Course Descriptions/Sample Syllabi

Description Survey of main areas of contemporary psychology. Prerequisites (none) Sample Syllabi

Description Exploration of the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul. Topics such as the self, mind/body dualism, evolution, culture, death anxiety, afterlife, and religious and political conflict. Prerequisites  (none) Sample Syllabi

Description  Introduction to the field of human cognition, surveying methods, concepts, findings; and problems in perception, learning, memory, thinking, problem solving, psycholinguistics, and development. Prerequisites 01:640:025 or higher OR 01:960:211 (stat I) Sample Syllabi

830:202 Data Science & Addiction Research Methods 1 (DSARM 1) Description Introduction to foundational data science concepts and addiction research using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Addiction research concepts include: research process and ethical data management, operationalizing addiction concepts, and behavioral genetics; statistical topics include: exploratory data analysis and probability basics. Prerequisites (none) Sample Syllabi  SP25_830_451_DSAR_Liss_Davradou_3.docx

830:203 Data Science & Addiction Research Methods II (DSARM II) Description Continuation of DSARM I; data proficiencies and addiction research methodologies using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study; addiction research topics include social determinants of addiction, adverse childhood experiences, neural systems of addiction, epidemiology, and etiology; statistical topics include probability distributions, hypothesis testing, statistical inference methods, meaningful effect sizes and statistical power in inferential addiction research contexts. Prerequisites (none) Sample Syllabi

Description Advanced analysis and critical investigation of psychological themes in modern cinema including life span development, stereotypes, personality, memory, learning processes, gender identity, personality disorders, trauma, autism, and clinical practice. [Elective for major or minor.] Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

830:230 Media Psychology Description Historical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of media and its effects on cognitive, emotional, and social functioning with an emphasis on "new" media. Prerequisite:  Prerequisites 830:101 (General Psychology) Sample Syllabi

Description  Survey of life-span human development covering prenatal, infant, child, adolescent, and adult periods.  Prerequisites Formerly 01:830:330. Prerequisite: 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description Topics include a survey of the professional practice of clinical and school psychology, including the history of each field, theoretical foundations, roles and functions, including assessment and intervention, research base, ethics, work with diverse populations and admission to graduate school. Each overarching topic will be examined from the perspective of both clinical and school psychology. Students will be exposed to different models of professional practice and career paths in schools and clinical mental health settings. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description Principles of sensory processes in vision, audition, and other modalities, and of the perception of objects and events. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description Experiments and written reports on a variety of topics in sensation and perception. Training in scientific method with respect to data analysis, experimental methods, and research design. Prerequisites Writing intensive. 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:301. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:306. Sample Syllabi

Description Principles of acquisition, retention, recall, and forgetting of verbal and nonverbal material. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Cognitive processes, including thinking, language, and memory, and their development. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Experiments and written reports on cognitive processes, including thinking, language, and memory. Prerequisites Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:305. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:302. Sample Syllabi

Description  Conceptual, methodological, and substantive approaches to psychosocial perspectives on health. Prerequisites 01:830:101 or 01:920:101. Credit not give for both this course and 01:920:308. Sample Syllabi

Description  Survey of brain damage and plasticity, brain trauma and disease, neuropsychological assessment and testing, cognitive rehabilitation, and current controversies.  Provides a basic understanding of brain structure and function along with an appreciation of clinical perspectives. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Topics include habituation, sensitization, associative learning, and rule and category learning. Data derived from animal and human research. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Learning experiments conducted with animals. Prerequisites Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:311. Sample Syllabi

Description  Physiological determinants and mechanisms of behavior. Prerequisites 01:830:101 General Psychology Sample Syllabi

830:314 Physiological Psychology Laboratory Description Experiments with animals demonstrating or testing principles of physiology. Writing intensive. Prerequisites 01:830:200 and permission of instructor. Pre- or co-requisite: 01:830:313. Sample Syllabi

Description  This course will explore the interface of psychology and the law, with an emphasis on forensic psychology. Landmark legal cases that pertain to psychology will be discussed. Students will explore the various options for careers in the field of forensic psychology. Specific topics covered include police psychology, eyewitness and expert testimony, jury selection, psychopathy, repressed memories, profiling, victimless crimes, the insanity defense, lie detection, and custody evaluations. Prerequisites 830:101 General Psychology Sample Syllabi

Description  Social aspects of behavior. Topics such as socialization, communication, small-group interaction, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, and social conflict. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

830:322 Survey Social Psychology Lab Description Experiments and written reports on a variety of topics in social psychology Prerequisites Pre-requisite or Co-Requisite 830:321 

