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PSYCHOLOGY (PSY)
College of Liberal Arts; UMR Chancellor's Office
Psychology
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PSY 1001
- Introduction to Psychology (SSCI)
(4.0 cr; =[PSY 1001H]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Scientific study of human behavior. Problems, methods, findings of modern psychology.
PSY 1001H
- Honors Introduction to Psychology (SSCI)
(4.0 cr; =[PSY 1001]; Prereq-Honors; fall, spring, every year)
Scientific study of human behavior. Problems, methods, findings of modern psychology.
PSY 1905
- Freshman Seminar
(3.0 cr; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PSY 1907W
- Freshman Seminar (CD, WI)
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PSY 1910W
- Freshman Seminar (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Fr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PSY 2801
- Introduction to Psychological Measurement and Data Analysis (MATH)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-High school algebra, [PSY 1001 or equiv]; intended for students who plan to major in psychology; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Descriptive/basic inferential statistics used in psychology. Measures of central tendency, variability, t tests, one-way ANOVA, correlation, regression, confidence intervals, effect sizes. Psychological measurement. Graphical data presentation. Statistical software.
PSY 2801H
- Honors Introduction to Psychological Measurement and Data Analysis (MATH)
(3.0 cr; =[01316]; Prereq-[1001 or equiv], honors; intended for students who plan to major in psychology; spring, every year)
Descriptive/basic inferential statistics used in psychology. Measures of central tendency, variability, t tests, one-way ANOVA, correlation, regression, confidence intervals, effect sizes. Psychological measurement. Graphical data presentation. Statistical software.
PSY 3001V
- Honors Introduction to Research Methods (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3001W]; Prereq-[[[1001 or 1001H], [2801 or 2801H]] or department consent], PSY major, honors student; spring, every year)
Concepts/procedures used to conduct/evaluate research, especially in social sciences. Benefits/limitations of traditional research methods. Evaluating scientific claims.
PSY 3001W
- Introduction to Research Methods (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3001V]; Prereq-[1001, [2801 or 2801H]] or department consent; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Concepts/procedures used to conduct/evaluate research, especially in social sciences. Benefits/limitations of traditional research methods. Evaluating scientific claims.
PSY 3011
- Introduction to Learning and Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; fall, every year)
Methods/findings of research on learning and behavior change. Twentieth-century theoretical perspectives, including contemporary models. Emphasizes animal learning and behavioral psychology.
PSY 3031
- Introduction to Sensation and Perception
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, every year)
Psychological, biological, and physical bases of sensory experience in humans and animals. Emphasizes senses of vision/hearing.
PSY 3051
- Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (SSCI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Scientific study of the mind in terms of representation and processing of information. Research and theory on cognitive abilities such as perception, attention, memory, language, and reasoning. Aspects of computational modeling and neural systems.
PSY 3061
- Introduction to Biological Psychology
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 5061]; Prereq-1001 or BIOL 1009; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Neurophysiology/neuroanatomy, neural mechanisms of motivation, emotion, sleep-wakefulness cycle, learning/memory in animals/humans. Neural basis of abnormal behavior, drug abuse.
PSY 3101
- Introduction to Personality
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 5101]; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Major theories, issues, facts about personality and personality assessment. Review of important historical/contemporary perspectives (e.g., psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, trait psychology, behaviorism, evolutionary psychology) on human nature/individuality.
PSY 3135
- Introduction to Individual Differences
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 5135]; Prereq-2801 or 2801H or #; fall, spring, every year)
Differential methods in studying human behavior. Psychological traits. Influence of age, sex, heredity, and environment in individual/group differences in ability, personality, interests, and social attitudes.
PSY 3201
- Introduction to Social Psychology
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Overview of theories/research in social psychology. Emphasizes attitudes/persuasion, social judgment, the self, social influence, aggression, prejudice, helping, and applications.
PSY 3206
- Introduction to Health Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; spring, every year)
Theories/research in health psychology. Bi-directional relationships between psychological factors and physical health. Stress/coping, adjustment to chronic illness. Psychological factors in etiology/course of disease. Health behavior change.
