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Disclaimer: The course information below is current as of April 4, 2001, is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute a legal contract between the University of Utah and any person or entity.
This Web document is updated twice a year, on or about the first day of registration for Fall and Spring semesters.
1010 General Psychology
(4)
Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
The scientific study of human and animal behavior: rationale, methods of inference, selected findings, and some applications.
1220 Psychology of Infancy and Childhood
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
Intellectual, social, physical, and personality development during infancy and childhood.
1230 Psychology of Adolescence
(3)
Fulfills Social Science Foundation.
Social, intellectual, and personality development during adolescence.
2120 Thinking in Everyday Living
(3)
Ever wonder how you are able to recognize the faces of family and friends (or why you are so bad at it)? Or what you can do to improve your memory? We have an extraordinary array of mental abilities that allow us to read, write, learn (and forget) new things, recognize people and objects, and solve problems everyday. This course is designed to investigate these abilities, how they operate in everyday life, and why they sometimes don't work.
2410 Eat, Work, Play & Sleep: Psychology on Everyday Life
(3)
We spend much of our lives eating, working, playing, and sleeping. This course will address what psychology can tell us about these major facets of human existence, and how these facets affect our mental health, physical health, and ability to adapt.
2800 Psychology of Love
(3) Cross listed as WM ST 2800.
This course presents an overview of psychological theory and research on romantic relationships. Key questions to be addressed: Why do people fall in love? How is romantic love similar to and different from other types of love? What gets and keeps couples together? How do individual and cultural differences influence relationships?
3000 Statistical Methods in Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and MATH 1010. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course, Quantitative Reasoning B Course.
Applying statistical methods to psychological research, including basic descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and correlation. Includes laboratory.
3010 Research Methods in Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent. Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing, Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
Naturalistic, case study, correlational, and experimental research methods. Includes laboratory.
3040 Psychology of Gender
(3) Cross listed as WM ST 3040.
Fulfills Diversity.
Developmental investigation of psychological character of women and men. Childhood, adolescence, relationship formation, middle years, and old age from the perspectives of female and male psychological experiences.
3060 Issues in Human Development: LE
(3)
Some sections taught as Writing Emphasis; for explanation, see Writing Program in the Courses section of this catalog. Students explore interdisciplinary issues in human development. (1) social and intellectual development; (2) development of self-regulation of behavior through environmental events or through self-determined means; and/or (3) children and family through history (studies in family structural change).
3110 The Animal Mind in Nature, the Laboratory, and in Human Society
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Perception, attention, memory, decision making and communication in nonhuman animals. Ethical issues involved in laboratory research with nonhuman animals and in the diverse roles of nonhuman animals in various cultures. Comparisons between nonhuman and human minds. (A service-learning course.)
3120 Cognitive Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Introduction to an information-processing analysis of cognition. Perception, attention, and memory.
3130 Mind and Nature
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010. Fulfills Social Science Integration, Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
The study of both minds and other natural systems as intricately connected dynamic systems with emphasis on the issue of striking an adaptive balance between flexibility and stability. Co-evolution of mind and ecosystems and implications for contemporary human behavior.
3140 Cognitive Neuropsychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Relationship between brain structures and cognitive function. Analysis of disorders of memory, spatial attention, language, movement, and how they reflect brain processes.
3150 Sensation and Perception
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.Recommeded Prerequisite: 3110 and 3120.
Sensory systems and perceptual processes with respect to vision, audition, and other sense modalities. How we see, hear, feel pain and temperature, and in general receive information from the environment; how our perceptions are affected by expectancy, knowledge, and higher-level organizational factors.
3190 The Psychology of Language
(3) Cross listed as LING 3190.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Perspectives on language from the modern fields of psychology and linguistics; emphasis on shared concerns, such as language acquisition and processing.
3210 Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010. Fulfills Social Science Integration.
In-depth examination of development through the prenatal period, infancy, and childhood. Consideration of physical, intellectural, and social development, with emphasis upon the child in various contexts (e.g. family, culture, school, community).
3220 Childhood and Adolescent Development
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Developmental processes in childhood and adolescence. Emphasis on theories and research in intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development.
3230 Adult Development and Aging
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Cognitive, social, physical and personality development during young, middle, and late adulthood from a life-span perspective. Emphasizes research, theory, and application.
3250 Abnormal Child Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Issues in the diagnosis and cures of psychological disorders that occur during childhood and adolescence. Emphasis on etiological processes from a developmental perspective.
