The principles of neuroscience will be illustrated by laboratory investigations in learning and memory, pharmacology, neuroanatomy, etc. An advanced consideration of pharmacodynamics, mechanisms of drug action, neurochemical neuroanatomy, neural hypotheses of functional disorders, and progressive neuropathologies and their treatment. A comprehensive review of the tests used by psychologists to assess intelligence, academic achievement, aptitude, attitudes, personality, and psychopathology. Students will learn how to administer several tests of intelligence. The theory and practice of leading interpersonal communication groups.
Students gain experience in facilitating groups.
Supervision will be provided focusing on leadership skills that can be applied in most non-therapeutic settings. The principles of basic learning and memory in the mammalian brain will be illustrated through discussion and by a series of laboratory investigations in psychopharmacology and functional neuroanatomy. The intensive study of selected topics in psychology. Student reports and discussion will be required, and an emphasis will be placed upon the inter-relationships of theory and empirical research. Application must be made to the department coordinator of off-campus education by the last day to drop a class without academic penalty in the semester immediately preceding the semester of the internship.