The information below lists undergraduate courses approved in this subject area effective Summer and Fall, 2000. Not all courses will necessarily be offered these terms. Please consult the Timetable for a listing of courses offered for a specific term.
100
Introduction to Psychology.
4 Hours.
Survey of basic concepts of contemporary psychology. Introduction to
the nervous system, perception, motivation, learning and memory, social
behavior, personality, developmental and clinical psychology.
Students under 18 years of age need parental consent to participate
in research experiments that are part of the course. Consent forms
available in 1009 BSB.
201
The Psychology of African-Americans.
3 Hours.
Same as African-American Studies 201.
Historical analysis of various psychological approaches to the
African-American experience and identity. Special attention to
development of African-American psychology as a disciplinary
orientation.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100 or consent of the instructor.
202
African-American Behavioral Patterns.
3 Hours.
Same as African-American Studies 202.
Formal theories on personality in terms of interdependence between
personal characteristics, African-American culture, and oppression;
social-psychological aspects of black identity and interpersonal
behavior.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100 or consent of the instructor. Credit in Psch 201 is
recommended.
210
Theories of Personality.
3 Hours.
Survey of major theoretical approaches to the study of personality and
the evidential basis underlying each approach.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100.
231
Community Psychology.
3 Hours.
Psychological principles, research and interventions concerning
community settings; community human services, primary prevention,
consultation, advocacy, social ecology, organizational change, and
citizen participation.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100.
242
Introduction to Research in Psychology.
3 Hours.
Techniques and problems associated with the study of behavior.
Emphasis on measurement, descriptive statistics, and the principles of
experimental design. Exercises involving data collection.
Participation in research.
Prerequisite:
Credit or concurrent registration in Psch 100.
262
Physiological Psychology.
3 Hours.
Research and theories concerning the physiological bases of behavior.
Understanding of basic brain organization with emphasis on neural
substrates of learning, motivation, and perception.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100.
270
Abnormal Psychology.
3 Hours.
A survey course covering the assessment, description, causes, and
treatments of many psychological disorders, including depression,
anxiety disorders, psychosis, sexual dysfunction, and personality
disorders.
Prerequisite:
Psch 100.
303
Writing in Psychology.
3 Hours.
Teaches students the fundamentals of scientific writing
including literature reviews, research reports, and book reviews.
Students will write a minimum of three papers dealing with
psychological topics.
Prerequisites:
Psychology major, and junior or senior standing, and Psch 242,
and a minimum of two courses from Psch 210, 262, 270, 312, 320, 350,
352, and 360.
305
History of Psychology.
3 Hours.
The history of scientific psychology with emphasis on forerunners
of modern psychological issues.
Prerequisite:
15 hours in psychology.
312
Social Psychology.
3 Hours.
Survey of theory and research in social psychology, emphasizing
experimental investigations of attitudes and social
cognition, and interpersonal relations and group
processes. Prerequisite: Psch 242.
313
Laboratory in Social Psychology.
2 Hours.
Conduct laboratory and field experiments in social psychology on
problems in attitudes and social cognition, and interpersonal relations
and group processes.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and credit or concurrent registration in Psch 312.
315
Psychology of Women and Gender.
3 Hours.
Same as Gender and Women's Studies 315.
Critical examination of research on women and gender across the life
span, including psychological aspects of reproduction, and the way that
gender shapes cognition, sexuality, family, friendship, and work
experiences.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242 or consent of the
instructor.
320
Developmental Psychology.
3 Hours.
Analysis of research and theory concerning social, cognitive, and
biopsychological aspects of human development.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
321
Laboratory in Developmental Psychology.
2 Hours.
Survey of dominant research strategies in contemporary developmental
psychology. Laboratory experience in developmental research.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and credit or concurrent registration in Psch 320.
323
Psychology of Children with Handicaps.
3 Hours.
Reviews studies of physically, intellectually, and emotionally
handicapped children.
Prerequisite:
Psch 320.
330
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
3 Hours.
Application of psychological principles and methods to
problems and issues in work organizations. Employee
selection, motivation, job satisfaction, decision making, performance
appraisal, group dynamics, power and politics, leadership, job
design.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
331
Community and Prevention Research.
3 Hours.
Examines how researchers conceptualize, design, implement, and
evaluate school and community programs to enhance competence, promote
empowerment, and prevent behavioral problems.
Prerequisites:
Psch 231 and 343.
340
Psychological Testing.
3 Hours.
Introduction to principles of psychological assessment, with an
overview of representative techniques. Particular emphasis is
placed on objective tests. Demonstrations of the various assessment
modes are presented during lecture and conference sections.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
343
Statistical Methods in Behavioral Science.
3 Hours.
Credit is not given for Psychology 343 if the student has credit in
Information and Decision Sciences 371. Introduction to statistical
inference, probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing,
correlation, and analysis of variance.
