Classes - [ Course Descriptions ]
PSY 1013 Gen Psychology Three hours lecture. The study of human behavior, heredity and growth; motivation: feeling and emotion; frustration; conflict; learning; language; thinking, attention; sensation; perception; intelligence; aptitudes; social influences.
PSY 1093 Honors In Gen Psy (Prerequisite: Open through invitation only). Three hours lecture. Intensified study of human behavior, heredity, motivation, emotion, frustration, conflict, learning, sensation, perception, intelligence, experimental methodology, and social interaction.
PSY 2153 Psy Of Adjustment (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Dynamic concepts of healthy personality; optimum utilization of personal resources throughout the life span; individual and collective behavior in the changing social context; prevention of mental illness.
PSY 2990 Special Topic In PSY Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
PSY 3003 Environmental Psy (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Study of the social and physical environmental factors and their effects on behavior. Theory, research, and application will be examined.
PSY 3023 Applied Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Principles, techniques, and results of psychology applied to a wide range of problems in daily life and work.
PSY 3073 Psy Interper Relat Three hours lecture. (Prerequisite: Junior standing). Examination of psychological principles, theories and research which apply to various types of human interaction.
PSY 3103 Intro Psy Statistics (Prerequisite: PSY 1013, MA 1313). Three hours lecture. Techniques and practices in statistical analyses used in psychological experimentation and evaluation.
PSY 3203 Psy Of Gender Differ (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Survey of the biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors which influence the psychological differentiation of the genders.
PSY 3213 Psych Of Ab Behavior (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Behavioral patterns and causes of deviant behavior from childhood through later maturity. Etiology and symptomatology are emphasized.
PSY 3313 Exp Psych (Prerequisite: PSY 3013). Three hours lecture. Emphasis on the methods and techniques of research design. Ex- periments in perception, learning, animal behavior, memory and thinking.
PSY 3343 Psych Of Learning (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Survey of a variety of learning situations. Consideration of the variables and conditions which influence the learning process.
PSY 3353 Motivation (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Study of the role of motivation in behavior theory; biological and psychological bases; historical and contemporary views.
PSY 3363 Behav Modification (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Intensive examination of the principles and procedures used to modify the behavior of humans in contemporary situations.
PSY 3413 Human Sexual Behavior (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Varieties of sexual behavior. Research methods and findings; typical behaviors; homosexuality; sexual disorders; sexual assault and sexual victims; treatments; pornography and prostitution; sexual risk perception.
PSY 3503 Health Psychology (Prerequisites: PSY 1013 or PSY 1093). Three hours lecture. Overview of research on psychophysiological disorders and related interventions. Emphasis is placed on chronic physical disorders and their relationship to psychological functioning.
PSY 3623 Social Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Human behavior as a product of social inter- action; social perception; social norms and roles; group processes, interrelationship of personality, culture, and group.
PSY 3713 Cognitive Psychology Three hours lecture. Introduction to the basic areas of cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, memory, reasoning, and language.
PSY 3803 Int Dev Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. A survey and evaluation of current theory and research concerning development from infancy to young adulthood. Cognitive, social, and emotional development is emphasized.
PSY 4000 Directed Indiv Study Hours and credits to be arranged.
PSY 4103 Psychometrics (Prerequisite: PSY 3103). Three hours lecture. Theory, problems, skills, and techniques of psychological measurement. Emphasis on construction, evaluation, item analysis, reliability and validity techniques in the improvement of measures of human behavior. Laboratory hours to be arranged.
PSY 4113 Psych-Phys Biofeedbk (Prerequisites: PSY 3103 or equivalent, and consent of instructor). A critical review of research and theory related to human psychophysiology and measurement. In-depth overview of biofeedback research, techniques, and applications.
PSY 4123 Quant Tech Psy Compu (Prerequisites: PSY 3103 or equivalent, and consent of instructor). A survey of major quantitative techniques in psychology and related behavioral sciences made possible by modern computers.
PSY 4203 Theories Of Pers (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Current theories of personality. Structure, development, dynamics, acculturation processes. Methods, techniques, and research in personality assessment.
PSY 4223 Drug Use And Abuse (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Study of basic principles of drug use and abuse. Includes an introduction to psychopharmacology and basic treatment strategies.
PSY 4323 History Of Psy (Prerequisite: PSY 1013 and junior standing). Three hours lecture. A discussion of people, events, and theoretical and empirical contributions relevant to development of psychology.
PSY 4333 Intro Clinical Psych (Prerequisites: PSY 3213 and PSY 4313 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Survey of assessment techniques, intervention procedures, professional issues of contemporary clinical psychology. Emphasis placed on the Boulder (scientist-practitioner) model.
PSY 4343 Clinical Child Psych (Prerequisites: PSY 3213; PSY 4313 or PSY 3803). Three hours lecture. Overview of childhood disorders and related inter- ventions.
PSY 4403 Physiological Psy (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Nervous, muscular, sensory, and glandular systems of the body as they affect behavior and adjustment. Emphasis upon the role of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
PSY 4423 Sensation/Perception (Prerequisite: PSY 1013, PSY 4403). Three hours lecture. Survey of basic sensory mechanisms and perceptual phenomena. Sensory mechanisms reviewed will include vision, audition, olfaction, gustation, and touch with emphasis on vision and audition.
PSY 4523 Industrial Psy (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. Applications of psychological principles and methods to industry emphasizing employee selection, placement, merit rating, training, human relations, and measurement and improvement of employee morale.
PSY 4633 Social Intervention (Prerequisite: PSY 4623 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Examination of how people perceive, categorize, and reason about other people and themselves.
PSY 4643 Social Cognition (Prerequisite: PSY 4623 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Examination of how people perceive, categorize and reason about other people and themselves.
PSY 4653 Cognitive Science (Prerequisite: CS 4633/6633 or PSY 4713 or PHI 4143/6143 or AN 4623/6623 or EN 4403/6403). Three hours lecture. The nature of human cognition from an interdisciplinary perspective, primarily utilizing a computational model, including insights from philosophy, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and neuroscience. (Same as CS 4653/6653).
PSY 4713 Language & Thought Three hours lecture. Review of current research and theories. Symbolic process, concept formation, problem solving and language development.
PSY 4723 Psycholinguistics (Prerequisite: PSY 4713/6713 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Language production and comprehension, conversational interaction, language acquisition.
PSY 4726 Internship In Psy I (Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). A minimum of twenty hours per week of professional experience in a human service or other field setting. One hour of seminar and group supervision.
PSY 4733 Memory (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of memory. Discussion of laboratory memory, computer models of memory, memory self-concepts, everyday memory, and clinical memory problems.
PSY 4736 Internship In Psy II (Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). A minimum of twenty hours per week of professional experience in a human service or other field setting. One hour of seminar and group supervision.
PSY 4743 Psychology of HCI (Prerequisites: PSY 3713 or CS 4663/6663 or IE 4113/6113 or consent of the instructor). Two hours lecture. Two hours laboratory. Exploration of psychological factors that interact with computer interface usablilty. Interface design techniques and usability evaluation methods are emphasized. (Same as CS 4673/6673 and IE 4123/6123).
PSY 4903 Seminar-Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). In-depth examination of particular topics of current interest to faculty and students. Critical evaluation of current research.
PSY 4983 Psychology Of Aging (Prerequisite: PSY 1013). Three hours lecture. A description and analysis of the development and changes occurring in individuals from early adulthood through late life.
PSY 4990 Special Topic In PSY Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
