Supervision, teaching and individual or group counseling get special attention. The program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The orientation of the program is on studying psychological processes from a developmental perspective. Various methods for the assessment of sensory, perceptual, associative and cognitive functions are practiced, including classical and operant conditioning. Research methods include electrophysiological, neurosurgical, neuropharma-cological and psychophysiological approaches.
Students can focus their studies in one area, or a combination.
The program helps students develop and expand their mathematical, statistical, and computer skills, and encourages them to apply those skills to substantive areas in psychology. There is considerable flexibility to accommodate students with a variety of interests. Students, faculty, and prominent visiting scholars interact in weekly seminars. The area supports several microcomputer laboratories, including a judgment and decision making laboratory. Applied opportunities and training are also available in consumer psychology and health psychology.