Historical survey of psychology and a study of the sensory and perceptual processes: learning, thinking, remembering, emotional behavior, motivation, mechanism of adjustment, and the total personality. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

An application of the general principals of psychological scholarship and research to the subject of gender and women. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Applications of principles of psychology in industry, business, the professions, social welfare, and personal adjustment; career selection, industrial efficiency, advertising, sales, the arts; and detection and treatment of delinquents and criminals. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Psychological principles and techniques applied to activities and problems in business and industry; selling, advertising, market research, personnel work, employee selection and training, supervision, and morale. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Development, adjustment, and psychological problems of the child from birth through adolescence; relationship of scientific psychological findings to practical methods of child guidance and training by parents, teachers, and others. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Considers children who do not respond to usual classroom teaching procedures. Includes problems of identification, diagnosis and potential assessment; surveys appropriate instruction and remedial teaching of mentally retarded, physically handicapped, gifted, culturally deprived and maladjusted children. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Relationship of psychology to colonized situation; understanding colonial experience in psychological terms, emphasis on effects for black and white persons in America of status of blacks during and after legalized slavery. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Psychological principles applied to problems with employees, both from the standpoint of management and of employees. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Analyzes development of personality structures and patterns: cultural environment, social roles and status, attitude formation, personality types and measurement of personality. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Abnormal behavior and its social significance; symptoms and dynamics of psychological disorders; neuroses and psychosomatic reactions, sociopathic psychoses; consideration of therapies and theories of prevention. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Continuation of Psychology 207. Physical, intellectual, educational, personality, and social development of adolescents in contemporary society; emphasis on problems of the adolescents adjustment to personal and social environment. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Major personality theories to familiarize the student with systems concerned with comprehensively and dynamically interrelating developmental, motivational, and adaptive aspects of behavior; methods of personality assessment and experimental evidence relevant to the theories will also be considered. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Introduction to psychological problems, issues, facts, and theories relating to later adulthood and old age; societal values and institutions, socio-economic variables, biological and psychological changes, perception, cognition, psychosocial development, personality factors, sexuality and relationships, work and skill issues, adjustment and coping, psychopathology, and therapeutic intervention. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

This course will introduce students to psychological problems, issues, facts, theories, opinions, and controversies pertaining to death or loss, the dying process, and bereavement as a response to loss. It will deal with societal values, institutions, psychological variables, the nature of dying and bereavement, the effects of loss on the surviving individual, adjustment and coping problems, relevant behavioral and emotional reactions, and alternatives to societal institutions surrounding death. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Life Span Developmental Psychology is an introductory course in developmental psychology covering fundamental biological, cognitive, and psychological factors as they apply to the whole span of development. Theories, research design and findings, facts, and principles, as they apply to each age level, will be examined. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Study of methods used in the systematic study of psychology, including psychometric concepts, understanding and application of statistical operations (computer-based), and critique of scholarly empirical reports. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.

Special topics in Psychology will be discussed along with appropriate lab and/or field trip activities. New developments in the field will be emphasized .Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Allowed Repeatable Course: Course may be repeated up to three times when topics are different, and may count for a maximum of six variable credits. Consent of Department Chairperson required for repeatability.