Drs. Alvarez, Christenson, Hebert, Staff
Fundamentals of contemporary psychology, including topics such as heredity and behavior, principles of learning, physiological substrates of behavior, perception, social interaction, and mental health. Lectures and demonstrations. Students may receive credit for only ONE of the following introductory courses: Psyc 100, Psyc 101, or Psyc 102.
Staff
Basics of psychology including topics such as scientific methodology, physiological bases of behavior, behavioral and cognitive development, animal behavior, psychological testing, social perception and influence, disorders of behavior and affect, and applications of psychology. Discussions, lectures, demonstrations, and an emphasis on writing. Enrollment limited to twenty freshmen in the honors program. Fulfills college writing requirement. Students may receive credit for only ONE of the following introductory courses: Psyc 100, Psyc 101, or Psyc 102.
Drs. Corey, Ruscher
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Lectures and laboratory in design of experiments, psychological measurement, and deriving conclusions from experimental data. Psyc 209 is a prerequisite for all psychology laboratory courses. Majors must take two psychology labs in addition to Psyc 209. (Psyc 209 previously held the course number Psyc 212)
Staff
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
A survey of the major theories and research methods in the study and assessment of human personality and individual differences. Application of psychological tests and discussion of experimental measurement techniques. Assumes basic familiarity with descriptive statistics and scientific design.
Staff
Prerequisite: 212 or 209
Social/Developmental/ Cognitive Processes Group
Lectures and research projects relating to basic concepts and fundamental problems in human learning and memory. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Staff
Prerequisite: 212 or 209
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Experiments and theories pertaining to processing, transformation, retention, and utilization of stimulus information. Perceptual coding and judgments, concept formation, problem solving, and decision processes. Application of statistical procedures. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Staff
Prerequisites: 100 or 101 and Invitation by Department
Special course for a selected group of psychology students.
Drs. Corey, Wyland
Prerequisite: 212 or 209
Lectures and laboratory in design of experiments, quasi-experimental designs, control of variables, scientific communication, and application of statistical procedures. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Staff
Prerequisite: 212 or 209
Psychobiology Group
A survey of the sensory and perceptual systems with an emphasis on stimulus specification, methodology of experimentation, application of statistical procedure, and physiological bases of sensory processes and perception. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors. Also satisfies college science laboratory requirement.
Dr. Alvarez
Prerequisite: 212 or 209
Techniques and Applications Group
A survey of the nature, extent, and measurement of individual differences. Practice is given in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of a variety of types of tests with particular emphasis on techniques in contemporary use. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Drs. Szechter, Wilson
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Techniques and Applications Group
Examines psychological principles applied to educational practices with special emphases on cognition. Its purpose is to help adults working with children to understand better the relationship between applied educational practices and psychological principles and research. Includes observational assignments in schools. Same as CTED240.
Dr. Lockman
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
A survey of the concepts, principles, and major findings of research on human development. For students seeking teacher certification, assignments include observation in schools. Same as CTED321.
Staff
Prerequisites: 209 or 212; and 321
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Experimental approaches to the study of human development, directed research, and application of statistical procedures. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Dr. Joseph
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Lecture, one hour. Laboratory, two hours. Students must reserve two one-hour periods between 9am and noon or between 1pm and 4pm for nursery school observation. Same as CTED323. Does not satisfy psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Ms. Swan
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 10
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
An investigation of educational programs for young children and/or parents of young children based on cognitive developmental theory, learning theory, and others. Curriculum development and the evaluation of program effectiveness are discussed.
Dr. Lockman
Prerequisite: 321
The cognitive, perceptual, and social development of the human infant are reviewed. Research findings and methods are emphasized.
Dr. Cunningham
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
A study of a wide range of topics relating to psychology generally, and African Americans specifically. Topics include personality, education, psychological assessment, racism, psychology in communities, and research.
Dr. Wilson
Prerequisites: 100, 101, or 102 and Sophomore Standing
Techniques and Applications Group
An introduction to the psychological aspects of the behavior disorders.
Drs. Overstreet, Varela
Prerequisites: 321, Corequisite: 389
Techniques and Applications Group
An introduction to clinical disorders and exceptionalities occurring in childhood and adolescence. The course requires a practical experience involving two hours per week in area schools or community organizations. Concurrent registration for one hour service learning credit in psychology is required.