3260 Social and Personality Development
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010, 3000, and 3010; an additional developmental course is recommended.
Theories and research on socialization and social development in children and adolescents, including attachment, sex-typing, moral development, aggression, and peer relationships.
3320 Survey of Clinical Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Types of problems, assessment methods, therapeutic theories and techniques; professional roles of the clinical psychologist.
3400 Psychology of Abnormal Behavior
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Issues in diagnosis, etiology, and course of deviant behavior. Review of theoretical and research approaches, clinical and experimental; methodology and data, and social-cultural implications.
3410 Introduction to Social Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
The psychology of everyday social interaction. Topics may include impression formation, attitudes, persuasion, conformity, attraction, aggression, and altruistic behavior.
3420 Environment and Behavior
(3) Cross listed as FCS 3620.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Some sections taught as writing emphasis (see Writing Program for explanation); some sections taught with service-learning opportunities (see Bennion Center for explanation). Effects of built and natural environments on human behavior; how people use and affect the physical environment.
3440 Personality Theories
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Work of the major personality theorists with emphasis on supporting research.
3450 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010. Fulfills Diversity.
Cultural influences on psychological processes. Theory and research on values, norms, group behavior, socialization, cognitive development, and psychopathology in comparative cultural perspective.
3460 Introductory Health Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Social and psychological variables influencing health and coping with illness. Stress reactions, risk factors in chronic disease, coronary-prone behavior, prevention of disease.
3530 Program Evaluation
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Major theoretical and methodological approaches to program evaluation, with the pragmatics of performing useful program evaluations. Teaches students to analyze evaluations, designs, and dissemination activities.
3650 Community Psychology and Environments
(3) Cross listed as FCS 3650.
Fulfills Social Science Integration.
The study and application of psychological solutions to community problems. It explores the relationships between stressful environments, supportive social systems, and individual and family well-being. It emphasizes values, practical research, organizational community, and societal-level action (e.g. prevention, self-help, empowerment, community services, underserved populations, public policy, social change) all focused on promoting the welfare of the community. The course also examines how the social sciences describe and analyze the impact of community settings, including street traffic, environmental hazards and disasters, disorder and crime and delinquency-related cues in the physical and social environment, neighborhood change, and opportunities to create more livable communities through better housing, planning and design.
3711 Brain and Behavior
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010Recommended Prerequisite: PSYCH 3110 or 3120.
Neural and endocrine influences on a wide variety of behaviors including cognitive functions, sensory, and motor systems, emotions, regulatory behaviors, and reproductive behaviors.
3712 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Theory and research regarding neural plasticity as it relates to various models of learning and memory. Examines neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and pharmacological evidence from invertebrate and vertebrate species.
3713 Neuroplasticity Across the Lifespan
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Changes in brain-behavior relationships from early development through senescence. Emphasis will be placed on age changes in neural plasticity as it relates to altered cognitive functioning across the lifespan.
3714 Neurobiology of Psychopathological States
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Neural systems view of maladaptive behaviors and psychiatric conditions. Considers both animal models and clinical evidence.
3715 Evolution of the Neural Basis of Behavior
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Evolution and function of naturally occurring behaviors in different species. Emphasis will be placed on neural mechanisms of adaptive patterns of behavior.
3900 Modes of Learning: Research Methods
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through research experience emphasizing methodology.
3901 Modes of Learning: Technological Literacy
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through the use of technology.
3902 Modes of Learning: Psychology in Everyday Life
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through the application of course content to situations of interest in everyday life.
3903 Modes of Learning: Collaborative Learning
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through working collaboratively with other students in the class.
3904 Modes of Learning: Service-Learning
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through service learning in the community.
3905 Modes of Learning: Writing and Communication in Psychology
(1)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's content by requiring extra work through intensive writing and/or other forms of presentation and communication.
3960 Psychology and Social Issues
(3 to 5)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Contribution of psychology to selected social issues. Content varies depending on subtitle.
4080 History and Theories of Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010.
Recommended preparation for graduate work and the GRE in psychology. Major historical antecedents of contemporary psychology and how they influence psychology today. Mentalism, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, and psychoanalysis. Examples drawn from social, developmental, clinical, educational, and experimental psychology.
4130 Human Bias
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3130 or 3130 and 4130 may be taken concurrently.
