Introduces prospective majors to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and also provides an overview for non-majors. Emphasizes social, cognitive, developmental, and personality psychology and their interrelations.
Instructor
K. Cardilla, C. Leaper, T. Seymour
General Education Code
PE-H
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
An introduction to elementary statistical principles and techniques relevant to psychological research. Topics covered include basic parametric and nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance, and simple factorial designs. This course is prerequisite to course 181.
General Education Code
SR
Quarter offered
Winter, Spring, Summer
Addresses psychological development from conception through adolescence. Provides an overview of developmental psychology.
Instructor
N. Akhtar, A. Manago
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Introduces basic concepts in cognitive psychology with a focus on theoretical explanations of cognitive functioning. Topics include perception, attention, memory, concepts, language, visual cognition, executive functions, and reasoning processes. (Formerly course 20A.)
Instructor
Jason Samaha, Travis Seymour
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Summer
An analysis of contemporary research in social psychology and of what that research can teach us about the world we live in. Problems of conformity, propaganda, prejudice, attraction, and aggression. Focuses on a person's relationship with other people, how he or she influences them and is influenced by them.
An overview of major personality theories from Freud to the modern day, and an introduction to contemporary research on personality development and assessment.