Personality development and life stages of women. 3 cr A survey of contemporary psychology covering human development, intelligence, abilities, sensation, perception, motivation, emotion, learning, personality structure, disordered behavior, social psychology, and the physiological bases of behavior. Includes an overview of current theory, research methods, and controversial issues in the field. An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Lectures are supplemented by computational laboratory sessions.
Students design and conduct experiments and write reports.
Topics include classical and instrumental conditioning, reinforcement, extinction, punishment and avoidance, generalization and discrimination, and biological constraints on learning. An introduction to the study of the uniqueness of the individual. Emphasis will be on research methods and on theories as well as on some of the more important characteristics on which individuals differ. Topics include illusions, hallucinations, and normal experiences with all the senses, especially touch, hearing, and vision. An introduction to the psychological research on child development with emphasis on physical, cognitive, social and emotional development.