Seminar follow-up to PSYCH 3130. How the human mind generates a biased, self-perpetuating view of the world. Compares the mind to other natural systems such as galaxies, evolution, insect colonies, and human institutions. Examines the costs, benefits, and epistemological implications of human bias.
4140 Case Studies in Clinical Neuropsychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Clinical case studies of neurological and psychiatric patients presenting with unusual cognitive deficits. Examines how the brain mediates various cognitive functions, including rational thinking, memory, perception, and language. Course uses a hypothesis-generating approach to examine novel ideas on how the brain works and what happens when it breaks down.
4171 Human Factors I
(4)
Recommended Prerequisite: PSYCH 3120.
This is a field of Psychology that applies the basic knowledge obtained from laboratory studies of human cognition to the design of technology that people use in the real world. As the prevalence and sophistication of technology increase, so too do the demands for designing systems that are compatible with the capabilities and limitations of the user. This course will summarize major topics in human factors psychology.
4172 Human Factors II
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 4171.
Designed to follow Psych 4171. Provides students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in Psych 4171 to real world situations. The class integrates service learning and collaborative learning formats. The service learning component of the class involves participation in a Human Factors related project at a local business. The collaborative learning component of the class involves sharing the experiences with fellow classmates.
4230 Topics in Developmental Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010 and one of the following: 3210 or 3220 or 3230.
Topics vary with subtitle. Current issues in selected subfields of developmental psychology such as moral development, cognitive development, communication, etc.
4240 Psychology of Family Pathology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
Psychological-interactionist perspective on intra-familial stress and maladaptive behavior patterns, e.g., delinquency, abuse, mental illness.
4410 Advanced Topics in Personality and Social Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 or 3440 or instructor's consent.
Each course deals in depth with a selected topic in personality or social psychology, such as attitudes, stereotyping, motivation, the self, aggression, traits, and dispositions.
4421 Service Project in Social Psychology I
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 or 3420 or 3440 or 3460.
Students volunteer and do a research project for a community non-profit agency. Students generate hypotheses and methods, collect and analyze data, and write a report. In a given year, the project may focus on social, personality, health or environmental psychology-related areas. Part I of a two-part course with a service-learning component.
4422 Service Project in Social Psychology II
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 4421.
Students volunteer and do a research project for a community non-profit agency. Students generate hypotheses and methods, collect and analyze data, and write a report. In a given year, the project may focus on social, personality, health or environmental psychology-related areas. Part II of two part course with service-learning component.
4450 Intergroup Relations: Our Prejudices and Stereotypes
(3) Cross listed as ETHNC 3450.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010. Fulfills Diversity.
Provides an overview of research and theories on the topic of prejudice and stereotyping. Discussions will include the origins, maintenance, and function of prejudice and stereotypes of groups (e.g., racial, gender, ethnic). In addition, how prejudice and stereotypes affect group members and group relations will be covered.
4600 Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3010.
Covers the psychological aspects of interpersonal relationships such as parent-child, friendships, work partnerships, romantic partnerships, teacher-student, and professional-client. May include some or all of the following aspects of relationships: learning and developmental change, emotion, clinical outcomes and treatment, and cultural differences.
4710 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3711 or 3712 or 3713 or 3714 or 3715 and instructor's consent.
Neural processes underlying higher cognitive function (e.g., attention, learning, and memory) will be examined in animals and humans. Relationship to human mental dysfunction will also be examined.
4800 Research Experience: General
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4802 Research Experience: Cognitive
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4803 Research Experience: Neuroscience
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4804 Research Experience: Clinical
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4805 Research Experience: Developmental
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4806 Research Experience: Social
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Involves participation in ongoing faculty-directed research based on a contract between the student and instructor.
4810 Field Experience
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and two additional psychology courses.
Application of psychological principles in community settings with supervision by faculty member and qualified personnel at cooperating agencies. Requires a contract agreed upon by student, agency supervisor, and faculty sponsor.
4900 Pre-senior Thesis
(1 to 4)
Contact undergraduate director for information. Students complete original research projects under supervision of a faculty member and prepare a written thesis.
4901 Senior Thesis
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 4900.
4902 Senior Thesis Presentation
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 4900 and 4901.
4910 Teaching Experience
(1 to 6)
Experience in teaching and in its various processes; normally for a course previously taken. Will provide advanced, in-depth learning of course material.
4950 Independent Study
(1 to 5)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
Individual research and/or study on topics of interest to student under direction of faculty member based on a contract.