Dr. Joseph
Prerequisite: 323 or Instructor Approval
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Lecture two hours; laboratory six hours. A study of the basic principles involved in guiding the behavior of preschool children. Students must reserve six hours a week between 9am and noon or 1pm and 4pm for work in the nursery school. Students should apply to the instructor at least one semester in advance. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement only for students graduating in the Teacher Certification Program. Does not fulfill college science laboratory requirement.
Dr. Cunningham
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes
Group. A study of development through the adolescent years. Emphasis on cognitive, social, physical, moral, sexual, and political development. For students seeking teacher certification, assignments include observation in schools. Same as CTED361.
Staff
Prerequisite: Psyc 100 or 101 or 102
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
This course focuses on critical topics that are related to children becoming healthy functioning social beings. These topics include: biological contributions, temperament, attractiveness, attachment, gender differences, parenting styles, sibling relationships, peer relations, moral development, aggressiveness, identity, and schools.
Drs. Molix, O'Brien, Ruscher
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
The individual in a social context: the nature and measurement of attitudes, social perception, interpersonal, and intergroup relations.
Dr. Ruscher
Prerequisites: 212 and 343 or Instructor Approval
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Laboratory and field experiments in interpersonal relations, social roles, and attitude change. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Dr. Ruscher
Prerequisites: 212 and 343
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
Students conduct and critique laboratory experiments in cognitive social psychology. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Staff
Prerequisite: Approval of Supervising Faculty Member
Supervised research activity for psychology majors.
Staff
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
This course focuses on factors which impact women's health. A review on how women's health differs from men's health will provide the basis for more in depth discussion of diseases and health issues that are specific to women. The psychosocial factors with influence health in women will be covered in detail.
Drs. Varela, Wyland
Prerequisite: 100, 101 or 102, and Instructor Approval
Minimum for Instructor Approval is prior (preferably 340) covering temperament, attachment, and other developmental influences at the individual level.
This course is designed to familiarize students with current conceptual issues relating to family psychology and psychopathology. The course will focus on research and issues in selected topics in the development of the family. It is intended to give the student a sense of the breadth and depth of some of the major issues in the field of family psychology/psychopathology. The topics include the family life cycle, family identity, family rituals, family transitions, intergenerational issues, risk/resiliency factors, and the structural model of families.
Drs. Colombo, Daniel, Dohanich, Hebert, Wee
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Psychobiology Group
Lectures cover the function and structure of the nervous system and the role of brain activity in the regulation of behavior. This course provides psychology majors with a first exposure to the biological bases of behavior and is not recommended for students who have taken other courses in this area of study.
Dr. Christenson
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Psychobiology Group
A lecture course to introduce the types of questions asked by animal behaviorists, theoretical disciplines posing those questions, and recent research in three categories: behavior related to the environment, social behavior, and applied behavior. Same as EEOB316.
Dr. Christenson
Prerequisites: 209 or 212, 316 and Instructor Approval
Psychobiology Group
A laboratory course with lectures in animal behavior in which hypothesis generation, experimental design, ethical consideration, methods of observation and data recording, and data analysis and interpretation are explored through experiments and written assignments. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors. Also satisfies college science laboratory requirement. Same as EEOB317.
Staff
Prerequisite: 100, 101 or 102
Techniques and Applications Group
A survey of major topics in personnel and organizational psychology as applied to business, industry, government.
Staff
Prerequisite: 348 or 371
Techniques and Applications Group
The use of various quantitative research techniques applied to human resource problems in organizations. Primary topics covered include job analysis, recruitment, performance appraisal, validation, personnel selection, test bias and fairness, and training.
Staff
Various topics in psychology based on faculty and student interest. In recent years, these topics have included Child Socialization, Health Psychology, and Primate Cognition.
Staff. Corequisite: Psyc 380. Requires permission of instructor. Taken concurrently with Psyc 380 special topics, Psyc 381 will include the basic elements of research design, the methodologies particular to the topic area, and writing research reports in the style of the American Psychological Association. Satisfies, in part, the psychology laboratory requirement.
Staff
Writing practicum periodically offered to accompany courses with approved writing practical (Psyc 373; Psyc 443, Psyc 461). Fulfills college writing requirement
Staff
Field practicum in service learning to accompany specific content courses (e.g., Psyc 334, Psyc 240). Students can receive credit toward graduation for a maximum of TWO units of service-learning course work.