Description  Exploration of the way human minds acquire, generate, and transmit religious thoughts and practices. Review of major theoretical and empirical advances pertaining to the nature, origins, and consequences of religious thought. Prerequisites 01:830:101 or by permission. Sample Syllabi

Description  Review of psychological theory and research on perceptual, cognitive, social, and personal growth during infancy and childhood. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Experiments and written reports based on observations of children in a school setting, interviews, application of research protocols, and existing databases, including videotapes. Prerequisites Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:331. Sample Syllabi

Description  Review of theory and research on adolescent growth, cognition, personality, and social development. Prerequisites 01:830:101 or permission of instructor. Sample Syllabi

Description  Review of psychological theory and research on cognitive, personality, and interpersonal development. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Description  Major personality systems. Personality structure, dynamics, development, and assessment. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

830:339 Self and Identity Course Code: 01:830:339 Semester(s) Offered: Credits: 3 Description Personal, relational, and collective levels of how we define our being and present the self to the social world

Description  Survey of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description  Intensive lab course providing a solid foundation in clinical psychology research. Prerequisites 01:830:200 and 340. Sample Syllabi

Description  Origin, diagnosis, and treatment of deviations from normal physical, intellectual, psychological, and social development. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and one of the following: 01:830:271, 331, 333, 335, or 340. Sample Syllabi

Overview Production, perception, and acquisition of language at the level of sound (phonology), words (morphology and the lexicon), and grammar (syntax). Prerequisites 01:830:101. Recommended: 01:615:101 or 201. Credit not given for both this course and 01:615:371. Sample Syllabi

Description  Empirical and theoretical studies of the acquisition of syntax, morphology, and phonology; word learning; the neural bases of language acquisition; language disorders; and learnability theory. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Recommended: 01:615:101, 201, 441, or 01:830:351. Credit not given for both this course and 01:615:373. Sample Syllabi

Description  Drug classification; contexts of drug usage; effects of various drugs; analysis of drug action in the central nervous system; aspects of "human nature" revealed by drug usage. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description  Biological, psychological, and cultural determinants in sex differences in behavior with emphasis on humans. Sexual behavior, aggression, personality, intelligence, and social roles. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:362. Sample Syllabi

Description  Psychological and physiological aspects of motivation and emotion in human and animal behavior. Prerequisites 01:830:101. Sample Syllabi

Description Social psychology of development and consequences of stereotypes and attitudes toward outgroups; special emphasis on interactions within the classroom. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and one other course in psychology. Sample Syllabi

Description  Relationships between behavior and health. Stress, personality, and lifestyle as disease causes; modifying high-risk behaviors; coping with serious illness. Prerequisites 01:830:101 Sample Syllabi

Biological, environmental, and psychological aspects of stress. The coping process and stress management. Scientific, personal, and cultural representations of stress and coping.Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

Description Faculty-supervised placements at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, an on-campus program for people with autism spectrum disorders. Direct work with individuals with autism, supervision by professional teachers, and weekly meetings with classroom teachers. Readings and exam. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and 340 or 346. Open to juniors and seniors. Sample Syllabi

Description Faculty-supervised placements at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, an on-campus program for people with autism spectrum disorders. Direct work with individuals with autism, supervision by professional teachers, and weekly meetings with classroom teachers. Readings and exam. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and 340 or 346. Open to juniors and seniors. Sample Syllabi

Description Supervised placement in an on-campus child care facility, working as a teacher's assistant. Academic readings, projects, and a final paper required. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and 331. Sample Syllabi

Description Supervised placement in an on-campus child care facility, working as a teacher's assistant. Academic readings, projects, and a final paper required. Prerequisites 01:830:101 and 331. Sample Syllabi

Description  Influence of social and community forces on development, treatment, and prevention; applications to community problems. Prerequisites 01:830:321, 323, or 340. Open only to juniors and seniors. Sample Syllabi

Description  Two-credit optional community service placement in psychology-related field setting. Prerequisites Corequisite: Can only be taken in conjunction with a designated Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships (CESEP) course offered in the Department of Psychology. Please see the CESEP website (http://engage.rutgers.edu) for additional information. Sample Syllabi