4951 Special Projects
(1 to 10)
Study discussion and applied experience on problems of special interest.
4960 Special Topics in Clinical Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and 3010.
4990 Senior Seminar
(3)
Integrative capstone course addressing special topics in psychology.
4999 Honors Thesis/Project
(3)
Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors Degree.
5110 Advanced Comparative Cognition
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3110 or 3120.
Meets with PSYCH 6110. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6110 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Laboratory and naturalistic nonhuman animal cognition, with a focus on attention, learning, memory, decision making, and communication, along with comparisons with corresponding human cognitive processes.
5120 Advanced Human Cognition
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3120.
Graduate students who register for PSYCH 6120 will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Information processing paradigm applied to areas of psychology, e.g., developmental, social, clinical, and to other disciplines, such as philosophy, education, law.
5150 Advanced Perception
(3)
General theories of perception, their implications, and empirical validation. T
5200 Current Research in Developmental Psychology
(1)
Meets with PSYCH 6200. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6200 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Presentations focus on faculty and student research projects in developmental psychology.
5210 Introduction to Developmental Methods
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3010 or 5500 or 6500.
Meets with PSYCH 6210. Selected topics in developmental design including age, cohort, and context effects, units of analysis, assessing change, and analyzing interaction data. Course might be taken in conjunction with developing a master's proposal.
5220 Cognitive Development
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3220 or 3230.
Meets with PSYCH 6220. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6220 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Survey of theories and research on cognitive development (e.g., Piaget, neo-Piagetian, information processing, contextual). Theories related to cognitive development in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and late life.
5240 Child Language Acquisition
(3) Cross listed as LING 5024.
Meets with LING 6024. Nature and acquisition of child grammar, from experimental and theoretical perspectives.
5260 Social Development
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3220.
Meets with PSYCH 6260. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6260 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Theory and research on social, cultural, ethnic, gender, and family factors in human development. Relationships, emotions, social cognition, morality, and identity in the life course.
5280 Culture and Diversity
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3000, 3010, and permission of instructor.
Meets with PSYCH 6280. Cultural influences on behavior. Theory and research on values, norms, group behavior, socialization, and psychopathology in comparative cultural perspective.
5330 Individual Psychopathology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3400 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6330. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6330 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Individual abnormal behavior across the lifespan, as defined by DSM-IV. Models for interpretation: medical, dimensional, human developmental, existential. Approaches are reviewed in relation to scientific methods of knowing and recent research literature.
5340 Psychopathology II: Social and Systemic Perspectives on Psychopathology
(4)
Meets with PSYCH 6340. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6340 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Psychopathology as defined and understood from a variety of interactional perspectives including systems analysis, interpersonal theory, communications theory, community systems; family and child developmental theory.
5392 Survey of Major Theories of Psychotherapy
(1)
Meets with PSYCH 6392. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6392. Survey of major theories of psychotherapy and their histories. Emphasis on those with empirically supported procedures. Review of models of service delivery (e.g., individual, family, group, communicty, preventive). Therapy research.
5400 Advanced Environment and Behavior
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3420 and 3010.
Meets with FCS 5620, FCS 6620, and PSYCH 6400. Graduate students should enroll in a 6000-level section and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Some sections taught with service learning emphasis; see Bennion Center for details. Study of selected environmental settings and environment- and behavior-processes.
5410 Advanced Social Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6410. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6410 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Survey of theories and research in social psychology. Readings and lecture briefly cover historical and current perspectives on a range of topics, which may include self, person perception, attitudes, attributions, close relationships, social influence, group conflict, etc.
5450 Personality Theory and Research
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3440 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6450. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6450 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Major traditional theoretical approaches to personality and recent theoretical developments. Critical evaluation of theories in terms of personality development and structure. Application of theories to specific domains of behavior.
5480 Psychology and Law
(3)
Theory, research, and practice in the interaction between social scientists, mental health professionals, and the legal system of interest to psychology students, pre-law students, and practitioners in the mental health and criminal justice areas. Topics vary yearly, but exemplars are child sexual abuse, social scientists as expert witnesses, psychotherapist-patient privilege, the insanity defense, jury decision making, the death penalty, and the prediction of dangerousness.
5500 Quantitative Methods I
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: FCS 3200 and either FCS 3620 or PSYCH 3420.
