Courses

Gives students a detailed introduction to the basic questions in the study of how the energies and information in the external world become part of our immediate experience. This includes questions about how patterned energies (such as light, sound, etc.) are coded by our sensory systems and how those codes are used to support psychological experience.

This course is an introduction to cognition, an area of psychology that investigates the ways in which we acquire, store, create and use knowledge.

An introduction to biopsychology, emphasizing the structure and function of the human brain.

This course provides a general survey of the study of learning and behavior. It will focus on investigating historical and current learning perspectives, their respective research methods, and how each contributes to our understanding of both human and animal behavior.

Developmental principles; physical growth; linguistic, intellectual, emotional, and social development from infancy to maturity.

Introduction to Social Psychology discusses how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people (real or imagined). The course will provide an overview of the field, potentially covering such topics as: attitudes, persuasion, person perception, automatic vs. conscious thought, the self, prosocial behavior, aggression, interpersonal attribution, conformity, obedience, culture, groups, prejudice and discrimination from a psychological perspective.

The focus of this course in general is on the psychological study of gender in historical and contemporary perspective. The historical roots of gender studies in women's studies, as a correction to a traditional focus on male and masculine perspectives, will be covered.

Personality psychology involves examining theories of human nature and evaluating them in an empirical fashion.

Applying psychological knowledge to develop and maintain effective personal adjustment and well-being and positive social relations.

This course demonstrates how knowledge and principles from evolutionary biology are used to conduct research on the design of the human mind.

This course focuses on some of the topics and questions people most commonly ask about psychology: What are the different psychological disorders, and what are they like? How do clinicians diagnose someone with a disorder? What do therapists actuallydoin therapy?

Personnel selection, training, accident prevention, morale, and organizational behavior.