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PSYC 401 - Introduction to Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Psychology as a behavioral science; its theoretical and
applied aspects. Includes research methods, behavioral
neuroscience, sensation and perception, cognition,
learning, development, personality, psychopathology, and
social psychology. To experience actively the nature of
psychological research students have an opportunity to
participate in a variety of studies as part of a laboratory
experience.
PSYC 401H - Honors/Introduction to Psychology
Credits:
4.00
See description for PSYC 401.
PSYC 402 - Statistics in Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Design, statistical analysis, and decision making in
psychological research. Probability, hypothesis-testing,
and confidence intervals. Conceptualization, computation,
interpretation, and typical applications for exploratory
data analysis (including measures of central tendency,
variability), t-tests, correlations, bivariate regression,
one-way analysis of variance, and chi square. Introduction
to computer methods of computation. No credit for students
who have completed ADM 430; BIOL 528; DS 420; EREC 525; HHS
540; MATH 639; MATH 644; SOC 502. Special fee.
PSYC 402H - Honors/Statistics in Psychology
Credits:
4.00
See description for PSYC 402.
PSYC 444 - Scientific Perspectives on Belief in Alleged Paranormal Phenomena
Credits:
4.00
Examines alleged paranormal phenomena and various ways that
people approach and attempt to understand them. Students
explore alternative ways of making sense of these
phenomena. Draws heavily on the social sciences (e.g.,
psychology, sociology, anthropology), but information and
approaches from the physiological and biological sciences
are introduced as appropriate. Cannot receive credit if
credit earned for PSYC 591A. Writing intensive.
PSYC 502 - Research Methods in Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Research design, including experimental and correlation
design; internal versus external validity; measurement;
writing a research report; graphic and statistical methods
for summarizing data; sampling; and special problems such
as experimenter effects, reactivity of measurement, and
others. The use of hypothesis testing and data analysis in
research. Prereq: PSYC 401 and 402. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
PSYC 511 - Sensation and Perception
Credits:
4.00
The study of how humans (and some other animals) sense and
perceive their environment. Topics include seeing
(vision), hearing (audition), tasting (gustation), smelling
(olfaction), feeling (somatosensation), and the variety of
state-of-the-art methods used by psychologists to study
these senses. Illusions and other sensory and perceptual
phenomena are treated. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 512 - Psychology of Primates
Credits:
4.00
A comparative analysis of primate cognitive, linguistic,
and social processes. The origins of human behavior are
explored from the perspectives of history, evolution, and
contemporary work in neuropsychology, linguistic,
sociobiology, and related fields. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 513 - Cognitive Psychology
Credits:
4.00
The study of human cognition, its basic concepts, methods,
and major findings. Human knowledge acquisition and use.
Attention, perception, memory, imagery, language, reading,
problem solving, and decision making. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 521 - Behavior Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Principles derived from the experimental study of human and
animal learning and their theoretical integration.
Respondent and operant conditioning. Reinforcement and
punishment, stimulus control, choice and preference,
conditioned reinforcement. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 523 - Behavior Modification
Credits:
4.00
The application of principles of behavior analysis to a
variety of realistic nonlaboratory settings, including
daily life, education therapy, and self management.
Examines factors governing behavior observed in the world.
Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 531 - Psychobiology
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the behavioral neurosciences. Surveys research
conducted by psychologists to learn about the biological
basis of behavior: development, sensation, perception,
movement, sleep, feeding, drinking, hormones, reproduction,
stress, emotions, emotional disorders, learning, and
memory. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 552 - Social Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Behavior of individuals as affected by other individuals,
groups, and society. Topics include attitude change and
social influence, conformity, social interaction,
interpersonal attraction, impression formation, research.
Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 553 - Personality
Credits:
4.00
Major theories, methods of assessment, and research.
Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 561 - Abnormal Behavior
Credits:
4.00
Causes, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior.
Implications of varying theoretical viewpoints. Prereq:
PSYC 401.
PSYC 571 - Great Psychologists
Credits:
4.00
Historical introduction to some of the great psychologists
and their classic works.
PSYC 571H - Honors/Great Psychologists
Credits:
4.00
See description for PSYC 571.