PSY 3301
- Introduction to Cultural Psychology (SSCI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Theories/research on how culture influences basic psychological processes (e.g., emotion, cognition, psychopathology) in domains that span different areas of psychology (e.g., social, clinical, developmental, industrial-organizational) and of other disciplines (e.g., anthropology, public health, sociology).
PSY 3511
- Introduction to Counseling Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, summer, every year)
History, theories, and research related to counseling psychology. Development/application of counseling theories to diverse populations. Psychological research on counseling process. Psychological mechanisms that promote change in people's lives.
PSY 3604
- Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 5604H]; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Diagnosis, classification, etiologies of behavioral disorders.
PSY 3617
- Introduction to Clinical Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3604 or 5604H; fall, spring, every year)
Historical developments, contemporary issues. Trends in psychological assessment methods, intervention strategies, and clinical psychology research. Theories behind, empirical evidence for, usefulness of psychological intervention strategies.
PSY 3633
- Happiness: Integrating Research Across Psychological Sciences
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001W or 3001V or #; fall, every year)
Nature of human happiness/fulfillment. Insights from cognitive, personality, and social psychology, and from biology and economics. Integrative approach to feelings that make life worth living.
PSY 3666
- Human Sexuality
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Overview of theories, research, and contemporary issues in human sexual behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include sexual anatomy and physiology, hormones and sexual differentiation, cross-cultural perspectives on sexual development, social and health issues, and sexual dysfunction and therapy.
PSY 3711
- Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001, [2801 or equiv]; fall, spring, every year)
Application of psychological theory/research to recruitment, personnel selection, training/development, job design, work group design, work motivation, leadership, performance assessment, and job satisfaction measurement.
PSY 3902W
- Major Project in Psychology (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[2801 or equiv], [3001W or 3005W], psy major, sr; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Completion of undergraduate major project.
PSY 3960
- Undergraduate Seminar in Psychology
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 45.0 cr]; Prereq-1001; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Undergraduate seminars in subjects of current interest in psychology.
PSY 3960H
- Undergraduate Honors Seminar in Psychology
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-Honors; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Undergraduate seminars in subjects of current interest in psychology.
PSY 3993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Independent reading leading to paper or to oral or written exam.
PSY 3996
- Undergraduate Fieldwork and Internship in Psychology
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-1001, #, %, @; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Supervised fieldwork/internship in community/industry pertinent to formal academic training in psychology.
PSY 4011
- Applied Behavior Analysis
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3011 or #; spring, every year)
Fundamental concepts of applied behavior analysis. Practical techniques of behavior modification with humans/animals. Emphasizes functional analyses of behavioral deficits/excesses, development/implementation of programs to bring about meaningful behavior change.
PSY 4012
- Behavior Analysis and Autism
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Individual auto transportation, #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Off-campus work with autistic children, under professional supervision. Professional ethics, social responsibility, scientific methods, moral philosophy. At least eight hours per week, for 12 weeks, at service-learning site. One on-campus evening meeting per week.
PSY 4032
- Psychology of Music
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3031 or #; spring, every year)
Sound, hearing, music perception. Cognitive neuroscience of music appreciation/production. Concepts in perception/production of sound/music. Music psychology topics. Recent primary research.
PSY 4036
- Perceptual Issues in Visual Impairment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or #; spring, even years)
Contemporary knowledge on visual, tactile, and auditory perception informs us about the challenges and capabilities of people who are blind or have low vision. Topics include reading, space perception, mobility, and the strengths and weaknesses of pertinent adaptive technology.
PSY 4501
- Psychology of Women and Gender
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[Jr or sr], psych major] or #; fall, spring, every year)
Theory/research regarding psychology of women and psychological sex differences/similarities. Issues unique to women (e.g., pregnancy). Research comparing men/women in terms of personality, abilities, and behavior.
PSY 4902V
- Honors Project (WI)
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 5.0 cr]; Prereq-Honors, #, %; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Critical literature review or empirical study.
