Should be taken with PSY 300 but may be taken separately. Priority given to upper division psychology majors. Introduction to psychological research that integrates methods with statistical techniques. Theoretical, empirical and interpretive issues are examined within four fundamental methods of inquiry-observational, measurement of individual characteristics, surveys, and experimentation. The physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development during adolescence.
Cognitive development is studied from two dominant approaches-Piagetian and information processing.
Advanced course in developmental psychology covering theory and data in the areas of emotional, social, and personality development over the life span. Children's behavior disorders, child guidance facilities and clinical methods used in the study and treatment of children with problems. Survey of theories, research, and applications in major areas of social psychology, including communication and social influence processes in interaction, group dynamics, attitudes, stereotyping and prejudice, altruism and aggression, person perception and social cognition, sex roles and sex differences, crowds and social movements. For course description, see HMSX 400 . Theoretical positions are compared and critically examined along various significant dimensions, including their relationships to the total field of psychology.