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PSYCH 100
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Terri Fisher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator
Ovalwood 335
(419) 755-4280
Course Descriptions
100 General Psychology (5 credits)Introductory psychology, a prerequisite to advanced courses; the application
of the scientific method to behavior; topics include learning, motivation,
perception, personality, physiological basis of behavior. GEC/LAR course.
SS Admis Cond course.
300 Research in Psychology: An Introduction (4
credits)An overview of issues, methods, and techniques of scientific psychological
research. Prerequisite: 100.
310 Basic Psychology: Perception (4 credits)Theory, methods, and physiological correlates of sensory and perceptual
processes; emphasis on the relation of behavior to stimulus variation.
Prerequisite: 100; and 219 or 320 or Stat 145 or 245.
312 Learning, Memory, and Cognition (4 credits)An introduction to experimental study of human memory, learning, and
cognition. Prerequisite: 100; and 320, or Stat 145 or 245 (or equivalent).
313 Behavioral Neuroscience (5 credits)Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system in relation to behavior. Prerequisite: 300..
321 Quantitative and Statistical Methods in
Psychology (4 credits)A concentrated examination of appications of statistical tools in inference
in contemporary psychology; hypothesis testing, regression, correlation,
and analysis of variance. Prerequisite: 100; 320, or Stat 145 or 245.
331 Psychopathology and Psychotherapy I (5 credits)Examination of current problems, issues, theories, and approaches to
psychological deviance. Prerequisite: 100. Prerequisite: 100.
333.02 Human Behavior Problems: Sexual (5
credits)A survey of scientific research on human sexuality using a psychological
perspective. Prerequisite: 100.
Examination of psychological concepts and theories related to individual
adjustment and adaptation. Prerequisite: 100.
A survey of developmental psychology from birth through old age. Prerequisite:
100.
Survey of group processes as they affect individual behavior; topics
include individual motivation, group behavior, attitudes, and perception
of self and others. Prerequisite: 100, English 110 or 111 or equivalent
and sophomore standing or above. GEC/LAR Second Writing Course.
Lectures address experimental research in stereotyping and prejudice;
readings focus on historical, cultural, and sociological perspectives on
issues related to gender, tthnicity, and social class. Prereq: 100. GEC
social diversity course.
This course focuses on the nature and the nurture of the human mind.
course will examine evolutionary psychological and molecular biological
principles that help us understand a number of puzzling and often counter-intuitive
aspects of human behavior, perception and cognition: Human sexuality, cooperation
and altruistic behavior, human emotional responses, thinking and reasoning,
beauty and esthetics, morality, aggression and homicide, and childhood
socialization.
A consideration of the development of modern scientific psychology from
its roots in the school of the 19th century to its contemporary status.
Prerequisite: 100 and an additional 11 credit hours in psychology.
Examination of the neuroscientific approach to the study of cognition;
primary focus on the psychobiology of memory, attention, language, and spatial
orientation.Prereq: 313 or permission of instructor.
Introduction to the theories, research, and practice of counseling psychology.
Prereq: 100 and an additional 5 cr hrs of course work in psychology.
Exploration of the nature and causes of sex differences in behavior
patterns and factors influencing development of women through psychological
theory and research. Prerequisite: 100 and an additional 7 credit hours
in psychology.
Presentation of psychological aspects of growth and development in early
and middle childhood. Prerequisite: 100.
A study of the outstanding characteristics of the adolescent, the educational
and social problems arising at this period, and means for dealing with
these problems. Prerequisite: 100.
Research on animal behavior by psychologists and ethologists; studies
of the behavior of different species in the lab and in the field. Prerequisite:
Psychology 100 and an additional 15 hours in psychology or zoology, or
permission of instructor.
Cognitive, perceptual, and statistical
issues that have special application to performance in sports. How psychological principles can be applied to understand
the behavior and enhance the performance of athletes, coaches, umpires,
and fans. Prerequisite: Written permission of instructor; Either 219 or
220 or 320, or Stat 145 or 245; and 17 credit hours in Psychology above
the 200 level; or graduate standing. No more than six hours of total 695
courses may count toward the major.
Individual reading or research projects by special agreement between
instructor and student. Prerequisite: 300, an additional 9 credit hours
in psychology, and permission of instructor. No more than six hours of
Psychology 693 may be applied toward the 40 hours required for the major.
Graded S/U.
699 Undergraduate Research in Psychology (credits
are variable)Supervised, collaborative research in psychology. Prereq: 100 and permission
of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. No more than 6 hrs
(together with Psych 693.0x) may be counted toward psychology major requirements.
Graded S/U.