Course Descriptions
GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY Courses under this designation provide the essential scientific and theoretical data base for advanced graduate study in clinical psychology. RPSY 502 ADVANCED STATISTICS (3) Concepts and techniques involved in the analysis and interpreta tion of clinical and research data. Lecture and laboratory covering descriptive and inferential statistics. Major topics include correla tion and regression, tests of significance and introduction to . analysis of variance. Both parametric and non-parametric approaches are covered. Instruction assumes undergraduate background in statistics. Required, for Psy.D., Ph.D. RPSY 510 MOTIVATION (3) Physiological, psychological and social basis for motivation. Topics include drives, obesity, sexual motivation, need for achievement and aggression. Elective. RPSY 513 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (3) Theory and research regarding the process of sensation and perception and their relation to motivation and learning. Elective. RPSY 530 HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY (3) This course places particular emphasis on major theoretical sys tems including Structuralism, Behaviorism, Gestalt Psychology, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis and current developments from these systems. Required for Psy.D., Ph.D. RPSY 551 PERSONALITY I (3) This course covers the humanistic-existential viewpoint on personality, including such theorists as Allport, Boss, Frankl, Gendlin, Laing, Maslow, May, Rogers and Van Kaam. Required for Psy.D., Ph.D . RPSY 552 PERSONALITY II (3) A consideration of the dynamic or analytic perspective on personality, including such theorists as Adler, Guntrip, Freud, Homey, Jung and Sullivan . Required for Psy.D., Ph.D. RPSY 553 PERSONALITY III (3) The course covers behavioral approaches to personality and psychopathology, including stimulus-response and social learn ing theories, the development of personality and the learned nature of psychopathology. Considers such theorists as Miller and Dollard, Wolpe, Skinner and others. Elective. RPSY 592 MARITAL/FAMILY INTERVENTION (3) This course focuses on the applied practices that have evolved from the major theories of systems change. It includes considera tion of a variety of treatment structures, including individual, concurrent, collaborative, conjoint, transgenerational and net work therapies. Elective. RPSY 601 RESEARCH DESIGN (3) Covers the logic of comparative experimentation and causal inference. Emphasis is placed on problem definition, hypothesis formation and design for drawing inference. Major emphasis is given to the concepts of partitioning variance and experimental and statistical control of variance. Analysis of variance models useful in clinical research will be emphasized. Consideration is also given to the contribution of the research process to the integration of psychology and theology. Prerequisite: RPSY 502. Required for Psy .D., Ph.D.
RPSY 603 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (3) An introduction to psychopathology as it relates to an understand ing of the basic interviewing process. An introduction to different models of intervention applied in professional psychology, with an emphasis upon interpersonal constructs and upon techniques which cut across various schools of thought. Required: M.A., Psy.D., Ph.D. RPSY 604 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING (3) An advanced study of the principles of learning with varying emphases on classical, instrumental and cognitive processes. Attention will be given to current methodological research issues and empirical findings in learning. Required: Psy.D., Ph.D. RPSY 606 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Concepts and processes involved in the understanding of the psychological development of the person from infancy through adolescence. Major theoretical systems relevant to Developmen tal Psychology are examined with emphasis upon the study of cognitive, affective and psychomotor changes manifested in childhood and adolescence, Required: M.A., Psy .D., Ph.D . RPSY 607 PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES (3) An introduction to psychophysiological and neural mechanisms in their relation to mind-body processes, to the production of psychosomatic symptoms and diseases, and to origins of psycho pathology. Required: Psy.D., Ph.D.
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