Areas covered will include the physiological bases of learning, memory, sleep, dreaming, emotion, psychopharmacology, and psychopathology. Classroom discussions will be augmented with readings from recent research articles. A history and overview of the standardized evaluation methods commonly used in the assessment of individuals and groups. Topics covered are validity, reliability, and statistical concepts for the evaluation and interpretation of test data. The student is given an overview of ability tests, interest tests, and personality tests.
Experience is provided in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of selected tests.
Courses for Graduates Only PSYC 5210. This course includes an overview of inferential statistics including topics such as probability, hypotheses testing, population sampling, and analysis of regression and prediction. Both parametric and nonparametric tests are reviewed. Students learn the purpose of these tests and their strengths and limitations. The course aims to familiarize students with selected writings of some of the major personality theorists.