Effect of mechanical and physical stressors, such as heat, noise, and vibration, and the built and natural environment on work, performance, and life quality. Consent of instructor. Survey of the major areas of developmental psychology and of special problems encountered in research with infants and children. Graduate standing in education or consent of instructor. Central core of the course is the interest in heredity and environment in the course of development.
Stress is placed upon the roles of early and continued cognition stimulation.
Offered as needed. Critical study of theory and research in major areas of Social Psychology. May be repeated. A lecture-demonstration course designed to instruct the student in theories, methodology, and content concerning behavior in small groups. Major topics are leadership, performance in groups, structural properties of groups, pressures to uniformity, power relations and influence, and membership variables.