Appropriate follow-up tests also will be covered. Computer data analysis will be utilized for problem sets and the individual project. Theoretical, methodological and empirical problems and issues relating to behavior in constructed and natural environments. Cultural and ecological factors and their effect on perception, thinking, language, intelligence, sexuality and other psychological variables. Philosophy, history and development of psychological measurement.
Students review non-restricted instruments of various types in small groups.
An examination of the major approaches to personality development, research and application. Historical review of the concepts used to explain such behavior and of the research relating to the treatment of psychoses and neuroses. Theories and methods of social psychology stressing applicability of social psychological research and knowledge to contemporary social problems. Basic principles of development. Topics include behavior genetics, early experience, language, cognition, personality and social development.