Meets with PSYCH 6500. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6500 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Introduction to measurement and design; foundation of statistical reasoning (probability theory, expectations, linear models, model testing, power, and effect size).
5510 Quantitative Methods II
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5500.
Meets with PSYCH 6510. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6510 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Analysis of variance; regression methods; introductions to multivariate techniques, and to nonparametric statistics. Computer intensive.
5518 The Use of Microcomputers in Psychological Research
(3)
Meets with PSYCH 6518. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6518 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Microcomputers have become an essential component of the modern laboratory and knowledge of how to use computers for experimental control and data analysis is now a necessary skill. This course is designed to provide in-depth study of how to design and implement real-time control of typical components of experimental research.
5520 Psychological Measurement
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6520. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6520 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in psychological measurement, including reliability and validity theory. Computer intensive.
5524 Developmental Psycholinguistics
(3)
An overview of the major topics in children's language, including prelanguage, phonology, word meaning, grammar, pragmatics, and communicative competence.
5530 Intermediate Analysis of Variance
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6530. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6530 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in the analysis of variance including trend analysis, ANCOVA, and hierarchical designs. Computer intensive.
5540 Multivariate Statistics
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6540. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6540 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in multivariate analysis including factor analysis, MANOVA, and discriminant function analysis. Computer intensive.
5546 Advanced Health Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3460.
Meets with PSYCH 6546. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6546 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additonal work. Survey of current theory and research concerning health behaviors, psychosomatics, and psychological adjustment to illness.
5700 Neuropsychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3711 or 3712 or 3713 or 3714 or 3715 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 6700. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6700 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Basic knowledge in neuroscience and behavior with special emphasis on clinical applications. Neuropsychology of human behavior; studies of normal and brain-injured persons with an integration of brain activity, cognitive, and affective processes.
5750 Neurobiology of Behavior
(4)
Meets with PSYCH 6750. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6750 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Basic foundations of neurobiology, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry and neurobehavioral assessment. Application to topics in clinical, social, developmental, and experimental psychology.
5950 Independent Study
(1 to 6)
Individual research and/or study on topics of interest to the student under the direction of a faculty member.
5951 Special Projects
(1 to 10)
Study, discussion, and field work on problems of special and current issues.
5960 Topics in Clinical Psychology: Didactic
(3)
Meets with PSYCH 6960 or 6961. Didactic instruction in important areas of specialization in clinical psychology. Topics vary by year and instructor. Examples include health psychology, behavioral medicine, neuropsychological assessment, personality, personality disorders, SASB coding of personality disorders, object relations psychology, cognitive therapy, group therapy, sex therapy, family therapy, autism treatment.
5962 Topics in Health Psychology
(2)
Graduate students who register for PSYCH 6962 will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Focused examination of a subfield of health psychology: Consult instructor for semester topic.
5969 Special Topics in Statistics
(1 to 6) Cross listed as MGT 5969, ED PS 5969, FP MD 5969, MATH 5969, ECON 5969, FCS 5969, SOC 5969, STAT 5969.
Topics vary. Taught by members of the University Statistics Committee. Check current class schedule for cross-listings.
6100 Practicum in Teaching Psychology
(1)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent. Not for education teaching major.
Not for education teaching majors. Supervised experience in teaching undergraduate psychology classes under direction of a faculty member.
6110 Advanced Comparative Cognition
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3110 or 3120 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5110. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6110 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Laboratory and naturalistic nonhuman animal cognition, with a focus on attention, learning, memory, decision making, and communication, along with comparisons with corresponding human cognitive processes.
6120 Advanced Human Cognition
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3120 and instructor's consent.
Graduate students who register for PSYCH 6120 will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Information processing paradigm applied to areas of psychology, e.g., developmental, social, clinical, and to other disciplines, such as philosophy, education, law.
6130 CNS Research Group
(1)
Weekly presentations and discussions of faculty and student research projects.
6200 Current Research in Developmental Psychology
(1 to 3)
Meets with PSYCH 5200. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6200 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Presentations focus on faculty and student research projects in developmental psychology.
6210 Introduction to Developmental Methods
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3010 or 5500 or 6500 or instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5210. Selected topics in developmental design including age, cohort, and context effects, units of analysis, assessing change, and analyzing interaction data. Course might be taken in conjunction with developing a master's proposal.
6220 Cognitive Development
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3220 or 3230 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5220. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6220 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Survey of theories and research on cognitive development (e.g., Piaget, neo-Piagetian, information processing, contextual). Theories related to cognitive development in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and late life will be addressed.