PSYC 581 - Child Development
Credits:
4.00
The developing child in the context of his/her society.
Current problems in, and influences on, development of the
child. Personality and cognitive development; exceptional
children. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 582 - Adult Development and Aging
Credits:
4.00
A life-span developmental framework for the study of
growth, decline, and stability on adult development.
Developmental methods in adult development research;
biological basis for aging; patterns of change and
stability in diverse domains of psychological functioning,
e.g., perception, cognition, intellectual performance, and
personality organization. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 591 - Special Topics
Credits:
4.00
New or specialized courses are presented under this
listing. Staff present material not normally covered in
regular course offerings. May repeat but not duplicate
content. Prereq: PSYC 401.
PSYC 591A - Special Topics/Psychology of Paranormal Belief
Credits:
4.00
Examines belief in paranormal phenomena from psychological
theories such as social cognition. Students will study how
psychology offers insight into paranormal phenomena and the
stories behind them. Science offers a way to examine these
phenomena, and these phenomena, in return, are a way of
examining science. Prereq: PSYC 401 or permission. No
credit for students who have taken PSYC 444.
PSYC 595 - Applications of Psychology
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Arranged by the student or offered by psychology faculty
for supervised field, academic, or research experience
related to psychology. A) Field experience: supervised
internship at a business or human services setting, B)
Academic experience: specialized classroom experience or
supervised teaching assistance, C) Research experience:
supervised research experience or laboratory work.
Psychology instructors sponsor academic credit for
appropriate experience combined with a relevant academic
component. Requires a signed learning agreement prior to
registration. Prereq: permission. May be taken for 1-4
credits in a semester and repeated to a maximum of 8
credits total. Cr/F.
PSYC 702 - Advanced Statistics and Research Methodology
Credits:
4.00
A review of basic statistics from Psychology 402 and 502 .
Covers partial correlation, factorial ANOVA, and other
analyses that include multiple predictor variables.
Appropriate for students who plan to apply to
research-oriented graduate programs, those who use
statistics in honors thesis research, and those who plan to
work in areas such as marketing or survey research. Topics
covered are appropriate for use in psychology, sociology,
education, medicine, and other research areas. Prereq: PSYC
402; 502; or permission. (Not offered every year.) Writing
intensive.
PSYC 705 - Tests and Measurement
Credits:
4.00
Testing intelligence, creativity, achievement, interests,
and personality. Test construction; evaluation; relation
to psychological theory, research, and practice. Prereq:
PSYC 402; 502;/or permission.
PSYC 705H - Honors/Tests and Measurements
Credits:
4.00
See description for PSYC 705.
PSYC 710 - Visual Perception
Credits:
4.00
The study of how humans (and some other animals) see.
Topics include color vision, depth perception, form and
pattern vision, visual learning and development, eye
movements, diseases of the visual system, illusions, and
other visual phenomena. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 531; or
permission. Special fee. Writing intensive.
PSYC 712 - Psychology of Language
Credits:
4.00
Theories of language structure, functions of human
language, meaning, relationship of language to other
mental processes, language acquisition, indices of language
development, speech perception, reading. Prereq: PSYC 402;
502; 512; or 513; or permission. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
PSYC 713 - Psychology of Consciousness
Credits:
4.00
Explores questions of consciousness?What is it? How does it
develop? Are infants and animals conscious? Why did
consciousness evolve? Includes a review of historical
background, including the ideas of Jaynes, Paiget, James,
Freud, and others. Contemporary topics may include the role
of language and other representational systems, blindsight,
subliminal perception, priming and other implicit cognitive
phenomena, hypnosis, confabulation and attribution,
dreaming, multiple personality and conceptions of self and
free will, from simultaneous perspectives of phenomenology,
behavior, and neuroscience. Specific topics governed by
class interests. Prereq: PSYC 402; 512; or 513; or
permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 722 - Behaviorism, Culture, and Contemporary Society
Credits:
4.00
Introduces behaviorism as a philosophy of science.