Dr. Overstreet
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
This is an internship experience which provides the student with intensive training in behavioral interventions for children with autism and supervised experience in implementing the interventions. Students are required to work 5 hours per week in the child's home utilizing behavioral interventions directly with the child.
Staff
Dr. Ruscher
Prerequisites: 212, 343, and Junior Standing
Applies the theories and methodologies of social psychology to areas such as the legal system, sports psychology, violence against women, the media, health psychology, and political psychology. Optional 1 credit writing practicum periodically offered as 388 to satisfy college writing requirement.
Staff
Dr. Cunningham
Prerequisite: 321 or 361
Social/Developmental/Cognitive Processes Group
A study of major research findings with African-American children and adolescents. The course includes participant-observer experience in the applied setting. Intensive writing required. Optional 1 credit writing practicum periodically offered as 388 to satisfy college writing requirement.
Dr. Christenson
Staff
Prerequisite: Psyc 212 or Psyc 209 and Instructor Approval (or instructor-set prerequisites).
Special topics offered occasionally by psychology faculty with an attached laboratory, such as Research methods in urban communities, Stress and Trauma, Research in prejudiced communication, and Research in personality. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors.
Staff. For individual research project done with a department faculty member. Generally includes hypothesis generation, design, consideration of ethical issues, data gathering, inferential analysis and the writing of work in acceptable scientific (APA) format. Satisfies, in part, the psychology laboratory requirement.
Staff
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Staff
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
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600-level Psychology Courses generally are approved for both graduate and undergraduate enrollment. However, particular courses may be more appropriate for graduate or undergraduate students, so students should consult their advisors.
Staff
Prerequisite: psychology or biology courses about the 200 level. Contemporary data and theories of the development and expressions of sexual differences in morphology, physiology, and behavior in animals and man will be evaluated. Emphasis will be placed on current studies of sexual dimorphisms in neural and biological processes
Drs. Corey, Ruscher
Prerequisite: 100 or 101 or 102
Lectures and laboratory in design of experiments, psychological measurement, and deriving conclusions from experimental data. [Psyc 609 previously held the course number Psyc 667]
Drs. Corey, Ruscher
Prerequisite: Psyc 209/212 or Psyc 609/667 and Instructor Approval
Techniques and Applications Group
Psyc 611 is an intermediate-level course in graduate statistics designed primarily to meet the needs of beginning graduate students in the social sciences. Advanced undergraduates with an appropriate background in statistics (i.e., normally within the A-range from Psyc 212/209 or equivalent background) and who plan to undertake graduate work in psychology also may find Psyc 611 suited to their needs. Instructor approval for enrollment is required.
Dr. Corey
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Techniques and Applications Group
Design and analysis of experiments in the behavioral sciences involving multiple predictor and criterion variables. Extensive use is made of Tulane computer facilities but no programming knowledge is required
Dr. Christenson
Prerequisite: 100, 101, or 102 and instructor permission
History of psychology, survey of modern viewpoints in psychology, associationism, structuralism, behaviorism, Gestalt psychology, etc.
Staff
Prerequisite: 651 or Instructor Approval
A critical analysis of current theories of brain mechanisms and relevant data. Independent work is encouraged in areas of student interest. Laboratory includes application of research techniques, use of histological materials and demonstration. Satisfies department laboratory requirement for psychology majors and minors.
Drs. O'Brien, Ruscher
Prerequisites: 212 and 343 or Graduate Standing
Staff
Prerequisite: 100, 101, 102 or Instructor Approval
Inquiries are made into basic issues in verbal learning processes: theoretical and empirical discussions in serial learning, paired-associated learning, recognition, free recall, sentence comprehension, language learning (including bilingualism), and other psycholinguistic aspects. Applications to educational and real life situations may be touched on when pertinent.
Staff
Prerequisites: Psyc 212, Junior Standing and Completion of University Writing Requirement
Techniques and Applications Group
This course provides didactic instruction as well as practical experience in the assessment and remediation of reading problems in school-aged children. Students are required to complete 50-60 hours of reading instruction over the course of the semester.
