Course	PSY 103 A Introduction to Psychology
Professor	Sarah Lopez-Duran
CRN	17232
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm OLIN 204
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

The course is designed to be a broad survey of the academic discipline of psychology. The text for the course, and therefore the course, is organized around five main questions: How do humans (and, where relevant, other animals) act; how do they know; how do they interact; how do they develop; and how do they differ from each other? Students are responsible for learning the material in the text without an oral repetition of the material in class. On-line registration

Course	PSY 103 B Introduction to Psychology
Professor	Barton Meyers
CRN	17062
Schedule	Tu Th 10:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 204
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

The course is designed to be a broad survey of the academic discipline of psychology. The text for the course, and therefore the course, is organized around five main questions: How do humans (and, where relevant, other animals) act; how do they know; how do they interact; how do they develop; and how do they differ from each other? Students are responsible for learning the material in the text without an oral repetition of the material in class. On-line registration

Course	PSY 204 Research Methods in Psychology
Professor	Matt Newman
CRN	17068
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 204 Lab A: Mon 1:30 – 4:30 pm HDR 101A or Lab B: Wed 1:30 – 4:30 pm HDR 101A
Distribution	OLD: E/G/Q	NEW: Laboratory Science

This course is a continuation of Psychology 203. Its objectives are to extend the skills and abilities students acquired in the fall semester, and to provide an introduction to the research methods and data analyses used in the study of psychology. Students will gain an understanding of research methods and design through a combination of readings, lectures, class discussions, and hands-on laboratory experience. Students will work both individually and in groups to design and conduct observational studies, surveys, and experiments. There will be a strong emphasis on learning to present research results in different ways. Ethical issues will be discussed at each stage of the research process, and students will develop their ability to assess research critically. On-line registration

Course	PSY 210 Development & Psychopathology
Professor	Sarah Lopez-Duran
CRN	17066
Schedule	Wed Fr 10:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 205
Distribution	OLD: C/E	NEW: Social Science

This course investigates the early and multiple factors contributing to psychopathology emerging in childhood, as well as the diagnostic and treatment standards now in practice. We will emphasize an empirically-based developmental psychopathology perspective, with an emphasis on the risk and protective factors that shape abnormal and normal developmental trajectories. We will explore various models for understanding maladaptive development (e.g, the role of genes, psychosocial influences) through the examination of current research and diagnostic practices in specific diagnostic areas (e.g., autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Throughout this course, students will be encouraged to relate empirical findings to the field’s theoretical models in considering the genetic, biological, cognitive, and cultural influences on child development. On-line registration

Course	PSY 215 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Professor	Matt Newman
CRN	17233
Schedule	Tu Th 1:00 -2:20 pm OLIN 204
Distribution	OLD: C/E	NEW: Social Science/ Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Human Rights, Studies in Race & Ethnicity

A great deal of social psychological research and theory over the past century has focused on the inferences people draw about others based on their group membership. These inferences have dramatic consequences for the ways people evaluate and behave towards others. In this course, we will explore stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination from two different perspectives. First, we will examine when and why people use stereotypes. Second, we will examine how these issues impact the experience of minority group members. We will also examine the implications of these processes for intergroup conflict, violence, and anti-discrimination policies.

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Course	PSY 228 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Professor	Barbara Luka
CRN	17235
Schedule	Tu Th 10:30 - 11:50 am HDR 101A
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

How do people acquire information? And once information is acquired, what happens to it? Does it sit, still, in the mind/brain? Or does it change, either knowingly or unknowingly? If information in the brain changes with time, how might that change come about and to what end? This course is about how people perceive, remember, and think about information. The major topics that will be covered include object recognition, memory, concept formation, language, visual knowledge, judgment, reasoning, problem solving, and conscious and unconscious thought. In addition, we will consider the neural underpinnings of these topics where possible. Prerequisite: Psychology 103 or permission of the instructor. On-line registration

Course	PSY 242 Helping and Counseling Skills: Theory and Practice
Professor	Christie Achebe
CRN	17234
Schedule	Tu Th 9:00 - 10:20 am PRE 128
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

This course examines  the basic  helping  skills that undergird the foundation of most psychological and interpersonal interventions as well as the theoretical foundations from which they are derived. Using a three stage, research based  process model of EXPLORATION, INSIGHT,and ACTION this course will highlight and relate the facilitative skills of each stage to the theory/ies that inform them. Barriers to their implementation will also be examined. With laboratory exercises, videos and discussions, the course may be useful in Self improvement, friendship, family, dormitory, crises and mental health situations. Open to sophomore II and upper college students only.

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Course	PSY 253 Introduction to Counseling Psychology
Professor	Christie Achebe
CRN	17064
Schedule	Tu Th 1:00 -2:20 pm PRE 128
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

Counseling Psychology has been described as the most broadly based applied specialty of the American Psychological Association (APA), whose “practitioners focus on the broadest array of professional psychological activities of any specialty.”  This course untangles this claim by exploring the following questions.  What is counseling psychology?  What are its defining features and roots, areas of overlap with and dissimilarities to other psychological specialties?   Who is a counseling psychologist, how and where is she/he trained and what is the range of activities referred to above?  Our comprehensive overview of the field will cover the historical beginnings of the field, highlighting counseling psychologists’ scientist-practitioner basis.  It will address the four paradigms that comprise the fundamental approaches to counseling (the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic/experiential and the “fourth force” of multiculturalism.  We will also examine counseling techniques, assessment in counseling, career development and interventions, group procedures and consultation. On-line registration