Concentration on modern behaviorism as exemplified in the
works of B.F. Skinner. Implications of behaviorism for the
development and evolution of cultures. Consideration of
societal issues (for example pollution, overpopulation,
conflict, drug abuse) from a behavioral framework. Prereq:
PSYC 402; 502; 521;/or permission. No credit for students
who have completed PSYC 522. Writing intensive.
PSYC 731 - Brain and Behavior
Credits:
4.00
Neuropsychology, the study of brain/behavior relationships
including clinical topics related to the analysis of
neurological diseases in humans and more basic experimental
topics related to integrative functions of the brain. The
main focus is on cerebral cortex and functions related to
perception, movement, attention, memory, and language.
Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 531;/or permission. Special fee.
Writing intensive.
PSYC 733 - Drugs and Behavior
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the principles of psychopharmacology and the
effects of psychoactive substances on behavior. Focuses on
the therapeutic and recreational use of drugs and the
mechanisms of drug action, that is how the drugs affect the
brain. Neuropsychiatric function and dysfunction are
discussed as they relate to the use or abuse of particular
drugs. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 531;/or permission. Writing
intensive.
PSYC 735 - Neurobiology of Mood Disorders
Credits:
4.00
Neurobiological and neurochemical substrates underlying
various psychopathologies, using both animal models and
human data. Study of disorders from the field of biological
psychiatry including aggression, anxiety, panic disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disorder, unipolar depression, bipolar
affective disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic
stress disorder. The effectiveness of current behavioral
and pharmacological therapy. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 531; or
permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 737 - Behavioral Medicine
Credits:
4.00
Behavioral, physiological, and neurochemical alterations,
associated with health-promoting behaviors (low-fat diet,
exercise) as well as health-impairing behaviors (eating
disorders, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption). Topics
include stress, coping, type-A behavior, hypertension, and
the interface of brain, behavior, and immunity
(psychoimmunology, cancer, AIDS). Treatment/therapy are
discussed from behavioral and pharmacological perspectives.
Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 531;/or permission. Writing intensive
PSYC 741 - Advanced Topics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced material in which instructor has specialized
knowledge through research and study. May be repeated for
different offerings. Topics under this listing may be used
to fulfill a major requirement in category CI. A)
Psychology as a Natural Science, B) Cognition, C) Behavior
Analysis, D) Biological/Sensory. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502;
plus other prerequisites when offered; or permission.
Writing intensive.
PSYC 755 - Psychology and Law
Credits:
4.00
Applications of psychology to the study of the law,
including theories of legal and moral judgment,
participants in the legal system (judges, police, victims,
witnesses), the trial process, and plea bargaining. Special
focus on the death penalty, the insanity plea, and child
witnesses. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502;/or permission. Writing
intensive.
PSYC 756 - Psychology of Crime and Justice
Credits:
4.00
Examines the psychological aspects of crime and justice,
including the following origins and causes of crime:
developmental, biological, biopsychological, learning, and
mental disorder. Focuses on issues related to homicide,
profiling, and serial killers. Examines aggression and
violence as well as causes and consequences of criminal
homicides. Discussion of the future of crime. Prereq: PSYC
402; 502; or permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 758 - Health Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Survey of current topics in health psychology, including
social stress and the etiology of disease, Type A and
other personality factors related to health, modification
of risk factors, the practitioner-patient relationship,
chronic pain, and the emotional impact of life-threatening
illness. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; or permission. Writing
intensive.
PSYC 762 - Counseling
Credits:
4.00
Theories of counseling, ethical considerations,
professional and paraprofessional activities in a variety
of work settings. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 553; or 561; or
permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 763 - Community Psychology
Credits:
4.00
Examines the sub-field of community psychology, which grew
out of clinical psychology but is different from it.
Theoretical and research perspectives on prevention,
diversity, empowerment, resilience, community intervention,
and ecological understandings of behavior. Causes of and
interventions in social issues such as interpersonal and
community violence and homelessness. Prereq: PSYC 401; 402;
502; 552, 553, or 561;/or permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 771 - Psychology in 20th Century Thought and Society
Credits:
4.00
Reassesses, extends, and integrates knowledge of 20th
century psychology within the historical perspective.
