2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

PSY 300 Research Methods in Psychology

(3 lecture, 0 laboratory) Prerequisites: PSY 120, PSY 200. This class and required lab afford all psychology majors the opportunity to learn the foundations of research methodology, design, and analysis.

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PSY 323 Health Psychology

Prerequisite: PSY 120. Explore psychological factors in maintenance of wellness, treatment of illnesses and recovery from or adjustment to ongoing health problems. Study theory, research methods and clinical applications in health psychology.

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PSY 330 Child and Adolescent Psychology

Prerequisite: PSY 230. Focus on human development from conception through adolescence, particularly physical, cognitive and socioemotional development. Learn research methods for studying developmental processes.

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PSY 331 Maturity and Aging

Prerequisite: PSY 230. Explore physical, cognitive and socioemotional variables related to adult development encompassing an age range from 20 to over 100. Emphasis in learning various research methods.

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PSY 332 Psychology of Death and Dying

Prerequisite: PSY 120. Explore the dying process, funeral rites/rituals, grief and bereavement of Western and other cultures. Topics include loss experiences, fear of death, reactions to death, euthanasia, suicide, and the care and treatment of the terminally ill.

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PSY 341 Principles of Learning

Prerequisite: PSY 120. Explore principles of classical and operant conditioning. Understand principles as the basis for concept learning, problem-solving, information processing and memory. Emphasis on human behavior in everyday life.

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PSY 347 Educational Psychology for Elementary Teachers

Restricted to students pursuing a licensure-seeking major and cumulative GPA of at least 2.75. Study the relationships between theory, research, and practice in learning, memory, child development, motivation, and educational assessment for elementary classroom settings.

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PSY 349 Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers

Restricted to students pursuing a licensure-seeking major and cumulative GPA of 2.50. Study the application of principles derived from research on learning, memory, adolescent development, motivation, and educational assessment and measurement to secondary classroom settings.

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PSY 350 Theories of Personality

Prerequisite: PSY 120. Study psychological theories and research methods used to explain personality development and functioning including psychoanalytic, neopsychoanalytic, cognitive, behavioral, humanistic and type-trait theories.

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PSY 365 Psychology and the Law

Prerequisite: PSY 265 or SOC 332. Examine social psychological theories and methods related to the legal system issues e.g., jury selection, eyewitness testimony, and death penalty cases.

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PSY 366 Industrial Psychology

Prerequisite: PSY 120.  Discover basic methods employed by psychologists in selection, placement, training and motivation of industrial personnel. Examine psychological factors influencing morale, production and job satisfaction.

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PSY 375 Sensation and Perception

Prerequisite: PSY 120. Laboratory arranged. Survey of how humans perceive the world through vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Examine physiological mechanisms, sensory processes, development, and theories of perception for each sensory modality.

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PSY 380 Introduction to Physiological Psychology

Prerequisites: PSY 120, Introduction to BIO/ZOO or equivalent. This class is designed to give students an introduction to neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and psychopharmacology while stressing the functional relationship between the nervous system and behavior.

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