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Psychology (PSYC) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-5073.
Course Listings
Course# Course Title (Credit Hours) CRN Day/Time Location Session Instructor
| 1-010 | Intro. to Psychology (4) | 20343 | M-Th 10-11:35am | CU 222 | First | Barrett |
| 1-011 | Intro. to Psychology (4) | 20467 | M-Th 10-11:35am | MG 102 | Second | Eye |
| 107-010 | Child Development (4) | 20345 | M-Th 10-11:35am | CU 222 | Second | Allen |
| 109-010 | Adulthood and Aging (4) | 20468 | M-Th 10-11:35am | DR 209 | First | Hyland |
| 110-010 | Statistical Analysis of Behavioral Data (4) | 20470 | M-Th 8-9:35am | CU 247 | First | Zhu |
| 117-010 | Cognitive Psychology (4) | 20051 | M-Th 2-3:35pm | MG 111 | First | Frazer |
| 121-010/SSP 121-010 | Social Psychology (4) | 20347 | M-Th 12-1:35pm | MG 260 | Second | Gelety |
| 153-010/SSP 153-010 | Personality (4) | 20471 | M-Th 12-1:35pm | MG 111 | First | Gill |
| 160-010 | Independent Study (1-3) | 20356 | Hours arranged | First | Staff | |
| 160-011 | Independent Study (1-3) | 20473 | Hours arranged | Second | Staff | |
| 161-010 | Supervised Research (1-3) | 20357 | Hours arranged | First | Staff | |
| 161-011 | Supervised Research (1-3) | 20474 | Hours arranged | Second | Staff | |
| 161-012 | Supervised Research (1-3) | 20686 | Hours arranged | Full | Staff | |
| 176-010 | Mind and Brain (4) | 20352 | M-Th 2-3:35pm | MG 111 | Second | Weaver |
| 313-010 | Person Perception (4) | 20358 | M-Th 12-1:35pm | CU 222 | Second | Ignarri |
| 314-010 | Social Cognition/Social Action (4) | 20475 | M-Th 12-1:35pm | CU 222 | First | Andreychik |
| 367-010 | Clinical Psychology (4) | 20479 | T/Th 6-9:00pm | MG 111 | First | Lomauro |
| 393-010 | Independent Research (1-3) | 20360 | Hours arranged | First | Staff | |
| 393-011 | Independent Research (1-3) | 20480 | Hours arranged | Second | Staff | |
| 460-010 | Special Study (1-6) | 20153 | Hours arranged | Full | Staff | |
| 461-010 | Research Seminar (1-6) | 20154 | Hours arranged | Full | Staff |
Course Descriptions
1. Introduction to Psychology: Psychology as a science of behavior. Natural science aspects such as learning, sensation-perception, and physiological bases; and social science aspects such as human development, intelligence, and personality. Methodologies appropriate to these areas, and related societal problems. SS
107. Child Development: Survey of theories and research concerning perceptual, cognitive, social, and personality development through infancy and childhood. Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or SSP 1. May not be taken pass/fail. SS
109. Adulthood & Aging: Social science approaches to the latter two-thirds of life.
Cognitive and personality development; attitudes toward
aging; social behavior of older adults; widowhood; retirement.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or SSP 1. May not be taken
pass/fail. SS
110. Statistical Analysis of Behavioral Data: Principles of experimental design and statistical analysis: characteristics of data and data collection; descriptive statistics; hypothesis testing theory and practice; correlation, chi-square, t-test, analysis of variance. Three hours lecture and one hour computer lab. ND
117. Cognitive Psychology: The architecture and dynamics of the human mind: How we acquire knowledge through perception, represent and activate it in memory, and use it to communicate, make decisions, solve problems, and reason creatively. Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or COGS 7. May not be taken pass/fail. SS
121/SSP 121. Social Psychology: Theories, methods of investigation, and results of research on the way social and psychological processes interact with human behavioral settings. Topics include analysis of self and relationships, dynamics of small groups, attitudes and persuasion, prejudice, prosocial and antisocial behavior. Prerequisite: ANTH 1, ANTH 11, SSP1 or PSYC 1. SS
153/SSP 153. Personality: Review and critique of theories of personality and their associated systems of psychotherapy. May not be taken pass/fail. Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or SSP 1. SS
160. Independent Study: Readings on topics selected in consultation with a staff member. Prerequisites: PSYC 1 or consent of the department chair. May be repeated for credit. SS
161. Supervised Research: Apprenticeship in ongoing faculty research program. Literature review, experimental design, data collection and analysis, and professional writing under faculty sponsor supervision, May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Prerequisites: PSYC 1 or COGS 7 and consent of sponsor SS
176. Mind & Brain: Perception and cognitive neuroscience as the link
between mental processes and their biological bases.
Visual and auditory perception; the control of action;
neuropsychological syndromes of perception, language,
memory and thought; neural network (connectionist)
models of mental processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or
COGS 7. May not be taken pass/fail. NS
313. Person Perception: Psychological processes involved in forming impressions of others. Survey of the factors that influence the way in which we think about the people who make up our social environment and of the laboratory methods with which experimental social psychology investigates person perception. The emphasis is on demonstrating the joint impact of the behaviors performed by others and the biases/expectancies that we bring into the social setting. Prerequisites: PSYC/SSP 153 or SSP/PSYC 121. Advanced Psychology Seminar. SS
314: Social Cognition: Examines the cognitive processes through which people
make sense of social groups, individual others, themselves,
and the world. Topics include judgment and
decision making, attitudes and persuasion, ordinary personology,
stereotyping and prejudice, and the self.
Prerequisite: Psyc 110 or SR 111. (Advanced Psychology Seminar) SS
351. Cognitive Development: Covers Piaget, Vygotsky, and contemporary theoretical perspectives on cognitive development as well as current research in areas such as memory, conceptual understanding of biological and physical concepts, mathematics, problem-solving and literacy. The implications of research in cognitive development for instructional practices will be discussed. Prerequisite: Psyc 107, 117, or COGS 7. (Advanced Psychology Seminar) SS
367. Clinical Psychology: The science and profession of helping people overcome psychological problems. Theories of human personality and abnormality in relation to techniques for assessing and treating psychosocial problems and in the light of empirical evidence of validity and effectiveness. Professional issues are also covered. Prerequisites: PSYC 153 and PSYC 305 or consent of instructor. SS
393. Independent Research: Individual research projects designed and executed in collaboration with faculty sponsor. Regular meetings with sponsor to give progress reports and receive feedback. Student reads relevant literature and writes report in APA format. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Prerequisite: PSYC 210 or 161 and consent of sponsor. ND
460. Special Study: Study of some special topic not covered in the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit.
461. Research Seminar: Original research designed and executed in collaboration with the faculty. May be repeated for credit.