PSY 4960
- Seminar in Psychology
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 16.0 cr]; Prereq-[1001, psych major] or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Seminars in subjects of current interest in Psychology.
PSY 4993
- Directed Research: Special Areas of Psychology and Related Sciences
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 48.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Directed research projects in psychology.
PSY 4994V
- Honors Research Practicum (WI)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[3005W/V or 3001W/V], honors psych; fall, spring, every year)
Practical experience conducting psychological research. Preparation for completion of honors thesis. Research ethics, practical aspects of conducting psychological research, writing research reports. Students assist faculty and advanced graduate students in research.
PSY 4996H
- Honors Internship/Externship
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Honors, #, %, @; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Supervised internship/externship experience in a community-service or industrial setting relevant to formal academic training/objectives.
PSY 5012
- Learning and Cognition in Animals
(4.0 cr; Prereq-3011 or 4011 or honors or grad student or #; fall, every year)
Review/evaluation of key questions, methods, theories, and data about forms of learning and elementary cognitive processes. Emphasizes animal models. Implications for human learning/behavior.
PSY 5014
- Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3011 or 3051 or honors or grad student; spring, every year)
Human memory encoding/retrieval. How we adaptively use memory. Brain systems that support memory. Episodic/semantic memory. Working/short-term memory. Procedural memory. Repetition priming. Prospective remembering. Autobiographical memory.
PSY 5015
- Cognition, Computation, and Brain
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3051 [except for honors/grad student]; spring, odd years)
Human cognitive abilities (perception, memory, attention) from different perspectives (e.g., cognitive psychological approach, cognitive neuroscience approach).
PSY 5018H
- Mathematical Models of Human Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Math 1271 or #; fall, every year)
Mathematical models of complex human behavior, including individual/group decision making, information processing, learning, perception, and overt action. Specific computational techniques drawn from decision theory, information theory, probability theory, machine learning, and elements of data analysis.
PSY 5031W
- Perception (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[NSC 5031W]; Prereq-3031 or 3051 or #; fall, odd years)
Cognitive, computational, and neuroscience perspectives on visual perception. Topics include color vision, pattern vision, image formation in the eye, object recognition, reading, and impaired vision.
PSY 5036W
- Computational Vision (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3031 or 3051], [Math 1272 or equiv]] or #; fall, even years)
Applications of psychology, neuroscience, computer science to design principles underlying visual perception, visual cognition, action. Compares biological/physical processing of images with respect to image formation, perceptual organization, object perception, recognition, navigation, motor control.
PSY 5037
- Psychology of Hearing
(3.0 cr; =[NSC 5037]; Prereq-3031 or #; fall, offered periodically)
Biological and physical aspects of hearing, auditory psychophysics, theories and models of hearing, perception of complex sounds including music and speech, clinical, and other applications.
PSY 5038W
- Introduction to Neural Networks (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3061 or NSC 3102], [MATH 1282 or 2243]] or #; fall, odd years)
Parallel distributed processing models in neural/cognitive science. Linear models, Hebbian rules, self-organization, non-linear networks, optimization, representation of information. Applications to sensory processing, perception, learning, memory.
PSY 5051W
- Psychology of Human-Machine Interaction (WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3031 or 3051 or #; fall, even years)
Cognitive-science approach to human-machine interaction. Analysis of human errors, human-machine system evaluation, human-computer interaction, bionic interfaces, adaptive technology for visually impaired people.
PSY 5054
- Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3001W or equiv] or honors or grad student; spring, even years)
Theories/experimental evidence in past/present conceptions of psychology of language.
PSY 5061
- Neurobiology of Behavior
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3061]; Prereq-[3001W or equiv] or BIOL 1009 or #; fall, odd years)
Physiological/neuroanatomical mechanisms underlying behavior of animals, including humans. Neural basis of learning/memory, sleep, wakefulness, and attention processes. Effects of drugs on behavior.
PSY 5062
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3031 or 3051; fall, every year)
Consequences of different types of brain damage on human perception/cognition. Neural mechanisms of normal perceptual/cognitive functions. Vision/attention disorders, split brain, language deficits, memory disorders, central planning deficits. Emphasizes function/phenomenology. Minimal amount of brain anatomy.