6260 Social Development
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3220 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5260. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6260 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Theory and research on social, cultural, ethnic, gender, and family factors in human development. Covers topics such as relationships, emotions, social cognition, morality, and identity in the life-course.
6280 Culture and Diversity
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3400 or 3410 and instructor's consent.
Cultural influences on behavior. Theory and research on values, norms, group behavior, socialization, and psychopathology in comparative cultural perspective.
6290 Developmental Brown Bag
(1)
Discussion of faculty and student research projects in developmental psychology.
6300 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Professional ethics, legal, and professional standards as they apply to psychological practice. Ethical and legal issues in research, psychotherapy, assessment, and other current areas of practice.
6330 Individual Psychopathology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3400 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5330. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6330 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Individual abnormal behavior across the lifespan, as defined by DSM-IV. Models for interpretation: medical, dimensional, human developmental, existential. Approaches are reviewed in relation to scientific methods of knowing and recent research literature.
6340 Psychopathology II: Social and Systemic Perspectives on Psychopathology
(4)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5340. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6340 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Psychopathology as defined and understood from a variety of interactional perspectives including: systems analysis, interpersonal theory, communications theory, community systems; family- and child-developmental theory.
6391 Psychotherapy I: Basic Skills
(1)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Students learn about and practice listening skills, showing empathy, building an alliance.
6392 Survey of Major Theories of Psychotherapy
(1)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5392. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6392. Survey of major theories of psychotherapy and their histories. Emphasis on those with empirically supported procedures. Review of models of service delivery (e.g., individual, family, group, communicty, preventive). Therapy research.
6400 Advanced Environment and Behavior
(3)
Recommended Prerequisite: PSYCH 3420, FCS 3620 or ARCH 3420 or PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Meets with FCS 5620, FCS 6620, and PSYCH 5400. Graduate students should enroll in PSYCH 6400 or FCS 6620 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Some sections taught with service learning emphasis; see Bennion Center for details. Study of selected environmental settings and environment and behavior processes.
6410 Advanced Social Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5410. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6410 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Survey of theories and research in social psychology. Readings and lecture briefly cover historical and current perspectives on a range of topics, which may include self, person perception, attitudes, attributions, close relationships, social influence, group conflict, etc.
6420 Methods in Social Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Research methods in social psychology, including experimental design, statistical issues, philosophy of science, and ethical issues.
6421 Advanced Service Project in Social Psychology I
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Students work with instructor to conduct and supervise a service-learning research project with advanced undergraduate students (taught in conjunction with PSYCH 4421). Focus may vary across social, personality, health, or environmental psychology. Part one of a two-semester class.
6422 Advanced Service Project in Social Psychology II
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 6421 and instructor's consent.
Graduate students work with instructor to conduct and supervise a service-learning research project with advanced undergraduate students (taught in conjunction with PSYCH 4422). Focus may vary across social, personality, health, or environmental psychology. Part two of two-semester class.
6450 Personality Theory Research
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3440 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5450. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6450 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Major traditional theoretical approaches to personality and recent theoretical developments. Critical evaluation of theories in terms of personality development and structure. Application of theories to specific domains of behavior.
6490 Field Evaluation
(1 to 5)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 and instructor's consent.
Program development and evaluation skills in field settings; design, data collection, data evaluation, and politics.
6500 Quantitative Methods I
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3000 and MATH 1050 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5500. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6500 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Introduction to measurement and design; foundation of statistical reasoning (probability theory, expectations, linear models, model testing, power, and effect size).
6510 Quantitative Methods II
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5500 or 6500 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5510. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6551 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Analysis of variance; regression methods; introductions to multivariate techniques and to nonparametric statistics. Computer intensive.
6518 The Use of Microcomputers in Psychological Research
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5518. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6518 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Microcomputers have become an essential component of the modern laboratory and knowledge of how to use computers for experimental control and data analysis is now a necessary skill. This course is designed to provide in-depth study of how to design and implement real-time control of typical components of experimental research.
6520 Psychological Measurement
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5520. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6520 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in psychological measurement, including reliability and validity theory. Computer intensive.
6530 Intermediate Analysis of Variance
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5530. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6530 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in the analysis of variance including trend analysis, ANCOVA, and hierarchical designs. Computer intensive.