Prerequisites:
Math 090 or 118 or the equivalent, and Psch 242;
or consent of instructor for non-psychology majors.
350
Sensation and Perception.
3 Hours.
Survey of theories and empirical findings in the study of sensation and
perception. Emphasis on human vision and audition as information
processing systems.
Prerequisites:
Psch 242.
351
Laboratory in Perception.
2 Hours.
Laboratory practicum in sensation and perception.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and credit or
concurrent registration in Psch 350.
352
Cognition and Memory.
3 Hours.
Survey of experimental findings in human learning, memory, attention,
knowledge representation,
.cm;problem solving, conceptual behavior, and
psycholinguistics.
Prerequisite: Psch 242.
353
Laboratory in Cognition and Memory.
2 Hours.
Laboratory practicum in memory, psycholinguistics, problem solving, and
reasoning.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and
credit or concurrent registration in Psch 352.
354
Knowledge Acquisition.
3 Hours.
Introduction to belief formation, conceptual change, cognitive
development, discovery and invention, schema abstraction, skill
acquisition and other cognitive change processes. Research and
practical applications.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
360
Learning and Conditioning.
3 Hours.
Principles of learning; emphasis on parameters of acquisition,
extinction, and retention of classical and instrumental conditioning and
stimulus control of reflexive and voluntary behavior.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
361
Laboratory in Learning and Conditioning.
2 Hours.
Animals used in instruction.
Laboratory practicum in conditioning and simple learning using animal
subjects. Emphasis on operant conditioning.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and credit or
concurrent registration in Psch 360.
363
Laboratory in Physiological Psychology.
2 Hours.
Animals used in instruction.
Laboratory practicum and demonstrations of research techniques used to
study the physiological bases of behavior.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343 and credit or concurrent
registration in Psch 262.
381
Psychology of Interviewing.
3 Hours.
Theory, research, and practice of interviewing. Emphasis on developing
skills for interviewing individuals.
Prerequisites:
Psch 340 or 343, and either Psch 210 or 231.
382
Psychological Interventions.
3 Hours.
Application of psychological theories and principles used in
psychotherapy and behavior change. Emphasis will be on models for
assessment of change, the evaluation of psychotherapy, and selecting
appropriate interventions.
Prerequisites:
Psch 210, 270, and 343.
383
Psychology of Groups.
3 Hours.
Application of psychological theory and research to group functioning
and change. Survey of intervention methods emphasizing the development
of competence in group participation and leadership.
Prerequisites:
Psch 340 or 343, and either Psch 210 or 231.
385
Field Work in Applied Psychology.
3 Hours.
A combined maximum of 8 hours of credit in Psch 385, 396, 397,
and 399 may be applied toward the degree.
Supervised practicum as a paraprofessional worker for a minimum
equivalent of one day per week in a mental health, developmental
disabilities, or industrial-organizational setting.
Prerequisites:
Restricted to majors in the Applied Option of Psychology, who have
completed all of the courses required for the Major in the Applied
Option of Psychology and all but one of the optional requirements for a
total of 10 courses in psychology.
394
Special Topics in Psychology.
1 to 3 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours of credit. Students may
register for more than one section per term. Lectures devoted to an
announced topic.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
395
Seminar in Psychology.
1 to 3 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours of credit.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade only. Seminar devoted to
special topics in psychology.
Prerequisite:
Psch 242.
396
Directed Research.
1 to 3 Hours.
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. May be repeated for credit.
A combined maximum of 8 hours of credit in Psch 385, 396, 397, and
399 may be applied toward the degree.
Students may register for more than one section per term.
Participation
in ongoing research in psychology under the direction of a faculty
member. A final report describing the research and its theory is
required.
Prerequisites:
Psch 242 and
consent of the instructor and director of undergraduate studies.
397
Readings in Psychology.
1 to 3 Hours.
May be repeated for credit. A combined maximum of 8 hours of credit
in Psch 385, 396, 397, and 399 may be applied toward the degree.
Students may register for more than one
section per term. Bibliographic research on a special topic under the
direction of a faculty member. Paper is required for course credit.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343, a 4.00 grade
point average, and consent of the instructor and the director of
undergraduate studies.
399
Independent Research.
1 to 4 Hours.
May be repeated for credit. A combined maximum of 8 hours of
credit in Psch 385, 396, 397, and 399 may be applied toward the
degree. Students may register for more than one section per term.
Individual research on a special topic under the direction of a
faculty member. A paper is required for course credit.
Prerequisites:
Psch 343,
one from Psch 313, 321, 351, 353, 361, 363; a 4.00 grade point average;
membership in one of the departmental distinction programs;
consent of the instructor and the director of undergraduate studies.
