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310 ADVANCED RESEARCH IN LEARNING (4) Empirical findings and theoretical developments in the areas of conditioning, skill learning, transfer, retention, and imitation learning. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 205, 210. Laboratory fee: $10.00. 311 PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (4) Application of psychological principles to the educative process; role of the teacher and learner; motivation, intelligence, transfer of learning, measurement; human growth and development; recent and outstanding contributions of research and experi­ mentation in the field. Prerequisite: 205. Either semester. 312 PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION (3) Analysis of drives, drive stimulus-reduction, need and need arousal, intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations, functions of reward. Prerequisite: 206 or 210. 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. 405 SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND THE INDIVIDUAL (4) Attitude formation and change, attitude measurement, prejudice, conformity, leader­ ship, affiliation drives, and group processes. Social experiments and research. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 204, 205, 210. Laboratory fee: $5.00.

410 PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES (3) Perception: process, law, relationship to behavior. Prerequisite : 205.

411 TESTING AND THEORY IN PERSONALITY (3) Major theorists including Freud, Allport, Rogers, Cattel and Kelly; major tests of personality, M.M.P .1., C.P.I., and Cattel's 16 P-F. Prerequisite: 204, 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. 425 COMPUTER UTILIZATION IN BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH (4) Fortran, data processing, Monte Carlo methods, population, sampling and research designs and models. Preparation for Graduate Research. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 210. 426 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN GROUP DYNAMICS (4) Techniques for forming groups, analyzing processes, leadership, facilitators, measure­ ment of behavior, and methods of stabilizing facilitators, measurement of behavior, and methods of stabilizing gains over time. Three hours lecture, two hours labora­ tory. Prerequisite: 15 units in Psychology and approval of instructor. 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. 470 RESEARCH SEMINAR (2) Research under the guidance of Psychology Department. One hour discussion, three hours labortory research. Either semester. Prerequisite: Senior standing.

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