UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

PSRM 1001	Human Devm., Envirmnt, and Pub. Policy	3	This course explores three interrelated areas of inquiry in psychology: theories of human development, studies of the role of social environments in development, and the manner in which such research contributes to policymaking and program development for children and families.
PSRU 1000	Introduction to Psychology: Life Science	3	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 2000	Statistics	4	This course covers descriptive statistics and (parametric and nonparametric) inferential statistics. It emphasized mastery of statistical concepts and utilization of statistical software.
PSRU 2010	Research Methods Lab	5	A hands-on introduction to research methods in psychology. In the lab, students will replicate classic studies from different areas of psychology, analyze the results, and write APA-style lab report s. The lectures introduce these areas and relevant methods, placing the methods in broad historical and ethical contexts.
PSRU 2100	Biological Psychology (formerly Physiological Psychology, PSRU 3600)	4	An introduction to the biological bases of psychology. Research will be presented with an emphasis on how the activity of the nervous system, as shaped by phylogeny and ontogeny, determines behavior. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2101	Biological Psychology Laboratory	5	A laboratory course examining the activity of the nervous system as shaped by phylogeny and ontogeny and its influence on behavior. Prerequisites: PS 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2200	Learning (formerly PSRU 2430)	4	Course focuses on the research in animal and human learning. Empirical findings are discussed in relation to competing theories of learning, memory, and adaptive behavior. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2300	Sensation an Perception	4
PSRU 2301	Laboratory in Sensation and Perception (Lecture and laboratory)	5	Survey of research on the senses, especially vision and hearing. Biological, psychophysical, and cognitive perspectives will be considered. Students replicate classic studies, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2401	Laboratory in Memory (Lecture and laboratory)	5	The study of memory and comprehension from an information-processing perspective. Major theories, research design, and report writing will be emphasized. Relevant topics include: encoding and retrieval of information, mental representation of knowledge, and constructive processes in comprehension. Students will replicate classic memory studies, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2500	Cognition	4	The analysis of the process of acquiring and using knowledge: perceptual recognition, attention, memory, imagery, language, problem solving, decision making, and the development of these processes throughout one's life. (Spring, odd years).
PSRU 2601	Laboratory in Social Psychology (Lecture and laboratory)	5	This course involves social psychological research concerned with relationship formation, nonverbal behavior, attitude change, and group processes. Research on these topics will be conducted using laboratory designs, survey research, and observational techniques. Students will conduct both laboratory and naturalistic observations, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports, and may be offered an opportunity to propose and conduct a research project of their own choosing. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2600	Social Psychology (formerly PSRU3700)	4	An examination of how others shape an individual's behavior. A review of selected topics of interpersonal behavior, including antisocial and prosocial behavior, prejudice, attraction, social influence, attitudes and persuasion, research methods. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2601	Lab in Social Psychology	5	Prerequisites: PS 1000, 2000, 2010. (formerly PS 3470) This course involves social psychological research concerned with relationship formation, nonverbal behavior, attitude change, and group processes. Research on these topics will be conducted using laboratory designs, survey research, and observational techniques. Students will conduct both laboratory and naturalistic observations, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports and may be offered an opportunity to propose and conduct a research project of their own choosing.
