ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

PSY 314 INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 203 and PSY 205
This course attempts to make clear the theoretical and practical
implications of learning principles and findings. Various
theories of learning examined and the implications of these
theories, and the learning approach generally, for a variety
of practical problems are emphasized.
PSY 361 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT I:
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
A consideration of the formative years in human development
with primary attention given to the processes of socialization,
individualization, and adaptation, initiated by retrospective
self-examination and furthered by an analysis of systematic
life history data.
Course Descriptions
PSY 322 PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 203 and PSY 205 and PSY 222
or consent of instructor.
Neuroanatomical analyses of behavioral functions. Topics
include: movement; sexual behavior, maternal behavior;
hunger, thirst; emotion; pain; addiction; biological rhythms;
memory; evolution of the brain; language; hemispheric
specialization; brain damage; brain remodeling during
development and aging; correlates of cognitive processing.
PSY 339 ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
An in-depth survey of selected topics in social psychology
such as aggression, attraction, social influence, social attribution,
helping behavior, leadership, cooperation, competition,
and attitudes and attitude change.(Not open to students with
credit in SOC 340.)
PSY 344 HUMAN SEXUALITY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120 or SOC 100
A nonjudgmental approach to the study of sexuality through
attempts to bring to students' awareness their own sexual
values. Topics include evaluation of research, biological
aspects, varieties of expression, inadequacies, violence, love,
erotica, gender identity, aging, and sex laws. (Not open to
students with credit in WOST 344)
PSY 349 PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
An examination of the history and sources of concepts which
have defined the psychological functioning of women and a
critical evaluation of current evidence regarding women and
their behavior, examining the influences which affect them in
contemporary society, as set within the context of the life
cycle. (Not open to students with credit in WOST 349.)
PSY 362 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT II: ADOLESCENCE
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 361 or EDPS 220
A behavioristically-oriented analysis of social, personality,
and cognitive development in adolescence and youth.
PSY 363 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT III: ADULTHOOD
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 362
An analysis of growth trends in adulthood as arising from the
experiences of childhood and adolescence and as manifesting
themselves in the performance of a variety of adult roles. The
realization of maturity, as seen in self assessment and examination
of systematic life history data. The prospects for later
adulthood: involvement versus disengagement.
PSY 370 ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
The psychological influence of immediate environment on
human, and, to a lesser extent, animal behavior. Environmental
factors will be considered from the viewpoints of social psychology,
applied experimental psychology, consumer psychology,
community psychology, and etiology.
PSY 373 PSYCHOLOGY IN INDUSTRY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Survey of applications of psychological principles and research
methods to personnel selection, training, and appraisal; societal
context of work including study of work motivation, satisfaction
and alienation, small group dynamics, and leadership.
(Not open to students with credit in PSY 570.)
PSY 374 ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Survey of basic behavioral science research and thought on
organizational behavior as evidenced in individual group,
intergroup, and societal phenomena. The reciprocal relationship
between individual work behavior and institutional factors
are stressed and analytically reviewed. (NOTE: Not open
to students with credit for PSY 572.)
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PSY 350 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Various forms of mental disorder from the standpoint of their
origin, treatment, prevention, social significance, and relation
to problems of normal human adjustment.
PSY 355 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
A historical and conceptual overview of violence against
children, from infancy through adolescence, is presented.
Definitions and models of violence are evaluated with
respect to existing research findings. Assessment techniques,
treatment (intervention) approaches and legal issues are
examined. The major forms of violence against children to
be emphasized include: physical child abuse, sexual child
abuse, emotional (psychological) child abuse, child neglect
and failure-to-thrive infants.
Course Descriptions
PSY 386 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Basic concepts and methods of psychology as used to understand
consumer behavior. Course covers general concepts
(e.g. personality, information-processing, social class, family
decision-making) as well as their applications to specific
examples of consumer behavior (e.g. information search,
product choice, purchase).
PSY 420 INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY THEORY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: PSY 120
Prerequisite a prior three credit hour psychology course.
Personality theories selected from the traditions of psychoanalysis,
behaviorism, and phenomenology-existentialism are
presented and contrasted in the fundamental assumptions
made by each outlook. Theorists surveyed included Freud,
Adler, Jung, Dollard and Miller, Skinner, Bandura, Rogers,
Boss, Binswanger, and Kelly. Skinnner, Bandura, Rogers,
Boss, Binswanger, and Kelly.