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• PSYC 325: Introduction to Experimental Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will teach students how to design, conduct, and report psychological research. Topics include the nature of science, formulation of hypotheses, research methods and design, and ethical issues in using human and nonhuman subjects. Emphasis will be given to experimental design techniques, evaluation of published research in psychology, and the writing of research reports. The course will also focus on the teaching of library research skills and producing formal research reports in APA manuscript style
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• PSYC 326: Experimental Psychology Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A laboratory experience to accompany PSYC 325 in which students will conduct a series of literature searches, design and execute laboratory experiments, perform and interpret statistical analyses of data collected, and report experimental findings in APA style.
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• PSYC 334: Health Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  An overview of the field and of the role of psychology in health. Topics include health-enhancing and health-compromising behaviors; the effects of stress, coping, and personality on health; psychoneuroimmunology; treatments of specific problems and disorders; and interacting with health care services.
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• PSYC 338: Cognitive Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of theories and facts related to complex information processing and conscious experience in humans. Topics covered will include attention, memory, problem solving, symbolic processes and human consciousness.
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• PSYC 350: Contemporary Topics in Psychological Science

  1.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Contemporary topics In Psychology are critically examined. Specific topics will vary within the major subfields of Psychology: Clinical/Counseling; Cognitive; Developmental; Environmental; Experimental/Quantitative; Forensic; Gender/Sexual Identity; Health; Industrial-Organizational; Multicultural; Neuroscience; Positive; Rehabilitation; Social; Sport/Performance.
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• PSYC 355: Topical Seminar in Neuroscience

  1.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Topical Seminar in Neuroscience will focus on reading, evaluating, and presenting primary literature. This course will provide students with an opportunity to read and discuss primary literature related to Neuroscience. Through reading and discussing primary literature students in this course will explore a breadth of career paths and neuroscience techniques while developing methodological and content knowledge in the foundations of neuroscience, and will gain skills in the ability to critically evaluate primary literature. Students may repeat the course once for credit.
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• PSYC 360: History of Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A review of the philosophical and natural science antecedents to the science of psychology and the development of psychological paradigms from our origins to the present, including attention to the interactive influence of world events/psychology. The historical perspective allows students to understand the relationships between different fields in psychology.
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• PSYC 364: Child and Adolescent Development

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Intensive study of the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of development of children and adolescents.
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• PSYC 365: Psychology of Aging

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Psychosocial, clinical and developmental aspects of aging, implications of optimal developmental and effective management of problems confronting the aged.
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• PSYC 375: Psychopathology of Adulthood

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Advanced study of adult mental disorders, including symptoms, phenomenological aspects, diagnosis, and treatment. Students will examine the etiology, symptom constellations, and treatment of psychological disorders in depth and begin to understand what people with the disorders experience through various stages of adulthood. Psychological theory and research findings will guide the student in gaining an understanding of mental illness.
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