in the public schools at the present time. A brief historic development of tests of general ability, special abilities and aptitudes, achievement tests in the differ ent learning processes, general procedures in scoring and interpreting test results, the computation and use of measures of central tendency, variability and correlation. 401. COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. (3) A course designed to acquaint the student with the sensory and neurological equipment and behavioral capacities of animals at various levels. Not offered 1959-1960. 402. SYSTEMATIC PSYCHOLOGY. (3) Consideration of psychological systems and present trends: e.g. , Behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis, and others. Some consideration of the historical backgrounds of modern psychology. 403. THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD. (2) Problems connected with the understanding and training of the exceptional child. 405. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) A study of the individual as a social entity and as a member of a group. Some attention given to the various theories explanatory of group behavior and of social control. 408. MENTAL HYGIENE. (3) An introduction to the field of mental hygiene as it relates to the basis for mental health; a discussion of deviations. The prevention of such abnonnalities, with special reference to the needs of children and adolescents. 410. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. (3) A survey of the viewpoints, aims, and methodologies involved in clinical practice. Prerequisites: Abnormal Psychology and Mental Hygiene 411. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY. (3) A critical comparison of current theories about the development and organization of personality . Allport, Murry , Lewin, Socia l Psychological Theories, Psychoanaly tic Theories. 420. RESEARCH PROBLEMS. (2) Group discussion based on problems of individual and group research.
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