Major figures, schools, systems, theories. Social,
institutional, and international developments since the
19th century. Review of major fields of psychology. Prereq:
PSYC 402; 502; or 571; or permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 780 - Prenatal Development and Infancy
Credits:
4.00
Psychological development of infants from conception
through second year of life. Factors and potential
influences on reproductive health and prenatal physical and
behavioral development. Transition to parenthood, infant
temperament and parent-infant relationships. Developmental
patterns of specific capabilities. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502;
581 or FS 525; or permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 783 - Cognitive Development
Credits:
4.00
Theories of cognitive development. Comparison among major
theorists on how knowledge, thought, and development are
defined and studied. Current research, including cognitive
development; memory; perceptual processes; language.
Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 581; or permission. Writing intensive
PSYC 785 - Social Development
Credits:
4.00
Examines development of social interactions. Emphasizes
important social relationships for the child (e.g.,
attachment to parents and friendships with peers).
Considers other topics of relevance to social
developmentalists, such as temperament, aggression, social
cognition, and sex roles. Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; 581; or
permission. Writing intensive.
PSYC 791 - Advanced Topics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced material in which instructor has specialized
knowledge through research and study. May be repeated for
different offerings. Topics under this listing may be used
to fulfill a major requirement in category CII. A)
Psychology as a Social Science, B) Social Psychology, C)
Personality, D) Abnormal/Counseling, E) History of
Psychology, F) Child Development, G) Adult Development.
Prereq: PSYC 402; 502; plus other prerequisites when
offered, or permission. Special fee with some topics.
Writing intensive.
PSYC 793 - Externship
Credits:
4.00 to 8.00
Supervised practicum in one of several cooperating New
Hampshire mental health/rehabilitation facilities.
Coursework knowledge applied to meaningful work and team
experience. Commitment includes a negotiated number of
weekly work hours and weekly seminars. Supervision by
institution personnel and the instructor. A maximum of 4
credits may be applied to the Psychology major. Course
applications accepted beginning in March for fall term and
October for spring term. Prereq: permission; PSYC major;
PSYC 402; 502; 561; 762 (pre- or corequisite).
PSYC 794 - Advanced Externship
Credits:
8.00
Supervised advanced practicum experience in co-operating
New Hampshire mental health/rehabilitation facilities.
Expands and builds on experiences and skills acquired in
PSYC 793. Commitment includes a negotiated number of hours
of work per week and participation in weekly seminars.
Supervision done by institution personnel and instructor.
Prereq: PSYC 793; permission. Up to 8 credits.
PSYC 795 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A) Physiological; B) Perception; C) History and Theory; D)
Behavioral Analysis; E) Social; F) Cognition; G)
Statistics and Methods; H) Experimental; I) Personality; J)
Developmental; K) Counseling; L) Psychotherapy; M) Research
Apprenticeship; N) Teaching of Psychology; O) Advanced
Externship (content area to be determined). Arranged by the
student with a psychology faculty sponsor. Learner/sponsor
contract required. Minimum time commitment: three hours per
credit per week. Enrollment by permission only. Prereq:
PSYC 402; 502; or permission.
PSYC 795B - Independent Study in Perception
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795C - Independent Study in History and Theory
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795E - Independent Study in Social Psychology
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795F - Independent Study in Cognition
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795H - Honors/Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See description for PSYC 795.
PSYC 795I - Independent Study in Personality
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795J - Independent Study in Developmental Psychology
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795K - Independent Study in Counseling
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 795L - Independent Study in Psychotherapy
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
PSYC 797 - Senior Honors Tutorial
Credits:
4.00
For senior psychology honors students. Students propose
honors theses under the supervision of psychology faculty.
Theses proposed and begun in this course are completed in
PSYC 799. Prereq: admission to psychology honors program.
(Typically offered in fall.)
PSYC 799 - Senior Honors Thesis
Credits:
4.00
Under supervision of psychology department faculty
members, students complete the honors projects proposed
and begun in PSYC 797. The honors project, which should be
empirical in nature, culminates in an oral presentation at
the end of the semester. Prereq: admission to psychology
honors program; PSYC 797. Special fee. (Typically offered
in spring.)