Course	PSY 348 The Man and the Experiment that Shocked the World: The Work and Legacy of Stanley Milgram
Professor	Stuart Levine
CRN	17238
Schedule	Mon 3:00 -5:20 pm LB3 302
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Social Science

Cross-listed: Science, Technology & Society

The title for this course is taken from the title of a recent biography of Stanley Milgram authored by Thomas Blass, a professor of social psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County campus. It has now been forty years since the original work of Stanley Milgram demonstrated the remarkable and unpredicted finding that large numbers of individuals in multiple samples of American men and women studied were willing to punish another person when ordered to do so by an experimenter. The prominence of the initial work and the continued salience of such study in social psychology cannot be over-stated. In a review of the personal and situational determinants of obedient behavior in the "Milgram design" format, Thomas Blass (1991) lists as many as 200 references. It could well be that 100 more have appeared since the Blass review. Beside the volume of studies conducted and the attempts at review and theorizing, the domain of the "Milgram" study is worthy of continuing interest not only because of the vastness of both criticism and praise to which the work was subjected but because of events of our current time. These suggest that the continuing study of obedience phenomena is necessary and that social scientists should likely find a way to safely and ethically investigate the conditions which promote destructive obedience. This is an upper college seminar which serves as a Research Conference for psychology majors but is not limited to psychology or even social studies majors. The single criterion for membership is a willingness to read with care. A portion of the work contained in the body of the obedience literature will be reviewed from the perspective of trying to assess the continuing status of the phenomenon and the explanations and understandings that have been brought to light. On-line registration

Course	PSY 349 Developmental Neuroscience
Professor	Frank Scalzo
CRN	17236
Schedule	Tu Th 10:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 303
Distribution	OLD: C/E	NEW: Social Science

This course will explore the neurobiological and neurobehavioral aspects of animal and human development. Processes of normal brain, behavioral and cognitive development will be discussed with an emphasis on understanding vulnerabilities of the developing nervous system to insults such as drugs and environmental stressors. Primary source journal articles will be used in addition to excerpts from texts to investigate how animal models, including zebrafish, are used to understand processes of human development and psychopathology. This course is an upper college seminar and will satisfy the research conference requirement. Evaluation will be in the form of written papers, interactive presentations of journal articles, and active participation in class discussions based on weekly readings. Enrollment is open to moderated students or with consent of the instructor. On-line registration

Course	PSY 354 Eating Disorders: Clinical & Cultural Perspectives
Professor	Richard Gordon
CRN	17237
Schedule	Tu 9:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 309
Distribution	OLD: C/E	NEW: Social Science

In this course we will review clinical conceptions and research as well as cultural issues on eating disorders.  The first five weeks will be devoted to a clinical discussion of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.  In addition to an overview of the clinical features of these conditions provided by two books on eating disorders, we will read classic accounts of these disorders by master clinicians such as Hilde Bruch and Arthur Crisp as well as research articles covering such concepts as the biology and genetics of eating disorders, the question of whether these disorders are on a continuum with "normal" dieting and body image concerns, and others.  We will also examine some of the assessment tools, such as the Eating Disorder Inventory, that have been used in clinical work and clinical research on the subject.   For the final several weeks of the course, we will read  literature on the cultural issues in eating disorders, including female identity, body image, overweight and obesity, dieting and exercise, males with eating disorders and the cultural politics of eating disorders.  You will be required to conduct discussions and make presentations about readings thoughout the course.  This course is intended for moderated students, although students who have had a course in Abnormal Psychology will be considered.  On-line registration

Course	PSY COG Independent Research in Cognitive Psychology
Professor	Barbara Luka
CRN	17072
Schedule	Th 2:30 -4:30 pm PRE 111
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Laboratory Science

(2 credits) This course provides an opportunity for guided research in psycholinguistics. You will contribute to ongoing studies of language comprehension, including preparing stimuli, working with participants, analyzing collected data, reviewing recently published empirical papers, and developing your independent project. Requirements include consistent participation in weekly lab meetings and two short papers (a literature review and a summary of your empirical project). Open to first-year, second-year and junior students with consent of the instructor. On-line registration

Course	PSY NEU Independent Research in Neuroscience
Professor	Frank Scalzo
CRN	17071
Schedule	Th 2:30 -4:30 pm PRE 128
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Laboratory Science

(2 credits) In this course, students will participate in laboratory research in developmental psychopharmacology, neurochemistry, neuroanatomy and/or neurobehavioral teratology using the zebrafish as an animal model. Within these general fields, specific roles of neurotransmitter systems in normal behavioral development and the neurobehavioral effects of chemical insults during early development will be investigated.  The majority of time in this course will consist of independent laboratory work and research. There will be a weekly laboratory meeting, readings, assignments, two short papers (a literature review and a summary of your empirical project) and student presentations. Open to first-year, second-year and junior students with consent of the instructor. On-line registration

Course	PSY SOC Independent Research in Social Psychology
Professor	Matt Newman
CRN	17073
Schedule	Th 2:30 -4:30 pm PRE 101
Distribution	OLD: E	NEW: Laboratory Science

(2 credits) This course provides an opportunity for guided research in social psychology. Students will participate in laboratory research on stress and social relationships, including an independent project. The majority of time in this course will consist of independent laboratory work and research. Requirements include participation in a weekly laboratory meeting, readings, assignments, two short papers (a literature review and a summary of your empirical project), and student presentations. Open to first-year, second-year, and junior students with consent of the instructor. On-line registration