Psychology (PSY) Other Course Descriptions 201: Sexual Decisions. Goal: To explore biological, psychological, interpersonal and sociocultural aspects of human sexuality. Content: Issues surrounding multiple and often contradictory elements that shape sexual attitudes and behaviors. Taught: Spring. Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 201. 203: Social Psychology.
Goal: To provide students with a scientific understanding of human social behavior in its various forms. Content: Social perception, attitude formation and change, interpersonal attraction, aggression, group processes, health, gender and other topics through examining contemporary social psychological theories and research. Taught: Fall. Prerequisite: PSY 101. Credit: 3 hours. 207: Physiological Psychology.
Goal: To provide the student with an understanding of physiological processes that mediate psychological functioning. Content: The biological bases of sensation, perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, emotion, and consciousness; overview of recent and significant developments in this area. Taught: Fall. Prerequisite: PSY 101. Credit: 4 hours; cross-listed as NSC 207 220: Statistical Methods.
Goal: To introduce students to the logic of designing and experiment and interpreting the quantitative data derived from it. Content: Study of binomial and normal distributions, measures of central tendency, and tests of hypotheses. Taught: Fall, Spring. Prerequisites: MAT 130, 192 or placement at MAT 140 level Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as MAT 220 230: Reading, Writing, & Review: Preparing to Conduct Research in Psychology.
Goal: To encourage students to acquire knowledge of an issue within psychology and critically analyze this topic using appropriate research methodology.
Content: Provides students an opportunity for focused research in their area of interest. The class will function as a research group, providing each student with a place for discussion and critical review of her topic. Taught: Fall. Credit: 3 hours; S-course. 260: Drugs and Behavior.
Goal: To examine the major classes of drugs which affect behavior, including drugs of abuse and drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders.
Content: The pharmacology of drugs of abuse and drugs used in treating mental disorders is explored. Exploration of historical background of drugs as well as social context. Taught: Fall. Alternate years. Credit: 3 hours. 301: Psychology of Women.
Goal: To further students’ understanding of psychological knowledge as it applies to women and gender issues. Content: Exploration of the manner in which psychology defines and studies women with emphasis on research methodologies, empirical findings, theory, and current and historical controversies. Taught: Spring. Alternate years. Prerequisites: PSY 101 or WST 200. Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 301. 304: Psychology of Personality.
Goal: To promote synthesized understanding of the person through an integration of theory and research. Content: Exploration of environmental and inherited factors which produce a particular personality structure; includes psychoanalytic, humanistic, existential, trait, behavioral, social learning, and cognitive theories. Taught: Fall. Prerequisite: PSY 101. Credit: 3 hours.
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