School of Science and Engineering: Psychology
2008-2009 Academic Year
687
PSYC 365 Family Psychology and Psychopathology (3)
Prof. Varela. Prerequisites: PSYC 100, H101 or 102 and prefer PSYC 340. This
course is designed to familiarize students with current conceptual issues relating
to family psychology and psychopathology. The course will focus on research and
issues in selected topics in the development of the family. It is intended to give
the student a sense of the breadth and depth of some of the major issues in the
field of family psychology/psychopathology. The topics include the family life-
cycle, family identity, family transitions, intergenerational issues, risk/resiliency
factors, and the structural model of families.
PSYC 367 Brain and Behavior (3)
Prof. Colombo, Prof. Daniel, Prof. Dohanich. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, H101 or
102. Lectures cover the function and structure of the nervous system and the role
of brain activity in the regulation of behavior. This course provides psychology
majors with a first exposure to the biological bases of behavior and is not
recommended for students who have taken other courses in this area of study.
Credit may not be received for both CELL 123 or PSYC 367. Same as NSCI 367.
PSYC 368 Comparative Animal Behavior (3)
Prof. Christenson. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, H101 or 102 or EBIO 101. A lecture
course to introduce the types of questions asked by animal behaviorists,
theoretical disciplines posing those questions, and recent research in behavior as
related to the environment, social behavior, and reproduction. Designed for PSYC
and EEB majors. Same as EBIO 368.
PSYC 370 Evolution and Psychology (3)
Prof. Christenson. Prerequisites: PSYC 100, H101 or 102 or EBIO 101. Lecture
course exploring human behavior and cognition from an evolutionary perspective.
Topics include evolutionary mechanisms, history of evolution in psychology, and
the adaptive nature of sensory processes, language, social behaviors, reproduction
and psychopathology. Same as EBIO 370.
PSYC 371 Introduction to Industrial Organizational Psychology (3)
Staff. Prerequisite: PSYC 100, H101 or 102. A survey of major topics in
personnel and organizational psychology as applied to business, industry, and
government.
PSYC 373 Advanced Organizational Psychology (3)
Staff. Prerequisite: PSYC 371 or approval of instructor. Advanced study of major
theories, research, and intervention in the area of organizational psychology.
Coverage includes such topics as job attitudes, work motivation, leadership,
organizational climate/culture, job design, and work group/team processes.
PSYC 376 Interpreting Minds (3)
Prof. Bogdan. This course provides a systematic introduction to the recent and
very dynamic interdisciplinary research area in naïve psychology or theory of
mind. The course begins with the philosophical debates about naïve or folk
psychology and the key philosophical concepts that have shaped the research
agenda, then surveys the main empirical data, key experiments and hypotheses
about ape and child interpretation of minds, and concludes with a comparative