2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

288 PSYCHOLOGY" PSYCH 3EE3 PERCEPTION LABORATORY -Students will conduct experiments in visual ,and auditory perception withan emphi3.sis on research methods, data analysis and writing skills., 'One tutorial (one hour), one lab (three hOUrs); one termPrerequisite: PSYCH 2RR3 or STATS 2iv1B3; and PSYCH 2E03; andregistrationin Level III or IV of an Honours Psychology programEnrolment is limited: Permission is by preregistration ballot.' (SeeDepartment Note 2 above.)PSYCH 3F03 EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOURThe study of human social psychology and behaviour in light of evolutionarytheories. Topics include family relations, sex differences, mate'choice,cooperation and conflict, aM universality and diversity across cultures;Three lectures; one' termPrerequisite: PSYCH 2TT3 or s'ix units,of Levell BiologyThis course may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology program. However, enrolment for suchstudents is limited.' ,PSYCH 3FA3 THE NEUR'OBIOLOGY OFLEARNING AND MEMORYlearning ,and memory mechanisms will be discussed from .several pers'pectivesranging from cognitive neuroscience to synaptic physiology.Three lectures; one term ,'Prereq'uisite: PSYCH 2F03 ' , 'This course' may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology· program. However, enrolment for suchstudents is limited." ' ,PSYCH3GG3, ; ESSENTlALSOF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOL:OGYThis course concentrat'es on theories and' mechanism~ of development.The evidence for biological and environmental influences on developmentare examined and the principles and mechanisms of developmentare illustrated through examples from neural, perceptual, cognitive, so~'cial ano emotional development. 'Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: Six units from PSYCH 2003, 2E03, 2F03; 2H03, 2T03, ZIT3;and one 6f HTH SCI1 F03,2A03, STATS, 1 CC3, 2003Antirequisite: PSYCH 2A03, 2AA3, 3G03This course may b& taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology program. However, enrolment for such, students is limited.PSYCH 3HH3 DEVELOPMENT DURING INFANCYAn intensive examination of development during the first year of life, withan .emphasis on' perceptual development.three lectures; one termPrerequisite: PSYCH 2E03, 3GG3This course maybe taken as elective, cre.dit by undergraduate students,registered in a non-Psychology program. However, enrolment for suchstudents is limited.'PSYCH 3106 PRACTICA IN PSYCHOLOGYSupervised laboratory and field placements will be arranged' for a maximumof16 students each year. Theplacemen'ts may vary f~om year toyear, but will include cognitive, language, perceptual, memory, neuropsychologicaland behavioural disorders. A 20 page final report must besubmitted to the coordinator by April 1. Applications must be submitted to 'the 'coordinator by February 1 of the preceding academic year, withselection for placements announced by March 15.Prerequisite: PSYCH 2RR3 orSTATS2MB3; and registration in Level III orIV of an Honours Psych.ology or Combined Honours Psychology program;and permission of the coordinator. This course cannot be combined,with any independent study course (PSYCH 3Q03; 3QQ3, 4Q03,4QQ3, 4006, 4009) with the same supervisor.Enrolment is limited. See the heading Limited Enrolment Courses in theFaculty of Science section of the Calendar..PSYCH 3113COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTThe development of attention, concepts, memory, reasoning and language.Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: PSYCH 2H03, 3GG3This course may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology program.' However, enrolment for suchstudents is limited.PSYCH 3J03 VISUAL NEUROSCIENCEVisual perception and attention as revealed by behavioural, brain-imaging,and physiological studies examining anatomy, circuitry, and function of_ visual processing systems. 'Three lectures; one termPrerequisite:' PSYCH 2Ed3; and PSYCH 2003 or 2H03This course may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology program. However, enrolment for,suchstudents is limited. 'PSYCH 3JJ3 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL'DE;VELOPMENTOiscusses historical and contemporary topics related to socio-emotional, 'development from infancy to middle childhood, with an emphasis on the'development of maJadaptive social behaviours.Three' lectures; one term'Prerequisite: PSYCH 2COS, 3GG3 ,This course'may be taken a$ elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in anon-Psychology program. However, enrolment for suchstudents is Iimit¢Jd.'PSYCH 3K03 PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTTheory of psychological testing and measurement. Topics includ,e thestatistical bases and assumptions of measurement, test validity and reliabilityand the measurement of human characteristics. 'Three leCttlres; one term . ' ,PrerequJsite: PSYCH '1 A03, 1 AA3,and one of HTH SCI 1 F03, 2A03,STATS 1 CC3, 2003; or registration in Honours Biology and' Psychology;or registration in the Bache!or of Health Sciences (Honours) programThis cour$e may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non'-Psycf1Ology program. ,However,enrolment for suchstudents is limited.PSYCH 3L03 NEUROSCIENCE LABORATORY'Seminars and laboratorY experience in current problems in neurobiology.Two hours, seminar; three hours lab; one' term "Prer.equisite: One of PSYCH 2E03, 2F03, BIOLOGY 3P03; and registrationin Level III or IV of an Honours program .Enrolment'is limited. Permission. is by pr~registration ballot. (SeeDepartment Note 2 above.) . "PSYCH 3LL3 GENERAL EXPERIMENTALPSYCHOLOGY LABORATORYWorking in research teams, students select a topiC area, design an experimentbased on background readings; obtain ethical approval, collectand analyze data, make oral presentations, and prepare written reports.One lectwe,~ one lab (two hours); one term 'Prerequisite: PSYCH 2RR3 or STATS 2MB3; and registration in an Hon-'ours Psychology program' "Enrolment is limited. permission is by preregistration ballot.(See.Department Note 2 above.)PSYCH 3M03 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION -Theory and data concerning human,and nonhuman motivation and emotion,drawing on perspectives from evolution, physiology, learning, and cuiture., Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: One' of PSYCH 2F03, 2T03, 2IT3. This course may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered. in a non-Psychology program. However, . enrolment for suchstudents is limited.PSYCH3N03 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY I ' '(FUNDAMENTALS) , ,Fundamentals of clinical psychology, including viewpoints on the natureof behavioural disorder, diagnostic systems, clinical judgement, and ~reat- .ment approaches.'Three lectu(es; one termPrerequisite: Six units from PSYCH 2003, 2Ed3, 2F03, 2H03, 2T03, 2IT3;or nine units of Psycholcigyand registration in Level III or IV of a Nursingor Social Work program or the Bachelor of Health Sciences' (Honours)progrnm .This course may be taken as elective credit by u(1dergraduate students'registered in a non-Psychology program. However, enrolment for suchstudents is limited.PSYCH3NN3 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY II(MAJOR DISORDERS)A review of the major forms of mental disorder' including dementia, neuropsychologicaldisorder, schizophrenia, mood,and anxiety disorders, .psychophysiologicaldisorders,' addiction, and problems of sexual adaptation.Three lectures; one term'Prerequisite: Credit or registration in PSYCH 3N03·.This course may be taken as elective credit by undergraduate studentsregistered in a non-Psychology pfogram: ' However, enrolment for such 'students is limited. . .