PSY 5064
- Brain and Emotion
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3061 or 5061 or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Introduction to affective neuroscience. How brain promotes emotional/motivated behavior in animals/humans. Biological theories of emotion in historical/current theoretical contexts. Fundamental brain motivational systems, including fear, pleasure, attachment, stress, and regulation of motivated behavior. Implications for emotional development, vulnerability to psychiatric disorders.
PSY 5065
- Functional Imaging: Hands-on Training
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[2801 or 4801 or equiv], [3061 or NSCI 3101]] or #; fall, every year)
Basic neuroimaging techniques. Emphasizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Theory/background. Students design/execute fMRI experiment on Siemens 3 Tesla scanner, incorporating techniques that compensate for distortion and other imaging artifacts.
PSY 5101
- Personality Psychology
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3101]; Prereq-[3001W or equiv], [honors undergrad or grad student]; spring, offered periodically)
Theories and major issues/findings on personality functioning, personality structure, and personality assessment. Historically important and currently influential perspectives.
PSY 5135
- Psychology of Individual Differences
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3135]; Prereq-[3001W or equiv] or [5862 or equiv] or #; fall, even years)
Differential methods in study of human behavior. Psychological traits. Influence of age, sex, heredity, and environment in individual/group differences in ability, personality, interests, and social attitudes.
PSY 5136
- Human Abilities
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3135 or 5135, 5862 or equiv or #; spring, every year)
Theory, methods, and applications of research in human abilities. Topics include intelligence, aptitude, achievement, specific abilities, information processing/learning and intelligence, aptitude/treatment interactions, and quantitative measurement issues.
PSY 5137
- Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001W or equiv or #; fall, every year)
Genetic methods for studying human/animal behavior. Emphasizes nature/origin of individual differences in behavior. Twin and adoption methods. Cytogenetics, molecular genetics, linkage/association studies.
PSY 5138
- Psychology of Aging
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001W or equiv; spring, every year)
Theories/findings concerning age-related changes in mental health, personality, cognitive functioning, productivity are reviewed/interpreted within context of multiple biological, social, and psychological changes that accompany age.
PSY 5202
- Attitudes and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3201 or #; spring, every year)
Theory/research on social psychology of beliefs/attitudes. Persuasion principles.
PSY 5204
- Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Honors or grad student], #; A-F only, fall, every year)
Introduction to interpersonal relationship theory/research findings.
PSY 5205
- Applied Social Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3201 or grad student or #; spring, even years)
Applications of social psychology research/theory to domains such as physical/mental health, education, the media, desegregation, the legal system, energy conservation, public policy.
PSY 5206
- Social Psychology and Health Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3201 or grad student or #; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Survey of social psychological theory/research pertaining to processes by which people develop beliefs about health/illness. Relationship between these beliefs, adoption of health-relevant behavior. Effect of psychological factors on physical health.
PSY 5207
- Personality and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3101 or 3201 or honors or grad student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Conceptual/methodological strategies for scientific study of individuals and their social worlds. Applications of theory/research to issues of self, identity, and social interaction.
PSY 5501
- Vocational and Occupational Health Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001W or equiv or #; spring, every year)
Survey of history, concepts, theories, methods, and findings of vocational/occupational health psychology. Burnout, personality, violence, stressors/stress-relations, counter productive behaviors, coping in workplace. Vocational development/assessment, career decision-making/counseling, person-environment fit.
PSY 5604H
- Abnormal Psychology
(3.0 cr; =[PSY 3604]; Prereq-honors or grad student or #; spring, offered periodically)
Comprehensive review of psychopathological disorders. Etiology, diagnostic criteria, clinical research findings.
PSY 5606
- Clinical Psychophysiology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3001W or equiv], [3061 or 5061], [3604 or 5604]] or #; fall, even years)
How psychophysiological methods such as autonomic/central nervous system recording are used in studying major psychopathological disorders.
