Emphasis on the self-correcting nature of the research process through replication and extension, peer review, increased methodological sophistication, and quantitative analysis. Not recommended for psychology majors. An examination of theories of consciousness deriving from both Western and Eastern traditions. Consideration is given to the implications for theories of consciousness of the phenomena of altered states of consciousness, and meditative and mystical states. Introduces students to the use of computers in collecting data and controlling experiments in a laboratory environment, data reduction and analysis, graphics for psychological research, and theory construction.
Students complete research projects requiring computer-related skills.
The study of child behavior and development up to and including late childhood. Development of motor abilities, language, intelligence, social and emotional behavior and attitudes, with emphasis on the prevention of maladjustment. The study of adolescence. Each stage treated with reference to the particular problems and deviations characteristic of it. Emphasis on continuity between the stages of adolescence.