Application of descriptive and inferential statistics to the analysis and interpretation of data in the social sciences, with special emphasis on hypothesis testing. Topics include selection, training, appraisal, job attitudes, work motivation, leadership, job design, organizational culture, and work environment. Implications for advertising, marketing, and social-service delivery will be addressed. Theory and method in social psychology, impression formation, social cognition, attitude change, social influence, group processes, applications of social psychology. This course surveys the major theories of personality and its measurement.
Emphasis is placed on understanding how personality influences behavior.
Psychodynamic, humanistic, and behavioral perspectives, among other topics, will be surveyed. Course covers basic theory of psychological assessment. The construction, administration, and interpretation of psychological tests of intelligence, abilities, and personality will be discussed. Depending on instructor, emphasis will be placed on measurement theory or practical applications. Examination of the field of abnormal psychology, surveying the major psychological disorders and their classification.