Examination of the role of psychology in the analysis and motivation of competitive athletics and physical fitness activities. A survey of contemporary knowledge of human sexuality, focusing on the biological, psychological and social determinants of sexual behavior, including sexual responses, relationships, variations, diseases and dysfunctions. A survey of factors that affect human behavior in organizations. Topics include job satisfaction, motivation, leadership, organizational climate and culture, communication, job design and human factors. A supervised library, field or laboratory project involving psychological variables, designed and executed by the student.
Course credit varies with the extensiveness of the project.
A variable topics course designed to introduce students to selected topics of contemporary significance in scientific psychology. Contact the Psychology Department or adviser for details on topics for a particular semester. Course credit varies with extensiveness of the topic. The course focuses on statistical decision theory as a conceptual foundation for analysis of variance designs and models in psychological and biomedical research. Topics include completely randomized, randomized blocks, and mixed designs, derivation of expected mean squares, simple main effects analysis, multiple comparison procedures, and trend analysis.