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| Intr/Psychology |
| PSY 271 |
Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing concepts and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology. Course Outline
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| Abnormal Psychology |
| PSY 273 |
Takes an integrative approach to psychopathology. Areas of study include research methods; clinical assessment and diagnosis; descriptions, causes, and treatments of the major psychological disorders; and legal and ethical issues in abnormal psychology.
Prerequisites: PSY 271
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| Child Development |
| PSY 274 |
Study of theories and methods used to study development, from conception to adolescence. Topics include physical, sensory and perceptual, cognitive, language, emotional, social, and gender development, as well as family, peer, and institutional influences on development. Course Outline
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| The Psychology of Maturity and Old Age |
| PSY 275 |
Study of theories and research findings in the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of individuals past middle age.
Prerequisites: PSY 271
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| Social Psychology |
| PSY 277 |
Study of social behavior including research methods, attitude formation and changes, social cognition, interpersonal relations, group processes, and social influences.
Prerequisites: PSY 271
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| Family Relations |
| PSY 278 |
Examines how intimate relationships are formed and maintained and why they sometimes fail. Theory and research on attraction, social cognition, communication, interdependency, friendship, love, sexuality, conflict, power, and violence are areas of focus. Course Outline
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| Human Dev/Life Span |
| PSY 279 |
Study of theories and research findings in physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development from conception through death.
Prerequisites: PSY 271
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