Psychology (PSYCH)

This course is an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It will cover critical thinking and the scientific method, biopsychology, sensation and perception, consciousness and thinking, lifespan development, learning and memory, emotion and stress, psychological disorders and therapy, personality, and social psychology.

This course is an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It will cover critical thinking and the scientific method, biopsychology, sensation and perception, consciousness and thinking, lifespan development, learning and memory, emotion and stress, psychological disorders and therapy, personality, and social psychology.

The course provides a basic understanding of the scientific method, research designs, and statistical tests used in psychological investigation. Students perform a literature review, design an original research study, collect and analyze data, and write an APA-style research report.

This course will focus on the application of psychological principles to everyday life, emphasizing how to cope with life's challenges and demands. It will take a broad approach to understanding how clinicians, scientists, and practitioners study and apply psychology. We will consider many different topics including stress, work, family, friends, the self, disorders, and therapy.

This course is an introduction to physiological aspects of human behavior including the central and peripheral nervous system and the endocrine system. It explores the physiological basis for cognition, consciousness, movement, motivation, learning, sensation, perception, memory, sex drive, addiction and psychopathology. This is an essential course for psychology majors, and health professionals would find this course very useful.

This course provides a comprehensive overview to human sexuality from multiple perspectives including psychological, sociological, cultural, biological, and historical perspectives. Students will examine knowledge, sexual attitudes, values and behaviors within the context of society and their own personal lives. Individual value systems, sexual development and interpersonal relationships will be evaluated. Current sexual norms and various aspects of interpersonal and individual sexual adjustment will be explored. This course is not open for credit to students registered in or with credit in HLED 10.

This course is designed to explore how an individual's behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the presence, characteristics and actions of others. A variety of topics will be addressed, including attitudes, persuasion, stereotypes, group processes, conformity and interpersonal attraction.

This course is designed to explore how an individual's behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the presence, characteristics and actions of others. A variety of topics will be addressed, including attitudes, persuasion, stereotypes, group processes, conformity and interpersonal attraction.

This class surveys abnormal behaviors, including anxiety disorders, trauma and stressor related disorders, depressive and bipolar related disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, gender dysphoria and sexual dysfunctions, feeding and eating disorders, sleep disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders and disorders that begin in childhood, neurocognitive disorders and disorders related to aging, personality disorders, ways of determining abnormality, causes and treatment of disorders.

This course focuses on historical and contemporary approaches to assessing and understanding personality similarities and differences among people. How the scientific method is used to study personality will be discussed. Social and cultural influences on personality development will be considered. The extent to which personality factors predict the behaviors, feelings, and thoughts of individuals will be examined.