (Enroll in CSCI 663)

675 Seminar in Experimental Child Psychology (4, max 8) A treatment of current research with children, specializing in problems of learning and motivation.

676 Seminar in Psycholinguistics (3, max 12) (Enroll in LING 676)

680 Seminar in Psychopathology (4, max 8, Irregular) Selected topics in psychopathology.

691ab Internship in Clinical Psychology (0-0, FaSp) Supervised clinical work in an approved mental health setting. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: good standing in clinical program and departmental approval.

695 Advanced Practicum in Clinical Psychology (1-4, max 12, FaSp) Didactic practicum combining theory and research on psychological intervention with clinical practice in assessment and treatment, focused on particular client groups or disorders. Graded CR/NC.

790 Research (1-12, FaSp) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, FaSpSm) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

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