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405 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Attitude formation and change, attitude measurement, prejudice, conformity, leadership, affil iation drives, and group processes. Social experiments and research. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 200, 210. 410 PERCEPTION (3) Perceptual processes, illusions, and constancies, perceptual learning, and the effects of motivational variables on

305 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (4) Philosophy, methodology, and analysis of the experimental method. Discussions of problems in conducting and evaluating psychological research. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 210. 306 APPRAISAL OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (4) Evaluation and construction of methods for describing and measuring individual differences in intelligence, attitudes, values, perception, and personality organization. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 210. Laboratory fee $5.00. 308 ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Selected topics in the development of cognition, socialization, learning, personality and exceptionality from birth to maturity. Prerequisite: 200 309 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (4) Nature, causes, and treatment of abnormal behavior, including personality disorders, neuroses, psychoses, reactions to stress and other dysfunctions. Field experience required in Mental Health facility. Prerequisite: 200. 310 RESEARCH IN LEARNING (4) Empirical findings and theoretical developments in the area of learning and their application to human behavior. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: 200, 210. 311 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-PROGRAM II (3) Application of principles of growth and development to skills; techniques of teaching pre-school children art and science. 312 MOTIVATION (3) Physiological , psychological , and social·basis of motivation. Topics include drives, obesity, sexual motivation , need for achievement, and aggression. Prerequisite: 200. 320 EARLY CHILDHOOD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (3) Principles and research in the emotional, physical, cognitive, perceptual , social , and spiritual aspects of infants and young children. Prerequisite: 200. 334 RESEARCH AND MEASUREMENT OF THE YOUNG CHILD (3) Analysis of tests and measuring instruments for the diagnosis and evaluation of the young child ; analysis of current research. Prerequisites: 301, or Education 330. 400 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATON-PRACTICUM (2) Experience gained by working in the Biola College Child Center (or equivalent). 402 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY (3) Overview of psychology as a discipline and analysis of historic and current trends in the field. Relationship of psychology to sociology, history, religion , and science. Prerequisite: 12 units of psychology.

perception. Prerequisite: 200. 411 PERSONALITY (3)

Major theorists including Freud, Allport, Rogers, Cattel and Kelly; major tests of personality, M.M.P.I., C.P.I. , and Cartel's 16 P-F. Prerequisite: 200. 306. Laboratory fee $5.00. 414 READING IN PSYCHOLOGY (1-3) Provides the student with opportunity for extensive study in a specific topic of his choosing. Prerequisite: senior standing. Either semester. 418 COUNSELING TECHNIQUES (3) Various modes of therapeutic intervention including: supportive, re-educative , re-conditioning, and approaches to personality change. Prerequisite: consent. 426 SEMINAR IN GROUP COUNSELING (4) Techniques for forming groups, analyzing processes. leadership, facilitators, measurement of behavior, and methods of stabilizing gains over time. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 15 units in Psychology and consent. 428 EUROPEAN STUDY (1-3) Travel to places of historic interest such as Freud' s museum in Vienna, Jungian Institute in Zurich, and various clinics in Europe. Offered on sufficient demand. 430 FAMILY INTERACTION AND THE CHILD (3) Analysis of patterns of family dynamics and their influence on development of child. Pathogenic family interactions and healthy family patterns emphasized. Prerequisite: 320. 450 DIRECTED FIELD WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY (1-3) Supervised experience in mental health, educational, correctional, or related facility. Open only to upper division students. Prerequisites: 306, 309, and consent. 480 RESEARCH SEMINAR (1-3) Research under the guidance of Psychology Department which may range from the development of a proposal to completion of a literary, field laboratory, or social research project written according to APA format. Prerequisites: 210 and advanced status.

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