PSY 5701
- Organizational Staffing and Decision Making
(3.0 cr; =[01663]; Prereq-[[2801 or equiv], 3711] or #; fall, every year)
Application of psychological research/theory to issues in personnel recruitment/selection and to measurement of job performance. Applying principles of individual differences, psychological measurement to decision making in organizations (recruitment, selection, performance appraisal).
PSY 5703
- Psychology of Organizational Training and Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[2801 or equiv], 3711] or #; fall, every year)
Theories, methods, and research pertaining to improving performance of individuals at work through. Training-needs analysis, instructional design, aptitude-treatment interactions, measurement of training outcomes, training evaluation, knowledge structures.
PSY 5708
- Organizational Psychology
(4.0 cr; =[PSY 5702, PSY 5705]; Prereq-[[3001W or equiv], 3711] or #; spring, every year)
Psychological causes of behavior in work organizations. Consequences for individual fulfillment and organizational effectiveness. Individual differences, social perception, motivation, stress, job design, leadership, job satisfaction, teamwork, organizational culture.
PSY 5862
- Psychological Measurement: Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr; Prereq-4801 or equiv; fall, every year)
Types of measurements (tests, scales, inventories) and their construction. Theory/measurement of reliability/validity.
PSY 5865
- Advanced Psychological and Educational Measurement
(4.0 cr; =[EPSY 8222]; Prereq-5862 or #; spring, even years)
Topics in test theory. Classical reliability/validity theory/methods, generalizability theory. Linking, scaling, equating. Item response theory, methods for dichotomous/polytomous responses. Comparisons between classical, item response theory methods in instrument construction.
PSY 5960
- Topics in Psychology
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 8.0 cr]; Prereq-1001, [jr or sr or grad student]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Special course or seminar. Topics listed in psychology office.
PSY 5993
- Research Laboratory in Psychology
(3.0 cr [max 18.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Laboratory instruction and seminars in faculty research areas.
PSY 8004
- Philosophical Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[Logic or phil course], [psych or ICD or phil] PhD student] or #; S-N or Aud, spring, odd years)
Selected philosophical/methodological problems.
PSY 8010
- Advanced Topics in Learning
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-5012 or #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Contemporary topics in learning and behavior theory.
PSY 8020
- Seminar in Conditioning and Learning
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-5012 or grad psych major or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Review and discussion of ongoing research and prospectives on future research.
PSY 8026
- Neuro-Immune Interactions
(3.0 cr; =[NSC 8026, CMB 8361]; Prereq-MicB 4131 or equiv, NSc 5111 or equiv)
Regulatory systems (neuroendocrine, cytokine, and autonomic nervous systems) linking brain and immune systems in brain-immune axis. Functional effects of bidirectional brain-immune regulation.
PSY 8031
- Seminar: Visual Perception
(2.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-5031 or #; fall, spring, every year)
Cognitive, psychological, neurophysiological determinants of visual perception. Current research.
PSY 8036
- Topics in Computational Vision
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-5031 or 5036 or equiv or #; spring, every year)
Recent research in visual psychophysics, visual neuroscience, and computer vision.
PSY 8037
- Psychophysics and Audition
(3.0 cr; Prereq-#; spring, every year)
Modern/classical psychophysics. Psychophysical/physiological correlates of audition. Theories of hearing.
PSY 8055
- Seminar: Cognitive Neuroscience
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5015 or #; spring, even years)
Recent advances in analysis of neural bases of cognitive functions.
PSY 8056
- Seminar: Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad psych major or #; A-F or Aud)
Selected topics in psycholinguistics.
PSY 8060
- Seminar: Neural Substrates of Mental Processes
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-5012 or 5061 or 5062 or 5064 or NSci 5661 or 8010 or CPsy 8301 or NSci 8401 or or #; fall, every year)
Neurobiological substrates of psychological processes such as memory, attention, and emotion. Neurobiological substrates of mental dysfunction.