411
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism.
3 Hours.
Psychological research and theory concerning stereotyping,
prejudice, and racism. Historical conceptualization, development,
causes, expression, and psychological consequences of prejudice, as
well as theories of prejudice reduction.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor.
415
Health Psychology.
3 Hours.
Psychological theory and research concerning the coronary-prone
personality, pain management, controlling adherence to medical
regimens, biofeedback, smoking, and weight control.
Prerequisites:
Psch 270 and consent of the instructor; or
graduate standing.
417
Psychology and Law.
3 Hours.
Application of psychological theories to the development, operation, and
effects of law; evaluation of different and similar approaches of law
and psychology.
Prerequisite:
Psch 312 or consent of the instructor.
420
Social Development of Urban Children.
3 Hours.
Same as Educational Psychology 420. General principles of social
development and socialization during childhood and the factors common
to urban children that illustrate and modify these principles.
Prerequisite:
Admission to the graduate program in education or psychology or
consent of the instructor.
421
Developmental Psychobiology.
3 Hours.
Concepts and theory integrating behavioral and biological developmental
processes, with examples from current research issues.
Prerequisite:
Consent of the instructor.
422
Advanced Developmental Psychology and Educational Processes.
3 Hours.
Same as Education 422. Focuses on cognitive and social development
from birth to adolescence. Examines relations between development,
learning, and educational processes.
Prerequisites:
Psch 100 and any one from Ed 210,
Psch 259, or 320;
or graduate standing and consent of the instructor.
423
Characteristics of Early Adolescence.
3 Hours.
Same as Educational Psychology 446.
Physiological, social, emotional and cognitive development of early
adolescence. The relationship between these developmental
characteristics and success in the middle grades.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the Ph.D. program in psychology; or approval of the
College of Education or consent of the instructor, and Ed 210 or 421
or Psch 422 or the equivalent.
429
Constructivist Approaches to Development: Piaget and Vygotsky.
3 Hours.
Same as Educational
Psychology 429. Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of development
of knowledge. Empirical and logico-mathematical forms of knowledge.
Thought and action. Thought and language.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing in education and Psch 422 or the equivalent or
graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor.
440
Psychological Test Theory.
3 Hours.
Classical and modern theory of tests as developed for assessment of
ability, aptitude, and personality. Emphasis on the statistical and
mathematical basis of the theories.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 343
and consent of the instructor.
443
Advanced Statistics.
3 Hours.
Design and analysis of experiments: between, within factorial and
mixed factorial designs and introduction to multiple regression. For
students planning research careers or advanced degrees.
Prerequisite:
Psch 343.
452
Human Learning and Memory.
3 Hours.
Survey of empirical research and theories concerning the human memory
system and the encoding, retention, and retrieval of information in
that
system. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; or
Psch 352 and consent of the instructor.
454
Psychology of Language.
3 Hours.
Same as Linguistics 474 and Communication 454.
Introductory survey of methods, theory and research; linguistic
foundations, history, and present status of the field.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
455
Psychology of Thinking.
3 Hours.
Research and theory concerning higher mental processes, including
problem solving, reasoning, judgment, and decision making.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 352 and consent of the
instructor.
459
Cognitive Methods.
3 Hours.
Hands-on training in the methods of cognitive psychology, especially
computational modeling and the analysis of verbal protocols and other
types of trace data.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
460
Advanced Learning.
3 Hours.
Methods, results, and interpretation of experimental studies of basic
learning processes in animal and human subjects.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 360 and 361
and consent of the instructor.
462
Advanced Physiological Psychology.
4 Hours.
Anatomical and physiological substrates of behavior.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 262 and consent of the instructor.
465
Sensory Processes.
3 Hours.
Psychophysical and physiological studies of sensory systems and
processes. Primary emphasis on the early processing of visual stimuli.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 351 and consent of
the instructor.
466
Motivation.
3 Hours.
Review of empirical data and theories concerning the physiological basis
of motivational processes in animals and humans.
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing; or Psch 360 and consent of
the instructor.
467
Fundamentals of Neuroscience.
3 Hours.
Basic principles of neurophysiology and neuropharmacology including
logic bases of nerve action, chemistry of synapses, and actions of
pharmacological agents.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or Psch 262.
481
Interviewing.
1 Hour.
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. Lecture on the theory and
practice of clinical interviewing with supervised experience.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor.
494
Special Topics in Psychology.
1 to 4 Hours.
May be repeated for credit. Students may register for more than one
section per term. Advanced treatment of an announced topic.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
495
Seminar in Psychology.
1 to 3 Hours.
May be repeated for a maximum of 9 hours of credit. Students may
register for more than one section per term.
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. Seminar devoted to special
topics in psychology.
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
Posted: 5 Apr 00
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