Sixteen credits are required as a minimum. An introduction to the life science that studies behavior and mental processes. Instructional emphasis will be on learning which statistic to use, how to perform the data analyses and how best to communicate one's results. Students will gain extensive experience collecting, analyzing, thinking about and using statistical data. Computations will be done both by calculator and by computer.
Class consists of lecture-discussion and laboratory.
The psychological study of factors related to people at work. Employee selection methods such as testing and interviewing, performance evaluations, job descriptions, statistical validation and decision techniques, motivation, leadership, satisfaction, job redesign and organizational development are examined. A comprehensive course with an applied emphasis which examines individual development throughout life. Topics such as genetic inheritance, intellectual change and social adjustment are viewed as processes that extend from the neonatal period through very old age. Credit cannot be received for both 206 and 221.