PSY 8061
- Neuropsychopharmacology
(3.0 cr; =[01546]; Prereq-5xxx coursework in biological psych or neuroscience or pharmacology or #; A-F or Aud, fall, even years)
Relationships between biochemical, neurophysiological, psychological, and behavioral effects of drugs. Research in neuropharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, and pharmacology of addiction.
PSY 8070
- Seminar: Psychopharmacology
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; =[NSC 8207, PHCL 8207]; Prereq-#; fall, spring, every year)
Basic issues, contemporary research. Lectures, student presentations.
PSY 8111
- Psychopathology I
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Clinical psych grad student, #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Descriptive psychopathology. Theory/research. Evaluation of current experimentation in various behavior disorders.
PSY 8112
- Psychopathology II
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[8111, psych grad student] or #; A-F or Aud, spring, offered periodically)
Etiological bases of psychopathology. Theory/research. Evaluation of current theoretic models and empirical findings regarding nature/causes of varying behavior disorders.
PSY 8201
- Social Cognition
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Psych PhD candidate; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Social psychological theory/research on social inference and reasoning processes. Psychology of prejudice/stereotyping.
PSY 8202
- Close Relationships
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5204 or #; spring, odd years)
Classic/contemporary theory/research on close relationships. Emphasizes romantic relationships.
PSY 8203
- Impression Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad psych major; 8208 recommended; #; fall, offered periodically)
Classic and contemporary theory and research concerning interpersonal strategies of impression management and interplay between private and public self.
PSY 8204
- Social Psychology of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
(3.0 cr)
Approaches, findings, and controversies in research on social psychology of prejudice, racial attitudes, and intergroup relations. Focuses on approaches based in social psychology and on related work from political science and sociology.
PSY 8205
- Proseminar: Research in Social Psychology
(3.0 cr [max 15.0 cr]; Prereq-Psych PhD student; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Contemporary theoretical positions and related research.
PSY 8206
- Proseminar: Research in Social Psychology
(3.0 cr [max 15.0 cr]; Prereq-8205, Psych PhD student; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Contemporary theoretical positions, related research.
PSY 8208
- Social Psychology: The Self
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Psych background especially in personality and soc psych; A-F or Aud)
Social psychological theory and research concerning the self and social behavior.
PSY 8209
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Psych PhD student; A-F only, fall, odd years)
Experimental/quasi-experimental methods for research in social psychology. Statistical, interpretive, operational, and ethical issues.
PSY 8210
- Law, Race, and Social Psychology
(3.0 cr; =[01341]; Prereq-2nd or 3rd yr law student or PhD student in social science doctoral program; A-F only, fall, every year)
Interdisciplinary seminar. Scientific foundations for and legal implications of implicit (vs explicit) racial or gender bias in four socio-legal domains: criminal law, affirmative action, employment discrimination, and legislative redistricting.
PSY 8211
- Proseminar in Political Psychology I
(1.0 cr; =[POL 8307]; Prereq-Politcal Psychology grad minor; S-N or Aud)
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary each semester.
PSY 8212
- Proseminar in Political Psychology II
(1.0 cr; =[POL 8308]; Prereq-Political Psychology grad minor; S-N or Aud)
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary each semester.
PSY 8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PSY 8444
- FTE: Doctoral
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PSY 8501
- Counseling Psychology: History and Theories
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student or #; fall, every year)
Introduction to history of counseling psychology and to primary theoretical orientations used by counseling psychologists. For each theory: basic principles, application to counseling practice, and research support.
PSY 8502
- Assessment in Counseling Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student or #; spring, every year)
Principles and practice. Emphasizes psychometric assessment. History, foundations in measurement, basic methods, survey of instruments, test interpretation evaluation, ethics.
PSY 8503
- Interviewing and Intervention
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8501, 8502 or #; fall, every year)
Skills-based course: conceptualization of counseling process, stages of counseling, development of counseling skills, and strategies for behavior change.
PSY 8510
- Counseling Psychology Beginning Practicum: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501, 8502, 8503 or equiv, #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Beginning applied experiences in counseling psychology settings.
