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316. Behavioral Decision Theory. 3 units. C-L: see Business Administration 525; also C-
L: Statistics and Decision Sciences 231
317. Political Psychology (A). Examination of the human political situation through the
study of actual problems and solutions at the level of: (1) the individual, (2) political
discourse among government officials, (3) public discourse in the media. Instructor: Staff.
3 units. C-L: Political Science 320
318. Research Design. Methodological principles of research design in clinical,
developmental, and social psychology. Emphasis on theory and practical applications.
Permission of instructor required. Instructor: Moore. 3 units.
320. Applied Multivariate Statistics. Applications of multivariate statistics in psychology
and related disciplines. Topics include: MANOVA, factor analysis, principal components
analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, multiple logistic regression, and
various approaches to longitudinal data analysis. Covers issues in applied data analysis such
as a priori and post-hoc power analyses, transformation of data, and graphical/written/oral
presentation of results. Data analyzed using the SAS statistical software package, as well as
other specialty programs. Mandatory weekly lab sessions. Prerequisite: Psychology 273 and
274 or equivalent. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
321. Social Development. Analysis of children's social development from multiple
theoretical perspectives including biological, social cognitive, social learning, and
ecological perspectives. Includes socialization in the contexts of families, peers, schools,
and neighborhoods and the role of media. Implications for prevention/intervention programs
and social policy are discussed. Permission of the instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3
units.
322. Advanced Cognitive Development. Advanced level introduction to critical issues in
the study of cognitive development from birth to adolescence. Emphasis on both theoretical
accounts of cognitive development and recent research that informs these explanations.
Permission only. Instructor: Feng or Needham. 3 units.
325. Seminar in Contemporary Psychotherapy. An intensive seminar providing training
in a contemporary empirically supported psychotherapy. Includes readings and discussion
of the strategies and techniques of the selected treatment modality, examination of the
empirical support for the treatment, and where possible, supervised practicum experience
providing the treatment to appropriate patient populations. Prerequisite: Previous practicum
experience in clinical psychology and consent of the instructor. 3 units.
327. Theories of Developmental Psychology. Examine worldviews and assumptions that
underlie theories in developmental psychology; discuss the philosophical and historical
foundations for key ideas and theories in the study and understanding of human
development, take on the perspectives of key historical figures in developmental
psychology; understand how change and development have been conceptualized over the
history of the field; debate ongoing controversies in the field such as nature-nurture,
continuity-discontinuity, universal-culturally specific development; explore the link among
theoretical perspectives, research methodologies and data interpretation. Permission of
instructor required. Instructor: Hill. 3 units.
329S. Foundations of Cognitive Development. Introduction to main theories and concepts
of cognitive development as it is studied from psychological and neuroscience perspectives.
Instructors: Brannon or Needham. 3 units.
330S. Foundations of Cognitive Psychology. Current concepts and controversies in the
way people and other animals perceive, think, and remember. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
332. Developmental Psychopathology. This course examines major emotional and
behavioral disorders of childhood/adolescence from a developmental perspective. Issues
addressed include risk and protective factors, long-term outcomes, and prevention/
intervention. Instructor: Rabiner. 3 units.
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