300
Structure and function of the nervous system, with implications for both normal and abnormal development and behavior. How the function of the brain is related to behavior.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
In this course we will examine the evolutionary basis of human behavior and cognition. The ways in which natural and sexual selection have shaped human nature will be explored. Selected topics include evolutionary explanations of human mating systems, jealousy, interpersonal and sexual attraction, warfare, sexual orientation, and cognition. A special emphasis will be placed on exploring the evolutionary basis of male-female differences.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
A systematic study of the learning process emphasizing topical, research, and theoretical orientations. Topics covered include major theories of learning and memory, Pavlovian conditioning, appetitive and aversive conditioning, biological influences on learning, stimulus and cognitive control of behavior, and memory processes: storage, encoding, retrieval, and forgetting.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101,
PSY 214 or permission of instructor.
Examines the higher mental processes of attention, learning, memory, language, concept formation, problem solving, and reasoning. Students will participate in simulations of classic experiments in cognitive psychology.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101,
PSY 214 or permission of instructor.
Experimental study of sensation and perception emphasizing human visual and auditory processes and the methods of experimental psychology. The student will gain laboratory experience by participating in experiments and by designing, carrying out, and writing up an original study.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101,
PSY 214 or permission of instructor.
Psychological behavior of an individual as a member of a group; the influence of culture and society on attitudes, personality, and behavior; the dynamics of group interaction.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
Cross Listed Courses
SOC 350
This course explores perspectives on human sexuality, body image, body change (e.g., disability, illness, aging), and body variations. Students explore the social construction of gender, body image, and sexuality and the consequences that differing meanings of "body" and "sex" can have on individuals in our society.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101 or
SOC 101
Cross Listed Courses
SW 355,
SOC 355
Examines psychosocial aspects of human development from birth through death. Focuses on major psychological, social, and cognitive topics as relevant to the stages of the life span.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
Focuses on issues related to moral development. Using the writing of various psychologists, novelists, and philosophers, this course will address such issues as moral reasoning, meaning, and purpose.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
Examines diverse perspectives on human personality. The focus is on asking what we know when we know a person. This involves analyzing basic assumptions, postulates, and research related to major personality theories including: trait, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cultural, biological, and cognitive.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
This course will examine the social self; competing needs for uniqueness and similarity; the meaning of self-identity and self-concept; individual coping strategies; attributional analyses; social influence and defining gender.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101
Examination of problem behavior, its causes, its treatment, and its social and legal ramifications. Emphasis is given to personal and societal understanding of abnormality as well as to psychological and medical considerations.
3
Prerequisites
PSY 101