| Abnormal Psychology |
PSYC 19 |
- Identify and analyze major psychological disorders using signs and symptoms from the current DSM.
- Identify and apply theoretical perspectives used to describe the causes of mental disorders.
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Biological Psychology |
PSYC 1B |
- Identify the major anatomical structures, and their functions, of the nervous system.
- Identify the major structures and main sequence of events of neural chemical transmission.
- Students will apply biopsychological principles/ findings to their own lives.
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Developmental Psychology |
PSYC 14 |
- Apply major theories in developmental psychology.
- Evaluate the relative contributions of nature and nurture to human development.
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Introduction to Child Psychology |
PSYC 15 |
- Compare theories of child psychology.
- Apply physical (including changes in the brain), cognitive, and psychosocial (social, emotional and personality) changes throughout childhood (infancy through adolescence) to explain children's behavior.
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Introduction to Psychology |
PSYC 1A |
- Differentiate the major theoretical perspectives of psychology.
- Demonstrate psychology is a science by explaining how psychology utilizes the scientific method.
- Apply psychological principles to personal observations and / or experiences.
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Introduction to Psychology - Honors |
PSYC 1AH |
- Be able to differentiate the major theoretical perspectives of psychology.
- Explain how psychology utilizes the scientific method
- Apply psychological principles to personal experiences.
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Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology |
PSYC 3 |
- Compare and contrast the various research designs and describe their relative strengths and weaknesses.
- Describe the process of answering psychological questions from a scientific perspective.
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Introduction to Social Psychology |
PSYC 20 |
- Evaluate the reciprocal impact of the individual on social contexts, including social cognition, interpersonal attraction, discrimination, attitudes, conformity, obedience, aggression, and group dynamics.
- Describe the ways in which principles gleaned from social psychological research apply to real world problems and issues.
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Psychology for Effective Living |
PSYC 33 |
- Understand the processes by which psychological factors influence physical health.
- Students will demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to increasing their lifelong personal well-being.
- Identify stressors in your own life and evaluate the effectiveness of your coping strategies. (replaces previous SLO #1)
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Psychology of Reasoning and Problem Solving |
PSYC 5 |
- Identify correct and erroneous cognitive processes.
- Apply critical thinking skills to solve intra personal and interpersonal problems using psychological principles.
- Distinguish between emotional and logical problem solving and how they relate to different situations.
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Psychology of Sexuality |
PSYC 26 |
- Identify and describe sexual and reproductive anatomy, physiology, and sexual responses.
- Describe differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors based on diversity.
- Demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to increasing your lifelong personal well-being.
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Special Projects in Psychology |
PSYC 99 |
- Evaluate information from a minimum of five sources (professional journals or other sources approved by the instructor) that relate to the project.
- Complete a quality project from start to finish. This includes a proposal, data collection and analysis, and communication of results.
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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences |
PSYC 10 |
- Perform and evaluate descriptive (e.g., mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation) and inferential (e.g., Pearson correlation, t tests, z test, and one-way analysis of variance) statistics.
- Using SPSS software, correctly input data, analyze data, and interpret output for descriptive statistics, t tests, correlation, and one-way analysis of variance.
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The Psychology of Women |
PSYC 25 |
- Describe, compare and contrast the predominant theories of gender development.
- Identify gender role messages in popular culture.
- Demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to the role of gender in your personal experience.
- Explain the concept of privilege as it relates to various minority groups.
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