PSY 8511
- Counseling Psychology Beginning Practicum: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 18.0 cr]; Prereq-[[8501, 8502, 8503] or equiv], counseling psych grad student, or #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Beginning applied experiences in counseling psychology settings.
PSY 8512
- Counseling Psychology Beginning Practicum: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 18.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501, 8502, 8503 or equiv, #; S-N or Aud, summer, every year)
Beginning applied experiences in counseling psychology settings.
PSY 8514
- University Counseling Practicum I
(4.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; =[EPSY 8513]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501, 8502, 8503 or equiv, #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Integrates science with supervised practice in University Counseling and Consulting Services (UCCS) involving career, academic, and personal counseling clientele.
PSY 8515
- University Counseling Practicum II
(4.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; =[EPSY 8514]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501, 8502, 8503 or equiv, 8514, #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Integrates science with supervised practice in University Counseling and Consulting Services (UCCS) involving career, academic, and personal counseling clientele.
PSY 8541
- Multicultural Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Psych grad student or #; spring, even years)
Approaches, findings, and controversies in research on psychology of ethnic/racial minorities and other cultural populations. Emphasizes counseling/community applications of theory/research. Lecture, discussion, lab.
PSY 8542
- Ethics in Psychology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Counseling or clinical psych grad student or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Ethical principles and codes of conduct for psychologists. Ethical dilemmas faced by researchers, practitioners, and teachers.
PSY 8544
- Vocational and Occupational Health Psychology Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[8501, 8502, 8503] or equiv], counseling psych grad student, #; fall, odd years)
Research problems specific to special populations, vocational research, assessment/testing, findings in these areas useful to counseling psychology practice.
PSY 8545
- Counseling Psychology Process and Outcome Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[8501, 8502, 8503] or equiv], counseling psych grad student, #; fall, even years)
Introduction to methods/content domains. Research design, methodological issues, analogue research, process/outcome research.
PSY 8554
- Career and Occupational Health Psychology Assessment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, or #; fall, even years)
History of vocational interest inventories/measures related to career development, and of assessments used in occupational health psychology. Scale construction methodology. Research applications. Interpretation/use of instruments.
PSY 8560
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum I: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-[[[[8501, 8502, 8503] or equiv], [[8510, 8511] or [8514, 8515] or equiv]], counseling psych grad student] or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Applied practice experience in counseling psychology settings and seminars. May include guest speakers, readings, and student presentations.
PSY 8561
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum II: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501-8502-8503 or equiv, 8510-8511 or 8514-8515 or equiv, or #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Applied practice experience in counseling psychology settings and seminar that may include guest speakers, readings, and student presentations on topics relevant to clients and settings of practice experiences.
PSY 8562
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum III: General
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501-8502-8503 or equiv, 8510-8511 or 8514-8515 or equiv, #; S-N or Aud, summer, every year)
Applied practice experience in counseling psychology settings and seminar that may include guest speakers, readings, and students presentations on topics relevant to clients and settings of practice experiences.
PSY 8565
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum I: Vocational Assessment Clinic
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-[[[8501, 8502, 8503] or equiv], [[8514, 8515] or equiv], counseling psych grad student] or #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
Applied practice experience in vocational assessment clinic of Department of Psychology. Career/vocational testing, assessment, decision making.
PSY 8566
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum II: Vocational Assessment Clinic
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-8501, 8502, [8503 or equiv], 8514, [8515 or equiv], counseling psych grad student, or #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Applied practice experience in Vocational Assessment Clinic of Department of Psychology. Career/vocational testing, assessment, decision making.
PSY 8567
- Counseling Psychology Advanced Practicum III: Vocational Assessment Clinic
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych grad student, 8501, 8502, 8503 or equiv, 8514, 8515 or equiv, #; S-N or Aud, summer, every year)
Applied practice experience in Vocational Assessment Clinic of Department of Psychology. Career and vocational testing, assessment, and decision making.
PSY 8570
- Counseling Psychology Internship I
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych PhD candidate, #; S-N or Aud, fall, every year)
First part of counseling psychology internship.