6535 Advanced Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3010 or instructor's consent.
Seminar format course for clinical program students. Major focus is on research design and assessment methodology issues in clinical research and practice. Topics vary but generally include decision theory, appraisal of the reliability and validity of clinical assessment procedures, clinical judgement, inter-observer and inter-source agreement, and related topics.
6540 Multivariate Statistics
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5540. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6540 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Selected topics in multivariate analysis including factor analysis, MANOVA, and discriminant function analysis. Computer intensive.
6546 Advanced Health Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3460 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5546. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6546 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additonal work. Survey of current theory and research concerning health behaviors, sychosomatics, and psychological adjustment to illness.
6550 Structural Modeling
(1 to 2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected topics in structural modeling, including confirmatory factor analysis. Computer intensive.
6556 Analysis of Temporal Data
(1 to 2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected methods in the analysis of temporally-ordered data, including the analysis of change scores, time-series analysis, trend analysis, and real time versus developmental time analysis. Computer intensive.
6570 Psychological Scaling
(1 to 2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected methods of univariate and multidimensional scaling. Computer intensive.
6580 Analysis of Categorical Data
(1 to 2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected methods of analyzing categorical data including logistic regression and log-linear design.
6590 Secondary Analysis
(1 to 2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected methods of secondary analysis, with an emphasis on meta-analysis. Computer intensive.
6611 Principles and Techniques of Assessment I: Structured Interviewing, IQ Tests
(2)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Interviewing skills related to initial assessment. Diagnosis by standard clinical structured interview. Construction of tests for IQ, achievement tests, administration, interpretation of IQ tests.
6612 Principles and Techniques of Assessment II: Symptoms and Syndromes
(2)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Principles for constructing, administering and interpreting objective measures of clinical phenomena such as symptomatology, diagnostic syndromes, neuropsychological or forensic status. Developing case formulations, treatment recommendations, and writing reports.
6613 Assessment Practicum: Traditional Adult and Child Assessment Skills
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 6611 and 6612 and instructor's consent.
Students administer comprehensive test batteries, develop case formulations, treatment recommendations and write reports. Five reports must be completed.
6614 Assessment Specialties Practicum
(2)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 6611 and 6612 and 6613 and instructor's consent.
Three more reports under the traditional models and PSYCH 6613 instructors are due. Two new assessment specialties (e.g., forensic, personality disorders, interpersonal dynamic, health) are offered. One report from each of these is required.
6650 Advanced Community Psychology
(3) Cross listed as FCS 6650.
The study and application of psychological solutions to community problems and relationships between community environments and indivual and family well-being. Graduate students should enroll at the 6000 level and will be held to higher standards or do additional work Some sections service-learning.
6700 Neuropsychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3711 or 3712 or 3713 or 3714 or 3715 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5700. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6700 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Basic knowledge in neuroscience and behavior with special emphasis on clinical applications. Neuropsychology of human behavior; studies of normal and brain-injured persons with an integration of brain activity, cognitive, and affective processes.
6750 Neurobiology of Behavior
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3711 or 3712 or 3713 or 3714 or 3715 and instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5750. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6750 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Basic foundations of neurobiology, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry and neurobehavioral assessment. Application to topics in clinical, social, developmental, and experimental psychology.
6890 Social Psychology Research Group
(1)
Weekly presentations and discussions of faculty and student research projects.
6891 Clinical Psychology Research Group.
(1 to 4)
Weekly presentations and discussions of faculty and graduate student research projects.
6910 Clinical Psychology Clerkship
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Approved experience in provision of psychological services in human-service setting under supervision of agency staff.
6950 Individual Research Projects
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
6951 Directed Reading
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
6960 Topics in Clinical Psychology: Didactic
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Meets with PSYCH 5960. Graduate students should register for PSYCH 6960 and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Didactic instruction in important areas of specialization in clinical psychology. Topics vary by year and instructor. Examples include health psychology, behavioral medicine, neuropsychological assessment, personality, personality disorders, object relations psychology, cognitive therapy, group therapy, sex therapy, family therapy, autism treatment.
6961 Practicum in Clinical Psychology: P
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 6960 and instructor's consent.
Practicum experience in important areas of specialization in clinical psychology. Topics vary by year and instructor. Examples include health psychology, behavioral medicine, neuropsychological assessment, personality, personality disorders, object relations psychology, cognitive therapy, group therapy, sex therapy, family therapy, autism treatment.
