Classes utilize interactive examples and illustrations as well as applied problem solving. For example, students try out simple taste and smell experiments while they study sensation. While they study social psychology, students brainstorm for ways that persuasion is used in business, cults, and other social groups. Child and Adolescent Psychology. Study of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children, from conception through adolescence.
Classes revolve around the application of current research.
For example, students design toys that would be appropriate for children of different ages by basing their designs on the perceptual development, motor skills, and cognitive levels of typical children at different ages. Special Topics in Psychology. With topics announced each semester, the course focuses on aspects of psychology which are not provided in departmental course listings. Study of experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational research methods as well as statistical techniques that have been significant in obtaining the basic empirical data of psychology. Classes revolve around aiding each student design a piece of experimental research that is related to his or her area of interest, carry out that experiment, analyze the results, and write a resulting manuscript.