EDUCATION - PSYCHOLOGY
Non-professional Department Ma j or: 24 upper division units, includirrg 301, 302, 303. 305-6. 308, 309 or 408. 405 or 415. For Elementary Education students. Ed. 303 is required in li eu of Psych. 302 and 308; and Psych . 301 does not appl y towards the major. 205. OUTLINE OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) A brief surve y of the field and principles of psychology with an attempt to establish mean ingful relations with other sciences. A prerequisite for all subsequent courses in ps ychology . 206. OUTLINE OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3J A continuation of Psychology 205 with somewhat greate r emphas is on personality , mental abnormality, indi vidual differences; some brief acquaintance with th e field of para-psychology. 301. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3J The application of social and psychological principles to the educative process; role of the teac her and learn er ; motivation, intelligence, transfer of learning. meas urement ; influence of cu ltural va lues and American social structure on schools, schoo l systems; recent and out standing contributions in research and experimentation applying in the field. 302 . ADOLESCENCE. (3) A study of the na tur e, needs , and problems of adolescence with special reference to factors of spiritual sign ificance . 303. STATISTICS I. (3) Introduct ion to the use of statistical methods and th e interpretation of quantitative resea rch. 304. STATISTICS II. (3) Continuation of Statistics I. 305. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING 1. (3) Introduction to the basic concepts of int elligence, aptitude, interest, and personality testing. Stud y in administration. scoring, interpretation , and uses of group and individual tes ts . 306. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING II. (3) Practical experience in admini ster ing, scor ing, and interpreting individ ual intelligence tests with special emphasi s on the Wechsler and the Binet. 307. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3l Principles and procedures of experimentation; ana lysis m sensation, perception, motivation, learning, and reasoning. Prerequisite: Psychology 305. 308. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. (3) The development of the child fr om infancy to adolescence. 309. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) Discussion of the underl ying causes of abnorma l behavior, vanous types of behavior disorders, and modern therapies employed. 401. COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.(3) A course designed to acquaint the student with the sensory and neuro logical equipment and behavioral capaci ti es of animals at various levels. 49
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