Psychology

Department of Psychology
Smith Hall, Room 301
Phone:  973/353-5440
Fax:      973/353-1171
http://www.psych.rutgers.edu

PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:101:H1:81457
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
LAMORTE     SMITH 244

62:830:101:H6:81700
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
LAMORTE     SMITH 242

Scientific study of human behavior, including historical foundations, methodology, physiological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, and cognition.

PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:102:B1:81458
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
GORMAN     SMITH 245

62:830:102:B6:81809
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
KRONE        HILL 115

Scientific study of human behavior, including development, personality, social influences, abnormal behavior, and therapy.

COGNITIVE PROCESSES (3 cr.)
62:830:304:B6:80684
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
GENGARO     SMITH 220

Introduces the study of human cognition. Topics include perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving, thinking, and reasoning. How is the world represented and what are the processes underlying those representations? Considers the real-world implications of laboratory findings.

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:323:B1:81806
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 8:15-10:00
POPE              SMITH 243

62:830:323:H6:83819
EVE: 7/7-8/13
MW 6:00-9:30
POPE             BRADLEY 410

Child behavior and development; motor abilities, language, intelligence, social and emotional behavior and attitudes; prevention of maladjustment; relevant research findings; practical questions of child care and child rearing.

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING (3 cr.)
21:830:330:H1:83810
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
BOUKRINA        SMITH 243

Explores the key principles and research involved in learning. Learning can be seen as an adaptive strategy to deal with variations in the environment. Learning processes are thus ubiquitous in the human and animal worlds, influencing a host of behavioral and cognitive skills. The course examines behaviorist, cognitive, and neuroscientific approaches to the problem of learning and seeks to integrate these perspectives into a coherent, unified, theoretical framework.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:335:H1:81807
DAY: 7/7-8/13
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
GORMAN      SMITH 242

Psychological study of the individual's social interaction; theories of interaction and the empirical research employed in the investigation of topics such as attitude formation and change, group structure and process, motivation, learning, and perception in a social context.

GROUP PROCESSES (3 cr.)
62:830:337:B6:83820
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
AMIT             SMITH 371A

COURSE DESCRIPTION COMING SOON.

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:358:B1:83818
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
LAMORTE     SMITH 242

Short stories, plays, projective testing, paintings, and material from clinical interviews to introduce normal, creative, and pathological personalities; increased sensitivity to the situational, psychological, and historical determinants of human personality.

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:363:B1:83817
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
LAMORTE     SMITH 242

62:830:363:B6:81813
EVE: 5/27-7/3
MW 6:00-9:30
HAGHIGHI     SMITH 241

Psychopathologies, their probable causes, and usual behavioral manifestations; theories of pathology and research techniques employed in the investigation of abnormality.

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY (3 cr.)
62:830:371:B6:81172
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
GENGARO     HILL 105

Major theoretical and experimental contributions to the understanding of normal personality and its development; relative adequacy of different theories in dealing with specific empirical data.

PERCEPTION (3 cr.)
21:830:372:B1:83816
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 10:15-12:00
RADONJIC     SMITH 371A

Classical problems of perception--the constancies, form perception and the illusions, the perception of movement, neutral color, direction, and orientation; important theoretical issues of perception.

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD (3 cr.)
62:830:374:B6:83821
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
HALPERN      SMITH 371A

This course will explore three broad issues in understanding behavioral, emotional, and psychological disorders in children and adolescents: 1) What are these disorders, how are they defined, and how common are they? 2) What are the identified "causes" or risk factors in the development of these disorders? 3) How can psychologists or other behavioral health professionals intervene to prevent or treat these disorders? This course will emphasize the development, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology.

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOLOGY: BUILDING BETTER BABIES (3 cr.)
62:830:409:B6:81812
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00- 9:30
DEL CONSOLE            BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE , WMHEC (FREEHOLD)

This course will explore the things that parents, as individuals, do to enhance the well-being and possible success of their children (for example, music training). We will examine the differences between scholarly and non-scholarly articles focusing on understanding the differences between being a student and being a scholar. Students will learn how to evaluate research and to express, in application papers and in-class debates, their own opinion on such controversial topics. During the second portion of the course we will examine ethical issues surrounding the creation of "designer babies."

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY OF ANXIETY (3 cr.)
62:830:409:H6:82794
EVE: 7/7-8/13
MW 6:00-9:30
AMIT             SMITH 371A

COURSE DESCRIPTION COMING SOON.  

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 cr.)
21:830:484:B1:81810
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
MURRAY      SMITH 245

62:830:484:B6:81811
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
HAGHIGHI     HILL 104

Physiological basis of behavior; basic structure and function of the nervous system; physiological basis of motivation and emotions; relations between hormones and behavior; physiological aspects of perception and learning; organization of the cerebral cortex; psychosomatics.

SPECIAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY: THEORIES OF PERSONALITY (3 cr.)
62:830:489:H6:84481
EVE: 7/7-8/13
TTh 6:00-9:30
WESLEY          BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WMHEC (FREEHOLD)

By permission only.

This course provides an advanced discussion into the nature, study, and conceptualization of personality. Historical and contemporary theoretical perspectives of personality will be critically examined. The applications of these theories and how they have impacted empirical research will also be discussed.

RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY (BA cr.)
21:830:491:T1:81459
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT

By permission only.

Design and execution of an original research project under supervision; project may be a psychological experiment, an attitude survey, or a library study; learning how to do research by means of first-hand experience.

INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY (BA cr.)
21:830:493:T1:82994
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT

By permission only.

Exploration of contemporary and classical problems in psychology through planned readings and discussions with a faculty member; emphasis on going beyond textbooks and learning to think about psychological issues in depth.

SENIOR THESIS (3 cr.)
21:830:497:T1:84629
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

By permission only.