Department of Psychology Professors: Lewis (chairman), Sutherland Associate Professors: Poelstra, Wright
Objective: All courses in psychology have for their ultimate purpose the better under standing of human nature and greater effectiveness in dealing with its problems. Department Major: The Department of Psychology offers a major in Psychology designed to prepare students for graduate school studies in one of the fields of psychology. Major Requirement: 33 units beyond the general education requirement (204J, 24 of which must be upper division, including 205, 210,305,306,310,402, and 405. Science Requirements: Biology 311 in addition to 8 units of general education science and/or mathematics. Department Minor: 18 units , 12 of which must be upper division. 204 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (Human Development) (3) Development from conception to old age, emphasizing the effects of genetic endowments and environmental influences on emotional, cognitive, verbal, social, and personality development. 205 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (Psychology of Learning) (3) Learning theory and research with emphasis upon human conditioning, motivati on, sen sory processes , perception, and behavioral changes . 206 STATISTICS I (3) Frequency distributions, graphs, central tendency, variability, areas under the normal curve, !-distributions, confidence intervals , chi square, rank-order and Pearson correlation. For non-psychology majors. 210 STATISTICS WITH COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (4) Elementary statistics for psychological research; literature and computer analysis in sampling, probability , descriptive statistics, basic nonparametric statistics, t-tests, cor relation, regression equations, and data processing. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Either semester. Laboratory fees $5 .00. 301 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Application of social and psychological principles to the educative process; role of the teacher and learner ; motivation , intelligence, transfer of learning, measurement; influence of cultural values and American social structure on schools , school systems ; recent out standing contributions in research and experimentation. Not open to psychology majors. 302 ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY (3) Problems facing youth in transition from childhood to adult society, including physio logical changes, identity formation , drug abuse, suicide , sp iritual beliefs, and other social pressures. Prerequisite: 204. 304 ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS (3) Correlation method s, partial and multiple correlation, simple and factorial analysis of variance and co-variance, linear and multiple regression models . Prerequisite: 210. Offered on sufficient demand .
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