COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Psychology
P500 Introduction to Professional Psychology (3) An orientation to the profession of psychology including lectures and case observations.
P501 Measurement (3)
A survey of basic methods used in constructing and standardizing psychological tests and principles involved in interpretation of test scores. Prerequisite: Undergraduate statistics
P502 Statistics (3)
Lecture and laboratory covering sampling and statistical inference. The course includes both parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: Undergraduate statistics
P511 Psychology of Learning (3)
A comparison of major learning theories and an investigation of experimental contributions to the study of basic processes includ ing conditioning, motivation, inhibition, generalization and dis crimination. Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in Learning
P513 Theories of Personality I (3), II (3)
A critical evaluation of primary sources of selected personality theories including Freudian, neo-Freudian, phenomenological and learning theorists. Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in Personality
P521 Psychopathology and Diagnosis I (3), II (3)
The classification, dynamics, diagnosis and etiology of mental dis orders. Attention is also given to the concepts of normality and mental illness and other theoretical issues involved in the classifi cation of personality abnormalities. Major diagnostic emphasis is placed on the Rorschach and the integration of case history data with a diagnostic battery into a meaningful case report . 27
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