Psychology

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Louis Moses, Department Head

(541) 346-4921

PSY 201 Mind and Brain (4) June 22–July 17. Introduction to perception, ­memory, learning, and cognition. Kuhns, Loehle-Conger.

PSY 202 Mind and Society (4) July 20–August 14. Introduction to topics in personality, social, and developmental psychology. Tackman.

PSY 302 Statistical Methods in Psychology (4) June 22–August 14. Probability and statistics applied in psychological research. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, and design of experiments. Prereq: MATH 111 or MATH 243 or higher, PSY 201, 202, WR 121, 122. Lewis, Platt.

PSY 303 Research Methods in Psychology (4) June 22–August 14. Use of library and bibliographic methods, handling of survey data, coding, interviews, standardized tests, and experiments. Prereq: PSY 302, WR 121, 122. Barton.

PSY 304 Biopsychology (4) June 22–July 17. Relationships between brain and endocrine activity and behavior. Topics include sensation, perception, sexual behavior, drug effects, eating, drinking, sleeping, dreaming, and learning. Graham, Lester.

PSY 330 Thinking (4) June 22–July 17. Psychological methods involved in problem-solving, complex learning, and various forms of rational and irrational reasoning and belief systems. McCullough.

PSY 366 Culture and Mental Health (4) July 20–August 14. Role of culture in the definition and maintenance of mental health and the definition and treatment of mental illness. Murakami, Reid.

PSY 376 Child Development (4) July 20–August 14. Survey of social, intellectual, and personality development in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Previously offered as PSY 375; not repeatable. Braun.

PSY 383 Psychoactive Drugs (4) June 22–July 17. Physiological and behavioral effects of psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and excitants. The psychology of use and overuse; therapies for correcting drug problems. Adams.

PSY 388 Human Sexuality (4) June 22–July 17. The nature of human sexuality; hormonal, instinctual, and learned factors in sexuality; psychosexual development; sexual orientation; frequency and significance of various types of sexual behavior; sexual inadequacy; sexual deviation. Laurent.

PSY 401 Research: [Topic] (1–21R)

PSY 403 Thesis (1–12R)

PSY 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–21R)

PSY 406 Field Studies: [Topic] (1–21R)

PSY 409 Practicum: [Topic] (1–9R)

PSY 433 Learning and Memory (4) July 20–August 14. Processes underlying learning and memory, including evolution. Topics range from simple forms of behavior change to the acquisition, retention, forgetting, and retrieval of symbolic information. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Reed.

PSY 468 Motivation and Emotion (4) July 20–August 14. Adaptive human behavior; considers biological processes involved in emotions, how emotions interact with cognition, and social influences. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Tipsord.

PSY 469 Psychopathology (4) July 20– August 14. Descriptive and theoretical approaches to etiological, developmental, and social factors in emotion and personality disorders. Includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and special topics. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Moadab, Musser.

PSY 471 Personality (4) July 20–August 14. Theory and methods for studying human traits, including personality measures and tests; studies of age, gender, and culture. Current research in personality. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Angelo, Thalmayer.

PSY 475 Cognitive Development (4) July 20–August 14. Intellectual development in children from infancy to adolescence with a focus on early childhood. Topics covered include perception, attention, memory, reasoning, conceptual structure, social cognition. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Meyer, Shawber.

PSY 480 Development and Psychopathology (4) June 22–August 14. Biological and environmental factors that shape normal and abnormal development. Analysis of how family functioning affects psychopathology and resilience in children and adolescents. Prereq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. Mahy.

PSY 503 Thesis (1–16R)

PSY 601 Research: [Topic] (1–21R)

PSY 602 Supervised College Teaching (1–3R)

PSY 603 Dissertation (1–16R)

PSY 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–21R)

PSY 609 Practicum: [Topic] (1–9R)