571. Personnel Selection. (3 s.h.)

An analysis of the rationale of personnel selection, methodology of predictive selection, and a review of the literature concerning the specific techniques and problems of selection.

572. Human Factors Engineering. (3 s.h.)

Discussion of experimental techniques used and results obtained in areas of systems analysis, task analysis, equipment design, anthropometry, and human error analysis.

574. Organizational Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Theories and studies of the leadership process. Executive decision-making and problem-solving behavior, and the effects of variations in the social organization of work upon individual behavior.

575. Work Motivation Industry. (3 s.h.)

A consideration of the nature of industrial motivation and its relation to attitude and productivity. Measurement of motivation and morale will be considered, along with related topics.

576. Seminar in Social Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Topics selected depend on the current emphasis in the field and upon the interests of the students.

577. Consumer Psychology. (3 s.h.)

The study of psychological and social determinants that influence the individual's behavior as a consumer. The implications for advertising, merchandising, production, and distribution will be discussed.

621. Seminar in Experimental Design. (3 s.h.)

Designed for the Ph.D. candidate in all content areas of the department. Emphasis on design problems (of which statistical methodology represents one aspect) as they relate to research in psychology. Includes group designs and individual designs.

634. Cognitive Development. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Psych. 837.

Theories of cognitive development (including Piaget, Werner, information processing) and exploration of issues and research generated by these theories. Includes consideration of sensory-motor, perceptual, language, memory, and conceptual development.

635. Socio-Emotional Development. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Psych. 837.

Theories and contemporary research in affective development and the socialization process. Includes the development of aggression, attachment and sex roles, dependency, motivation and morality, and parent-child relations.

647. Focused Analysis of Research Data. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Psychology 522 and 524, or equivalent.

An examination of focused methods of primary and secondary data analysis, taught within the conceptual framework of meta-analysis. Particular emphasis is given to the use of contrasts, indices of effect size, confidence intervals, simple graphical methods, etc., in confirmatory and exploratory data analysis.

655, 656, 657, 658. Clinical Practicum. (3 s.h. each)

For Ph.D. clinical students only. Under the auspices of the Psychological Services Center, students work with a different faculty member for each of four semesters. Each semester will emphasize either a different client population or a different orientation to the assessment and treatment of child, family, and adult disorders. Faculty assignments and the focus of group supervision vary from semester to semester.

661. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology.

Surveys cognitive-behavioral approaches to the treatment of the major classes of mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. Emphasis is placed on cognitive-behavioral models and case formulation as well as empirical evaluation of the relevant cognitive-behavioral treatment outcome literature.

662. Constructivist, Interpersonal, and Systems Models of Psychotherapy. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology.

An exploration and comparison of constructivist, contextual, systems, cybernetic, social learning, and interpersonal models of personality as these relate to psychotherapeutic practice.

663. Personality and Psychotherapy. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology.

An examination of Freudian/Modern psychoanalytic and existential theories and their application to personality, psychopathology and treatment.

664. Research Methods in Clinical Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Focuses on design issues and major methodological problems in research on such topics as psychotherapy outcome, characteristics of diagnostic groups, and stress in families. Particular attention is given to internal and external validity threats, advantages and disadvantages of assessment methods, principles of test construction, challenges and alternatives to traditional research methods, single subject designs, and approaches to integrating clinical research and practice.

700, 701, 702, 703, 705, 706, 709, 711. Topical Seminars in Experimental Psychology. (3 s.h. each)

Prerequisite: open to Ph.D. students in psychology and others with permission of instructor.

Examination of different topics within experimental psychology, varied from semester to semester.

708. Topical Seminar in Cognitive Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Open to Ph.D. students in psychology and others with permission of instructor.

Topics vary from semester to semester. Students may repeat this course.

721. Test Theory. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Psych. 523.

Classical test theory, modern test theory, and latent trait models.

722. Instrument Construction. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: Psych. 523.

Reliability and validity, writing and editing of items, scoring and weighting procedures, item selection methods. Instrument construction, including the use of ANOVA, multiple regression, and factor analysis.

730, 731, 732, 733. Topical Seminar in Developmental Psychology I to IV. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

In different semesters these courses focus on topics such as aging, adolescence, infancy, language development, learning and memory development, perceptual development, and theories of development.

747. Topical Seminar in Social Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

Topics selected depend on the current emphases in the field and interests of the students. A student may repeat this course.

748. Topical Seminar in Organizational-Social. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

Topics selected depend on the current emphasis in the field and interests of the students. A student may repeat this course.

760, 761, 762. 763. Topical Seminars in Clinical Psychology I to IV. (3 s.h. each)

Topics such as depression, sexuality, neuropsychology, death and dying, stress, impulsivity, specialized treatment approaches, and others are varied from semester to semester according to programmatic needs.

799. Preliminary Exam Preparation. (1-6 s.h.)

Preparation for the preliminary examination.

805. Core Course in the Principles of Learning and Behavior Theory. (3 s.h.)

An examination of the fundamental concepts in learning and behavioral analysis.

808. Core Course in Cognitive Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Review of theory and research in the areas of memory, language, and thinking.

809. Core Course in Behavioral Neuroscience. (3 s.h.)

An examination of brain-behavior relationships in the context of evolution.

811. Core Course in Sensation and Perception. (3 s.h.)

An examination of the fundamental processes of sensation and perception.

837. Core Course in Developmental Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Consideration of theories and related research on human development.

822. Core Course in Psychological Research Methods. (3 s.h.)

A general introduction to the scientific method as it is used in psychological research with human participants, including ethics, hypothesis testing, reliability and validity, sampling, research design, artifacts, observational and self-report methods, and selected issues in data analysis.

847. Core Course in Social and Organizational Psychology. (3 s.h.)

A survey of theoretical foundations and the substantive and methodological issues of social psychology.

851. Core Course in Psychopathology. (3 s.h.)

Theory and research pertaining to the development, assessment, and treatment of personality and behavior disorders.

855. Core Course in History and Systems of Psychology. (3 s.h.)

A selected historical analysis of the principal ideas and movements which have contributed to major theories in contemporary psychology.

899. Pre-Dissertation Research. (1-6 s.h.)

Independent pre-dissertation research.

951. Readings in Psychology. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

A post-master's advanced tutorial course.

955. Readings in Psychology. (1-3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

A post-master's advanced tutorial course.

960. Research. (3-6 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Intended to meet the needs of students who desire to carry on an individual investigation while working for the master's degree.

961. Research. (1- 6 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Intended to meet the needs of students who desire to carry on an individual investigation while working for the master's degree.

970. Teaching of Psychology. (1 s.h.)

Required of all graduate teaching assistants during their first semester of teaching. Designed to assist and prepare them for their teaching duties. Supervision and feedback are used to promote effective communication and teaching skills.

975. Research Problems. (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: permission of instructor; limited to Ph.D. students.

Intended to meet the needs of Ph.D. students who desire to carry on an individual investigation.

990. Ph.D. Internship Course. (variable credit)

For clinical students only who are on internship.

999. Ph.D. Dissertation Research. (1-6 s.h.)

After passing the preliminary examinations, Ph.D. students must register each semester for this course until the completion of the dissertation.

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