Undergraduate Courses
PSRU 1000-Introductory Psychology (3) Syllabus via email
An introduction to the contents and methods of scientific psychology as a life science. A survey of the facts, principles, and theories of psychology relating to learning, sensation, perception, cognition, motivation, developmental, personality, abnormal, and social psychology.
PSRU 2200-Learning (4) Syllabus via email
Course focuses on the research and theories in animal and human learning. Empirical findings are discussed in relation to competing theories of learning, memory, and adaptive behavior.
PSRU 2800-Personality(4) Syllabus via email
A survey of modern theories of personality, including the work of Freud and
contemporary ego psychology, Jung, Adler, Allport, Murray, Skinner, and Rogers.
Various approaches will be compared and contrasted in terms of presuppositions,
structure, dynamics, and developmental aspects. Special attention will be
given to empirical research relevant to the major conceptual issues and hypotheses
in the area of personality.
PSRU 3920-Humanistic Psychology (4) Syllabus via email
Philosophy, theory, research, and praxis of such humanistic psychologists as Maslow, Rogers, and existentialists. Critique of dehumanizing trends in modern society and psychology. Human potentials for meaning, freedom, empowerment, creativity, responsibility, and wholeness in personal engagements ranging from friendship, work, and love to spiritual/peak experiences, psychopathology, and psychotherapy.
