PS261 Research Methods in Psychology 4 credits A laboratory course. The strategy and techniques of research design, applied statistical techniques, research report writing, and laboratory with field experience. Sports Psychology 3 credits The application of psychology to understanding sports behavior. Motivational development and leadership issues are discussed with particular emphasis on understanding and analyzing constructs such as winning and losing, competition, enhancing performance, and the emotional reaction of both players and participants. Domestic Violence 3 credits This course provides a cause and effect understanding of domestic violence upon the family as a system, and explores the psychological dynamics of both victim and perpetrator The attitudes of the legal and justice systems are studied.
Prevention is emphasized.
PS301 Experimental Parapsychology 4 credits A laboratory course. Students utilize scientific methodologies to investigate psychic phenomena in laboratory and field experiments. Research techniques in clairvoyance, precognition, telepathy and psychokinesis are included, with contemporary research in the form of journal articles stressed. Individual work will include completion of an experiment as well as participation in group experiments. PS302 Psychology of Perception 4 credits A laboratory course on the study of human sensory and perceptual systems with emphasis on visual processing.