Dr. Colombo
Prerequisite: 347 or Instructor Approval
Psychobiology Group
An intensive survey of biological psychology with emphasis on neuroanatomy and research methods used to study mechanisms of learning and memory, mental disorders, emotion, stress, and other psychological phenomena.
Dsr. Colombo, Hebert
Corequisite: Psyc 651; Prerequisite: Psyc 212
A laboratory course providing training in behavioral and neurobiological methods, experimental design, data collection and analysis, and preparation of research reports. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for majors and minors. Also fulfills college sciencelaboratory requirement.
Dr. Dohanich
Prerequisite: 347 or Instructor Approval
Psychobiology Group
An introduction to the effects of psychoactive agents on the nervous system. Lectures emphasize the mechanisms by which drugs regulate neurotransmitter systems to alter psychological and physical states.
Drs. Dohanich, Hebert
Corequisite: 653, Prerequisite: 212
Laboratories provide demonstration and hands-on experience in research methods used in contemporary psychopharmacology including receptor measurement, models of drug abuse and psychopathology, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Satisfies departmental and college laboratory requirements.
Dr. Dohanich
Prerequisites: 347 or Instructor Approval
Psychobiology Group
An introduction to the effects of steroid and peptide hormones in physiology and behavior. Lectures focus on the hormonal mechanisms that control reproductive and regulatory functions in human and infrahuman species. Psyc 655 can be taken without Psyc 656.
Drs. Dohanich, Hebert
Corequisite: 655, Prerequisite: 212
Laboratories provide demonstration and hands-on experience in techniques used in contemporary neuroendocrine research. Satisfies departmental and college laboratory requirements.
Dr. Golob
Prerequisite: Psyc 100, Psyc 367
An introduction to the study of human behavior and cognition using neuroscience methods. The course will examine the neural basis of perception, attention, memory, language, motor control, and emotions.
Drs. Golob, Hebert
Prerequisites: Psyc 212 and Instructor Approval; Corequisite: Psyc 657
A laboratory course that provides training in experimental design and ethical issues, data collection, analysis, and manuscript preparation for cognitive neuroscience experiments. Methods used in cognitive neuroscience research, such as event-related potentials, structural and functional MRI , will also be discussed. Students will conduct their own studies using behavioral and brain electrical activity measures. Satisfies departmental laboratory requirement.
Staff
Prerequisites: Senior Standing and Permission of Instructor
Psyc 665 Advanced Studies in Cognition, Human Learning, and Memory (3)
Staff
Considered are advance theories and empirical works and new developments within cognition, human verbal and motor learning, and retention processes. Research is pursued in depth to optimize student comprehension of such issues as encoding, transformation, storage, retention, retrieval, utilization, and interpretation of stimulus information by human subjects.
Drs. Lockman, Cunningham, Szechter
Prerequisites: 212 and 410, or Instructor Approval plus either 321, 328, or 361
Students are provided with the opportunity to engage in directed research and specialized study in developmental psychology. Recent advances in such areas as memory, social cognition, sex roles, cognitive development, social development, and motivation are explored.
Drs. Molix, O'Brien, Ruscher
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Students examine one or a few specific areas in personality and social psychology. Topics such as attribution, impression formation, sex roles, and personality variables in social behavior are related to the dynamics of inter- and intrapersonal behavior.
Drs. Christenson, Colombo, Dohanich, Golob
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Advanced theoretical and empirical work in physiological mechanisms of behavior, neuroendocrinology, sensory processes, animal learning, or comparative animal behavior are explored.
Staff
Prerequisite: 318 or Instructor Approval
Introduction to psychometric theory, issues of measurement scaling, reliability, and validity.
Staff
Prerequisites: 344 and Instructor Approval
Lecture and projects in laboratory and field methodology currently employed in social and organizational psychology. For graduate students or advanced undergraduates. Satisfies psychology laboratory requirement for psychology majors and minors.
Staff
Various topics in psychology based on faculty and student interest.
700-level courses ordinarily are restricted to graduate students . However, some undergraduate students can obtain permission to take certain 700-level courses. Such students usually are seniors with a superior grade-point average who have taken several undergraduate courses in the topic, and who recognize that the work load will be considerably greater than that of an undergraduate-only course. Individuals who are bound for graduate school — including our 4+1 MS program — particularly may be interested in considering these advanced courses, and should consult their advisor and the course instructor. Some courses are restricted to doctoral students in the psychology department.
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