Description  The overall goal of this course is to teach students how to take raw behavioral science data, explore it, and present the results in a useful way. Students will receive a broad introduction to some of the fundamental tools and concepts of statistics for representing, visualizing, modeling, and interpreting data. In comparison to Quantitative Methods (a prerequisite), this course will cover some more advanced techniques including exploratory data analysis, nonparametric methods, multiple regression, model fitting, and modern Monte Carlo and bootstrap resampling techniques.     Importantly, the course will focus on cultivating an intuitive understanding for statistical techniques and how to apply them to practical problems, and will discourage rote “plug and chug” computation and uncritical application of traditional NHST methods. To that end, the course exercises will deal almost exclusively with real datasets gathered to answer scientific questions, and students will learn to use the powerful open-source software package 'R' to explore, visualize and analyze these data. Prerequisites Majors only and a grade of B+ or better in 01:830:200, or permission of the instructor. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in human cognition. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:301, 303, 305 or 351. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Expands on the concepts and computations covered in the Quantitative Methods in Psychology (01:830:200). New topics will include additional aspects of association, power analysis, nonparametric procedures, and repeated measures t- and F-tests. While conceptual understanding will be central, students will also learn computation using SPSS software. Prerequisites Prerequisites: Majors only and a grade of B+ or better in 01:830:200, or permission of the instructor. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Introduction to computer programming focused on the technical skills needed in behavioral research design. Solve problems in experimental psychology, including how to solicit subject responses, visualize experimental data, and perform basic statistical analysis. Prerequisites Majors only or permission of instructor. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  “What is intelligence?”This may seem a simple question to answer, but the study and measurement of intelligence (or its quantitative description, IQ) is one of the most controversial (and elusive) topics in the history of psychology. Here we will provide an overview of the principal issues and controversies surrounding this fascinating area, including the development of intelligence, theories of intelligence, environmental effects on intelligence, the cognitive processes that regulate intelligence, the social and functional impacts of intelligence, and the neural basis for variations in intelligence.  Prerequisites Any one of the following: 830: 303 (Memory), 830:305 (Cognition), 830:310 (Neuropsychology),  830:311 (Conditioning and Learning) , or 830: 313 (Physiological Psychology)(Jr/Sr 830 Major or permission of instructor is a prereq for Adv Topics/400 Level courses) Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in psychobiology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites  Majors only and 01:830:310, 311, or 313. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  The discoveries and lives of neuroscientists that shaped how we think the mind functions in the brain and why; a biological perspective of psychology from neurons to circuits to systems and behavior. Prerequisites 01:830:313 or by permission. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in social psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373 or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in social psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373 or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in developmental psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:331, 333, 335 or 346. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.  Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in developmental psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:331, 333, 335 or 346. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.    Sample Syllabi: Dickson Fa22

Description  Overview of the nature and development of therapeutic relationships in different clinical settings. Prerequisites 01:830:340 Course Descriptions Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in clinical and abnormal psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:310, 340, 346, or 393. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in clinical and abnormal psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:310, 340, 346, or 393. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description Examination of clinical, empirical, and theoretical foundations of therapeutic intervention. Prerequisites 830:340 Abnormal Psychology Jr/Sr 830 Major or permission of instructor Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:393. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description Introduction to positive psychology: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions.  Course combines didactic instruction and experiential learning in its coverage of each of these three issues central to this field. Prerequisites Majors only and 01:830:321, 330, 331, 333, 335, 338, or 364 and written permission of instructor. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Effects of drugs on physiological and behavioral mechanisms. Prerequisites 01:830:313. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  Philosophical and scientific antecedents of modern psychology. Schools of thought in psychology including structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt, and psychoanalysis. Recurrent issues in the history of psychology. Prerequisites Majors only and six courses in psychology. Open only to juniors and seniors. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Description  In-depth investigation of the cognitive and neural bases of language acquisition, informed by state-of-the-art research in psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, and neuroscience. Topics covered: phonological, lexical, morphological, syntactic, and pragmatic development; bilingualism, learnability theory, atypical language acquisition, and neurolinguistics. Prerequisites 01:830:351 or two 300-level linguistics (615) courses, or 185:410, or permission of the instructor. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:353, 01:830:485, 01:615:373, or 01:615:433. Course Descriptions   Sample Syllabi

Overview An advanced seminar for honors research students on experimental design, data analysis, interpretation and presentation, and thesis writing. Prerequisites Acceptance into psychology honors program. Corequisite: 01:830:497 or 498. Sample Syllabi

Description  Supervised full-time involvement in service settings, providing opportunity to apply knowledge in developmental, community, and clinical psychology; may include service delivery, planning, and evaluation research. Prerequisites  At least five courses in psychology and permission of instructor. Corequisite: 01:830:494. Open only to junior and senior psychology majors. Sample Syllabi

Description  Supervised full-time involvement in service settings, providing opportunity to apply knowledge in developmental, community, and clinical psychology; may include service delivery, planning, and evaluation research. Prerequisites  At least five courses in psychology and permission of instructor. Corequisite: 01:830:493. Open only to junior and senior psychology majors. Sample Syllabi

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