Touches upon conformity, attraction, prejudice, aggression, group decisions, and attitude change, as well as advertising, law, and indoctrination. May be repeated for credit. Suitable for nonmajors. Discusses major theories of human development including cognitive-developmental, social learning, and psychoanalytic models. Requires three hours per week of observation in the Child Development Center.
Students apply theories to autobiographical data.
Emphasizes total competence learning, requiring student to advance beyond recognition and recall. Surveys application of descriptive statistics and research methods used in observational and correlational research. Covers frequency distributions, transformed scores, normal-curve model, linear correlation and prediction, and hypothesis testing. Examines social role of tests, as well methods of development and administration. Looks into achievement and intelligence testing, personality assessment, personnel selection, test bias, and vocational- interest testing.