6962 Topics in Health Psychology
(2)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Graduate students who register for PSYCH 6962 will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Focused examination of a subfield of health psychology: Consult instructor for semester topic.
6970 Thesis Research: Master's
(1 to 9)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
7100 Supervised Teaching Practicum
(2)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Students teach a course with full responsibility for course planning, presentation, and student evaluation. Supervised by faculty member.
7220 Seminar in Developmental Theories
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Survey of the major theories in developmental psychology with an emphasis on readings of original sources. The historical importance and current significance of these theories for the field of developmental psychology will be examined.
7230 Seminar in Developmental Methods
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 6210 and instructor's consent.
Selected methodological issues in developmental psychology such as construct validity, time-series analysis, and the analysis of change.
7250 Self-Organizing Systems in Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Introduces self-organizing systems and related scientific concepts such as dynamic stability, phase transitions, and chaos and examines their relevance for psychology in topics such as neural networks, interpersonal communication, developmental processes, and human institutions and cultures. Application to theory and methods will be covered.
7270 Professional Development
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Focuses on adult development in psychology careers. Developmental topics include personal growth, creativity, professional relationships, and ethics. Career topics include publishing, grant writing, clinical and applied careers, academic careers, citizenship, and community service.
7280 Development of Peer Relationships
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
The study of children's peer relationships from developmental, interactional, and contextual perspectives with an emphasis on friendship relationships.
7350 Current Issues in the Practice of Clinical Psychology
(1)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
An ongoing forum for area-wide review of current issues in clinical practice and research.
7460 Behavioral Medicine Research Group
(1)
Discussion of ongoing faculty and graduate student research projects.
7500 Seminar in Measurement, Analysis, or Design
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Selected topics in measurement, analysis, or design. Typically computer intensive.
7508 History and Systems of Psychology
(4)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1010 and 3000 and instructor's consent.
The development of psychology as a science. Practical implications for contemporary psychology of the philosophical foundations of psychological method and theory.
7510 Practicum in Measurement, Analysis, or Design
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5510 or 6510 and instructor's consent.
Supervised experience in measurement, analysis, or design. Typically computer intensive.
7750 Quantitative Psychology
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Topics selected from mathematical models for learning and social interactions, decision-making, psychometrics, psychophysical methods, multivariate distribution theory and analysis, discriminant analysis, and canonical correlation.
7850 Consultation and Supervision
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 5330 or 6330 and PSYCH 5340 or 6340 and instructor's consent.
Theory and practice in the provision of indirect psychological services. Assessment of needs for consultation supervision, established productive relationships, evaluation of outcomes, threats to effective indirect service delivery, and current topics in training and development.
7930 Internship in Clinical Psychology
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
In-depth supervised experience in clinical service delivery in an approved internship setting.
7950 Special Clinical Projects
(1 to 4)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Supervised experience in delivery of psychological services. Experience with special populations or treatment modalities.
7960 Current Topics in Developmental Psychology
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Advanced topics in developmental psychology, with a focus on theories, research, and controversies. Topics may include social cognition, emotion, gender development, life-span approaches to development, contextual issues.
7961 Special Topics in Social Psychology
(2 to 4)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
This seminar will focus on topical issues, areas of research, or specific methodology. In some years; may consist of two half-semester courses (of two credits each). This course will be taught as needed to address special issues or topics.
7962 Seminar in Social Thinking
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Advanced seminar in social thinking. May include topics such as social cognition, attitudes, or self-regulation.
7963 Seminar in Social Influence
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Advanced topics in social influence. May include areas such as persuasion, conformity, or obedience.
7964 Seminar in Social Relations
(3)
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3410 and instructor's consent.
Advanced topics in social and group relations. Various topics may include intergroup relations, attraction, impression formation, and social support.
7965 Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Seminar on current topics and issues in neural science.
7966 Issues in Cognition
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Seminar on current topics and issues in cognitive psychology.
7967 Issues in Neuropsychology
(1 to 6)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Seminar on current topics and issues in cognitive neuropsychology.
7968 Seminar in Clinical Psychology
(1 to 3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Theory and research on special topics in clinical psychology. Topics vary by instructor and by year. Illustrative foci include neuropsychology, autism, adolescence, family therapy, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, therapy research.
7970 Thesis Research: Ph.D.
(1 to 12)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
7980 Faculty Consultation
(3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
7990 Continuing Registration: Ph.D.
(0)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
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