Various forms of psychopathology, including anxiety, stress, affective, addictive, developmental, psychosexual, personality, and schizophrenic disorders. The major theoretical perspectives on psychopathology reviewed. Various approaches to treatment. Prerequisites: PSYCH 100 or 110

Review of major theories of personality and analysis of selected problems in personality research. Prerequisite: introductory psychology. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Examining the evolutionary, cultural, and psychological bases of human cooperation and conflict. Specific areas of research on interpersonal behavior including trust, altruism, cooperation, negotiation, aggression, and conflict resolution. Specific areas of research on intergroup conflict and societal issues including inequality, generalized trust, violence, genocide, and human responses to climate change, political crises, and pandemics.

This course provides an exploration of how psychology and behavioral science are applied in organizations and the workplace. Topics include the application to: the talent/employee life cycle and related key metrics such as motivation, effectiveness, satisfaction, engagement, and culture; leadership; the organizational change process; individual and organizational well-being and resilience; and individual work and careers.

This course provides a critical overview of major theories, research, and applications in social cognition and emotion. Topics include basic concepts in social cognition and emotion (e.g., automatic versus controlled processing, attention and encoding, memory), how we understand individuals and others (e.g., the self, attribution processes, heuristics, decision-making), how we make sense of society (e.g., attitudes, persuasion, stereotypes, prejudice), and how social cognition and emotions influence behavior.

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Major theories, research and applications in social psychology. Topics include: attitudes, social influence, helping, aggression, groups, interpersonal attraction. Prerequisite: introductory psychology.

Psychosocial dynamics of adolescents and young adults. Topics include physical and maturational development, theories of adolescence, family and peer group influences, sexuality, cognitive and vocational development, schooling and youth culture. Focus on basic principles and issues. Prerequisite: introductory psychology.

An overview of developmental psychology beginning with prenatal development and continuing through infancy, childhood, and some adolescence. Topics include: prenatal and infant development, language and cognitive development, social and emotional development, and the biological foundations of development.

This is a writing-intensive course that fulfills the University's Junior Writing requirement. Each section focuses on a particular aspect of current issues in psychology. The topic is selected based on the expertise of the teaching staff. All sections share similar writing assignments, ranging from in-class short writing assignments to lengthy papers that include literature review. Classes emphasize discussion and extensive peer review of written work. Topics for individual sections will not be available until shortly before the start of the semester.