Lawrence Tech - Arts & Sciences - Psychology Course Descriptions

PSY1213 Intro to Psychology
Introduction to the study of motives at work in human behavior; understanding of perception, reasoning, memory, consciousness, intelligence, psychopathology, and individual differences. Lect. 3 hours. 3 credit hours.

PSY3113 Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisites: MCS2113 Statistics I. Statistical and other computational methods applicable to psychological procedure; hypotheses testing, sampling problems, and interpretation of results. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3213 Cognitive Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Intro to Psychology. Co-requisite: PSY3221 Cognitive Psychology Laboratory. An exploration of historical and contemporary research and theory concerned with cognitive processes including attention, memory, problem-solving, and concept formation. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3221 Cognitive Psychology Laboratory
Prerequisite: MCS1214 Math Analysis I, MCS1224 Math Analysis II, MCS 2113 Statistics I. Co-requisite: PSY3213 Cognitive Psychology. Laboratory work emphasizing a presentation of methods of research assessing human attention, memory, and problem-solving processes. Research, design, data analysis, and research report writing are also emphasized. Lab 1 hrs. 1 credit hour.

PSY3313 Industrial Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. Psychology as applied to business and industry. Major areas of industrial psychology: selection, placement, and training procedures; human factors research. Industrial social psychology; motivational and organizational research and theory. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3323 Organizational Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. This course will cover the major concepts, theories and empirical research related to organizational psychology. Specific topics will include: work motivation, leadership, decision making and job satisfaction as well as more recent trends such as cultural diversity, work teams, work-family and quality issues. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3413 Sensation & Perception
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. Co-requisite: PSY3421 Sensation & Perception Laboratory. Reading and discussion concerning psychophysical methods, sensory physiology, phenomenology of various sensory systems and theories of the perceptual process. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3421 Sensation & Perception Laboratory
Prerequisite: MCS1214 Math Analysis I, MCS1224 Math Analysis II, MCS 2113 Statistics I. Co-requisite: PSY3413 Sensation & Perception. Laboratory work coordinated is designed to increase comprehension of psychology as a laboratory science in general and the experimental study of the perceptual process in particular, emphasis will be placed on the development of skills involved in the design of experiments, data collection, data analysis, reasoning about experimental results and scientific report writing. Lab 1 hr. 1 credit hour.

PSY3613 Developmental Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. The biological, cognitive, and personality changes that take place as a person ages and the cause of those changes. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3623 Social Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. The psychology of group behavior: the interaction between the psychological and social systems. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY3633 Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. The causes, symptoms, and treatment of behavior disorders, personality disturbances, and mental illness. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY4213 Behavioral Neuroscience
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. Co-requisite: PSY4221 Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory. A comprehensive study of the relationship of the nervous and other organ systems to behavior. Research on both human and other animal species is considered. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY4221 Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
Prerequisite: MCS1214 Math Analysis I, MCS1224 Math Analysis II, MCS 2113 Statistics I. Co-requisite: PSY4213 Behavioral Neuroscience. Laboratory course designed to introduce the students to the techniques and procedures of physiological psychology. Scientific report writing, problems of research design and data analysis also will be emphasized. Lab 1 hrs. 1 credit hour.

PSY4313 Drugs and Behavior
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. Function of neurotransmitters and neurochemicals. Effects of drugs on brain chemistry. Addiction and associated behavior. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY4413 History and Systems of Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. A study of the origins, development, and nature of psychology and its relation to external events; emphasis on the period since 1875. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY4513 Animal Behavior
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. A study of behavior of diverse animals for the understanding of the relationships between nervous integration and the behavior manifested by the organism, as well as the evolution and adaptive significance of behavior as a functional unit. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.

PSY4633 Clinical Psychology
Prerequisite: PSY1213 Introduction to Psychology. A broad survey of problems and practices in the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral disorders. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 credit hours.