PSRU 2611	Laboratory in Reasoning (Lecture and laboratory)	5	An introduction to the experimental investigation of the cognitive processes underlying reasoning and problem solving. Major theories, research design, and report writing will be emphasized. Relevant topics include: concept formation, inductive and deductive reasoning, planning, and creative problem-solving. Students will replicate classic memory studies, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2700	Infant and Child Development (formerly PSRU 2301)	4	A study, within the framework of research and theory, of emotional, intellectual, and social growth of the child, with emphasis on norms in development and child-rearing practices. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2701	Laboratory in Developmental Psychology:(Lecture and laboratory)	5	An introduction to the study of change in cognitive, personality, and social processes across the life-span. Students will conduct both laboratory and naturalistic observations, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 2710	Adolescent and Adult Development (formerly 3310)	4	The study of physiological, cognitive, emotional, personality, and social changes from puberty across the remainder of the life-span. This course will also consider the influence of theories and methods of research on what we know and can find out about people and the contexts in which they live their lives. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2800	Theories of Personality (formerly PSRU 3510)	4	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. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 2900	Abnormal Psychology (formerly PSRU 3200)	4	Analysis of the development and structure of the abnormal personality. Consideration of neuroses and major psychoses as well as the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders is given. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 3100	Health Psychology (formerly PSRU 3020)	4	An introduction to the study of psychological factors in health and illness. The major models, research methods, interventions, and issues in health psychology and behavioral medicine will be examined. Topics include stress-illness, compliance, social support, and coping, as well as prevention and health education. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 3200	Psychological Testing (formerly PSRU 3900)	4	An introduction to the science and profession of psychological testing. The course covers basic topics common to all psychological testing such as the statistics used in testing, reliability, validity, and test construction. In addition, the special properties of various types of tests are considered, e.g., personality tests, interest inventories, and cognitive ability tests. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 3201	Laboratory in Psychological Testing (Lecture and laboratory)	5	After briefly outlining the types and functions of psychological tests, this course will engage students to learn the importance of proper test administration in its historical context of early experimental psychology; the means by which tests are scored and interpreted; explanations of the nature of test scores; test reliability and validity; and in particular, to understand the interactions of these variables (e.g., the importance of proper test administration for proper test interpretation). Students will conduct both laboratory and naturalistic observations, analyze the results, and prepare APA-style lab reports. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 3210	Personality and Testing (formerly PSRU 3920)	4	This course will examine and explore the theory of constructing psychological tests, with particular attention to the assessment of personality. Reliability and validity will be explored in detail. Ethnic, cultural and gender issues in test construction will also be discussed.
PSRU 3310	Personnel Psychology (formerly PSRU 3061)	4	Discussion of the application of psychological science to personnel selection and placement (including various legal issues), personnel training, tests, and work-related behavior and attitudes is given. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 3320	Consumer Behavior	4
PSRU 3330	Family Psychology (formerly PSRU 4250)	4	An introduction is given to the transgenerational emotional process within the family, that is, to the family as a system across generations. Subsystems (such as parent child, sibling, family of origin) will be studied in relationship to individual development and family functioning. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PS 3340	Urban Psychology	4	How does living in a city impact an individual?s inner personality, outward behavior, values, relationships? A review of urban psychology: its history, methods, research on urban personality, stress, family, friends, strangers, crowding, the built environment, adaptation. Includes field research. Prerequisite: PS 1000.
PSRU 3500	Applied Developmental Psychology (formerly PSRU 3350)	4	Introduction to current research and techniques in applied developmental psychology with emphasis on ethical issues in applying developmental knowledge to real-world problems. The conduct of culturally sensitive research, family education programs, developmental assessments, and interventions will be examined with respect to such topics as divorce, child abuse, and handicaps. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000 and either 2700 or 2710.
PSRU 3600	Multicultural Issues (Formerly PSRU 2950)	4	The focus of this course is the multicultural applicability of scientific and professional psychology. Traditional psychological theories, scientific psychology, psychological tests, and the practice of psychology will be examined and critiqued from cultural and sociohistoriocal perspectives. Contemporary psychological theories and research specific to men, women, gay men, lesbians, and race/ethnicity will be reviewed.
PSRU 3700	Human Sexuality	4	An exploration of the physical characteristics that make up the core of male and female sexuality, as well as the psychological components in all sexual unions.
PSRU 3710	Cognitive Neuroscience	4	This course discusses how the brain enables the mind. This includes coverage of the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and pharmacological mechanisms that are associated with cognition in terms of attention, language, memory, spatial processing, planning and other executive functions, emotion, and consciousness.
PSRU 3720	Psychology of Women	4	Extensive examination of theory and research findings pertaining to female social and intellectual development, sex differences, sex role socialization, and the relationship of women to social structure.
PSRU 3730	Men & Masculinities	4
PSRU 3800	Drugs: Use & Abuse (formerly PSRU 3630)	4	This course examines the use, abuse, and addiction to a variety of licit and illicit drugs from caffeine to heroin. This topic will be viewed from three perspectives: 1) the pharmacological effect of the drug; 2) the setting in which the drug is ingested; 3) the past experienceof the drug taker. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 3810	Trauma and Family Violence	4	The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the field of trauma and family violence, including the causes and consequences of rape, partner violence and child abuse and neglect. Assessment, treatment and prevention issues will also be discussed.
