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Majors and Courses of InstructionPsychology110. Introduction to Psychology (Staff)Survey of the different approaches within psychology that seek to describe, predict, andexplain both human and animal behavior. Specific areas covered include history and researchmethodologies, development, the brain and nervous system, sensation and perception, learningand memory, motivation and emotion, personality, stress and coping, behavior disorders and theirtreatment, and social behavior. F, S. Tier 1 course.210. Quantitative Methods (Brandt, Hall)The evaluation and interpretation of quantitative data in the behavioral sciences. Descriptive,correlational, and inferential techniques are discussed. Laboratory exercises employing statisticalsoftware are used to demonstrate applications of course material. Students may not receive credit forthis course and MATH 105, 230, or 360. Prerequisite: 110 and one additional PSYC course. F, S.233. Lifespan Development (Staff)(Not offered 2011-2012)The psychological principles of development throughout the lifespan. Each developmental stagefrom the time of conception and fetal growth through childhood, adolescence, maturity, and agingis examined in relation to the genetic, physiological, intellectual, emotional, and social phenomenarelating to the psychological principles that are unique to each of these periods of life. Prerequisites:110 and two Tier 2 courses. Students may not receive credit for this course and 333. Tier 3 course.252. Social Psychology (Smith)An introduction to the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave with regardto other people, as well as how individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected byothers. Topics include the self-concept, social perception, stereotyping and prejudice, persuasion,conformity, group behavior, close relationships, altruism, and aggression. Prerequisite: C- or betterin 110. F, S. Tier 2 course.255. Clinical Neuroscience (Yates)The emphasis of this course is a relatively new area known as Clinical Neuroscience, which issimply an exploration of the neurobiological foundations of mental health and mental illness.Important themes emphasized in this course include 1) the consideration of only empirically basedevidence, 2) the view that mental illness represents a disruption of neurobiological homeostasis,3) the acknowledgement that, because the brain is a plastic organ, the clinical relevance ofenvironmental and behavioral influences is difficult to overestimate, and 4) the recognition of thevalue of ecologically relevant animal models in the investigation of various aspects of mental illness.Normally, students would not take this course and PSYC 343. S. Prerequisite: C- or better in 110.Tier 2 course.258. Psychology and the Law (Smith)This course examines the relationship between psychology and the legal system. Broadly, thecourse will look at ways that psychologists participate in the legal system (e.g., as trial consultants,by performing competency evaluations), ways in which psychological processes may affectlegal outcomes (e.g., causing errors in eyewitness memory, aiding or impairing the detection ofdeception) and aspects of the legal system into which psychologists can have insight (e.g., jurydecision making, interview techniques to minimize errors, the insanity defense). Prerequisite: C- orbetter in 110. F. Tier 2 course.245