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Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. A review of elementary neuroanatomy and brain function, with an exploration of how clinical conditions (e.g., Alzheimer’s, amnesia, Parkinson's, stroke, schizophrenia, agnosia, aphasia, Huntington's) affect cognitive, behavioral, affective, perceptual, and motor processes.

Prerequisites: Open to junior or senior psychology majors or with permission of the instructor. An overview of the different approaches to the understanding of the personality. Emphasis is placed on the normal personality.

Prerequisites: PSY 205, PSY 312, PSY 315 and Junior Standing; or Permission of Instructor

The advanced scientific study of the social behavior of individuals as they interact with other individuals. Topics include: perception of others, affiliation, interpersonal attraction, aggression, small group dynamics, leadership, conformity, conflict, group decision making, altruism, attitude formation and change.

Prerequisites: PSY 312. Open to junior and senior standing or with permission of the instructor. A contemporary survey of methods, theories, principles and processes in the fields of learning and memory. The course focuses on understanding the building blocks of behavior in human and nonhuman learning and operant conditioning, as well as exploration of higher-order processes (e.g., language, pattern learning).

Prerequisites: PSY 101. Open to junior and seniors or with permission of the instructor. Explores the relationships among physiological structure, functioning and behavior. Special attention is given to the overall structure of the nervous system, as well as the physiological bases of sensation, perception, learning, memory, cognition, emotion and consciousness.

Prerequisites: PSY 205, PSY 312, PSY 315, PSY 401. An overview of the different approaches to the understanding of the personality. Emphasis is placed on the normal personality. The class will explore modern theories and contemporary research applications.

Prerequisites: Open to junior or senior psychology majors or with permission of the instructor. The origins, symptoms and methods of treatment of the principal forms of deviant behavior, with illustrative case material. Social as well as clinical aspects of individual psychological problems are considered.

Prerequisites: PSY 211 or MATH 112 or SOC 261. Open to junior or senior psychology majors or with permission of the instructor. A study of the testing movement, including fundamental statistical procedures. Emphasizes the use of tests in education, industry and clinical practice. Observation and participation in individual and group testing.

Prerequisites: PSY 101 or instructor permission. Open to senior psychology majors. This reading-intensive capstone course exposes students to the history of the field. It begins with an overview of epistemological and ontological philosophical theories of the 17th and 18th centuries. It then contextualizes and analyzes the history of psychological ideas of the 19th and 20th century from a broad political, economic, and sociocultural framework.

Prerequisites: PSY 312. Open to junior or senior psychology majors or with permission of the instructor. Application of operant and respondent learning principles to change behaviors in a prosocial manner across individuals and situations.

An opportunity for a group of students to explore current topics in psychology as suggested by their special interests, and those of the faculty, but not included in the regular course offerings.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.