PSRU 3830	Theories in Psychotherapy	4
PSRU 3901	Laboratory in Behavioral Analysis (Lecture and laboratory)	5	Introduction to the experimental analysis of behavior using laboratory animals. Behavior principles, their application, and how to conduct an experimental analysis will be reviewed in lecture and demonstrated in the laboratory. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2000, 2010.
PSRU 3910	Humanistic Psychology	4
PSRU 3930	Intro to Clinical Psychology	4
PSRU 3950	Applied Behavior Analysis	4	The goals of the course are to teach the principles of behavior and their application to complex human behavior. Students will understand basic principles of behavior, how to analyze complex human behavior in terms of those principles, how to collect data and plot it on graphs, how conduct research to determine the causes of behavior, and the basics of how to change behavior. This course does not make a student competent to conduct therapy.
PSRU 4310	Aging and Society	4	A cross-disciplinary course that draws on research and theory from psychology and such other disciplines as sociology, anthropology, economics and political science to explore the biological, cognitive and psychosocial features of human aging. Attention is given to normal and abnormal development, to the interrelations between physical and mental health and to optimal aging.
PSRU 4340	Psychology and Legal Issues (formerly PSRU 3010)	4	An introduction to (a) the issues relevant to understanding human behavior from the perspectives of law and psychology and (b) the contributions of psychology as a behavioral science to such legal issues as legal evidence, juries, and criminal and civil responsibility. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 4360	Cults and Religion	4
PSRU 4510	Evolutionary Psychology	4	An evolutionary perspective on the behavior of humans and other animals, including sex, aggression, cooperation, altruism, parenting, status, and social dominance. Ideas from Darwin, Freud, Dawkins, Wilson and others will be discussed. Prerequisite: PS 1000.
PSRU 4600	Contemporary Behaviorism	4	Survey of the development of contemporary behaviorism, which is a philosophy of science that approaches psychology as a natural science. Among the issues discussed will be culture, determinism, evolution, free will, grammar, individual responsibility, knowledge, meaning, mentalism, pragmatism, perception, purpose, religion and thinking.
PSRU 4810	Clinical-Child Psychology (formerly PSRU 3270)	4	This course provides an overview of the descriptive characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of the primary psychological and behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescence. A field work component offers supervised experience in settings serving children with problems. Prerequisite: PSRU 1000.
PSRU 4820	Community Psychology	5	This course covers the history of the community mental-health movement, epidemiology, theory and research regarding risk, vulnerability, resilience, adjustment and maladjustment, as well as person- and environmentally-oriented preventive interventions. Includes a service component that is integrated with class discussion. Prerequisites: PSRU 1000, 2900, and junior or senior class standing.
PSRU 4910	Codes for Mental Health Services	4	This course introduces students to contemporary standards of research and practice in the delivery of mental health services to a variety of populations (e.g., children, institutionalized individuals, cultural minorities) across a variety of contexts (e.g., schools, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and industrial settings). Students learn to examine the relationship of current professional codes of conduct to historical and political issues and contemporary social values.
PSRU 4920	Youth, Values, and Society	4
PSRU 4930	Codes of Conduct in the Mental Health Professions	3	This course provides a background in psychological theories and research in moral development, moral action, and professional ethics.  It challenges students to think of the social issues and values embedded in the fields of psychology, teaching, and other human service professions--specifically by examining cultural and ethnic issues.  Students solve classic moral dilemmas from philosophy and psychology, trace major historical law cases in the development of psychology's professional ethics code in the U.S., and discuss ethical conflicts in research and practice from the viewpoints of ethical codes of conduct of many nations. This is a senior values course.
PSRU 4997	Honors Thesis in Psychology I	4	This course, usually taken in the Fall of senior year, involves carrying out the Honors Thesis. Typically, this includes data collection and analysis and initial work on the written report. Students should have reviewed the relevant literature and completely planned the thesis prior to beginning this course. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the psychology department honors program.
PSRU 4998	Honors Thesis in Psychology II	4	This course, taken in the Spring of senior year, involves completion of the thesis. The student prepares and revises the final written report and defends the thesis orally. Prerequisite: PSRU 4997.
PSRU 4999	Independent Study	4
PSRU 3940	Psychology of Close Relationships (formerly PSRU 4730)	4	Offered irregularly
PSRU 5000- level courses		4	These courses are described in the Bulletin of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and are open to seniors with a quality point index of 3.0