1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

195. Seminar in Psychology. I or II. 3 hr. (May be repeated for credit.) PR: Junior orsenior standing and consent.196. Senior Thesis. I, II. 1-3 hr. PR: Consent. For students in the Psychology HonorsProgram.213. Directed Studies. I, II, S. 1-3 hr. PR: Consent. (No more than 10 hours may beapplied to the 42 hours of psychology to which Psychology majors are limited.)Individually supervised reading, research and/or classroom management projects.218. History and Systems of Psychology. I, II. 3 hr. PR: 12 hr. of psychology orconsent. A survey of psychology from its origins in philosophy, biology, and physicsthrough the several major schools of psychological thought to modem perspectives ofbehaviors223. Cognition and Memory. I. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1 , 2. Theoretical and empirical issuesin human learning and memory with emphasis on mechanisms of memory, language,verbal behavior, and conceptual processes.224. Conditioning and Learning. I, II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 171. Survey of research inoperant conditioning and its implications for behavior theory and applications.225. Perception. I, II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1 . A survey of the structure and function ofhuman sensory systems (primarily visual and auditory) and perceptual issues andtheories.232. Physiological Psychology. I. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1 , 2. Introduction to the physiologicalmechanisms of behavior.242. Prenatal and Infant Behavior. 1. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 141. Early influences uponbehavior and development are investigated; topics include behavioral genetics,hazards of prenatal development, sensory-motor development, language development,and socioemotional development.243. Child and Adolescent Behavior. II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 141. Theory and research onmajor psychological processes in childhood and adolescence are explored includingmaturation, personality, socialization, sensory, and cognitive development.245. Adulthood and Aging. I. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 141. Cognitive and personality changesfrom maturity to old age. Psychological reactions to physiological change and to theestablishment and dissolution of family units. Problems of intergenerational differencesin adult behavior.251. Social Psychology. II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1, 151. Social factors which determinehuman behavior. Survey of the results of laboratory research in social psychology andits implications for social phenomena.262. Psychological Assessment. II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1. Theory and practice indevelopment and use of psychological assessment procedures. Includes intelligencetesting, behavioral assessment, and interviewing.263. Comparative Personality Theory. I, II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1 . Theoretical andempirical readings in a survey of major perspectives in personality theory, includingdynamic, cognitive, humanistic, and behavioral theories of personality.264. Psychology of Adjustment. II. 3 hr. PR: Psych. 1. Dynamic principles of humanpersonality adjustment.Psychology Courses 423