Courses

Covers general psychological principles underlying social behavior. Analyzes major social psychological theories, methods, and topics, including attitudes,conformity, aggression, attraction, social perception, helping behavior, and group relations. Prereq., PSYC 1001. Credit not granted for this course and PSYC 4406. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

One lab, three lectures per week. Introduces the study of judgment and decision making processes (estimation, prediction and diagnosis, choice under certainty, and risky decision making) and the methods that have been developed to improve these processes (statistical modeling, decision analysis, and expert systems). Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606 and 3101. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.

Designed primarily for psychology majors interested in learning about research methodology. Topics include research design, data collection and data analysis,and written research reports. Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606, and 3101. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite classes of PSYC 1001, 2606, and 3101. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.

Offers a psychological study of structure, organization, and development of the person as a whole. Analysis of major theories, methods, and research, including topics such as emotion, motivation, temperament, inner experience, identity and the self, personality change, and the influence of sociocultural context. Restricted to Junior or Seniors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

In-depth study of selected topics in social psychology. Particular section content each semester is determined by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours, provided the topics vary. Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606 and 3101. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.

Provides a thorough introduction to methods and theories in social psychology concerned with topics such as the self, social cognition, judgment and decision making, attitude formation and change, small group processes, inter-group relations, health and social psychology, and others. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers a range of topics important for professional development in social psychology, including preparation and delivery of research presentations, preparation of grant proposals and manuscripts, and peer review of manuscripts. Intended to prepare students for careers as research scientists. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Selected topics in the area of social-personality psychology. Students may register for more than one section of this course within the term and/or within their graduate career. These seminars may be on one of the following topics: stereotyping and person perception, social psychology and self, social psychology of problem behavior, health and social psychology, race and ethnic identity, or groups and small group organization. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.