PSY 8571
- Counseling Psychology Internship II
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych PhD candidate, #; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Second part of counseling psychology internship.
PSY 8572
- Counseling Psychology Internship III
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-Counseling psych PhD candidate, #; S-N or Aud, summer, every year)
Third part of counseling psychology internship.
PSY 8611
- Assessment I
(5.0 cr; Prereq-Clinical psych grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Theory and practice in clinical application of assessment techniques and interviewing. Lab: observations, administration, scoring, interpretation.
PSY 8612
- Assessment II
(5.0 cr; Prereq-8611, clinical psych grad student; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Theory and practice in clinical application of assessment techniques and interviewing. Lab: observations, administration, scoring, interpretation.
PSY 8620
- Clinical Psychology Practicum
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-#; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Field experience in professional work in clinical settings.
PSY 8621
- Clinical Intervention I
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-Clinical psych grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Professional methods in clinical psychology. Individual and group treatment techniques. Lectures and demonstrations of contemporary theories of methods of intervention with adults and children.
PSY 8622
- Treatment I
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8111, CSPR grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Methodological issues in treatment research, theories of change/motivation. Empirically supported therapies for anxiety, mood, and personality disorders, psychosis, and addiction. Simulating therapeutic interactions to prepare students to provide therapy.
PSY 8666
- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; % for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
PSY 8701
- Seminar in Industrial and Organizational Psychology I
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Application of research and theory in psychological measurement and individual differences to problems in job analysis, personnel selection and classification, and individual training.
PSY 8702
- Seminar in Industrial and Organizational Psychology II
(3.0 cr; Prereq-#; A-F or Aud)
Determinants of behavior, performance, job satisfaction that can be influenced after an individual enters an organization. Application of research/theory in motivation, social psychology, human factors to enhancement of job performance/satisfaction.
PSY 8703
- Seminar in Industrial and Organizational Psychology III
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Developing issues and trends in current research, research methodological advances, and implementation practices. Recent important and controversial developments.
PSY 8777
- Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0 - 18.0 cr [max 50.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PSY 8814
- Analysis of Psychological Data
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Undergrad course in statistics, grad student in [psychology or child psychology], #; fall, every year)
Data-analytic procedures used in psychological research. Types of variables used in psychological research. Data collection designs, their limitations. Procedures for analyzing experimental/non-experimental data, both univariate and multivariate. Emphasizes selection of data-analytic procedures. Procedures and their assumptions. Computation using statistical software. Limitations, interpretation. Lecture, lab.
PSY 8815
- Analysis of Psychological Data
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Undergrad course in statistics, grad student in [psychology or child psychology], #; spring, every year)
Data-analytic procedures used in psychological research. Types of variables used in psychological research. Data collection designs, their limitations. Procedures for analyzing experimental/non-experimental data, both univariate and multivariate. Emphasizes selection of data-analytic procedures. Procedures and their assumptions. Computation using statistical software. Limitations, interpretation. Lecture, lab.
PSY 8881
- Seminar: Quantitative and Psychometric Methods
(3.0 cr [max 15.0 cr]; fall, every year)
Reviews individual research on current topics in psychological measurement.
PSY 8882
- Seminar: Quantitative and Psychometric Methods
(3.0 cr [max 15.0 cr]; spring, every year)
Reviews, individual research on current topics in psychological measurement.
PSY 8888
- Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 100.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
PSY 8935
- Readings in Behavioral Genetics and Individual Differences Psychology
(1.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-5135, 5137 or #; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Each week participants read and discuss one or two primary research articles.
PSY 8937
- Seminar in Human Behavioral Genetics
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-5137 or #; spring, every year)
Advanced topics vary with each offering. Sample topics: gene identification in complex human traits, behavioral genetics of alcoholism, twin-family methodology.
PSY 8960
- Graduate Seminar in Psychology
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-Psychology grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Graduate seminar in subject of current interest in psychology.
PSY 8993
- Directed Studies: Special Areas of Psychology and Related Sciences
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; Prereq-#; fall, spring, every year)
Special area of psychology or a related science.
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