01:830:123 Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences (4) Exploration of the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul. Topics such as the self, mind/body dualism, evolution, culture, death anxiety, afterlife, and religious and political conflict.

01:830:200 Quantitative Methods in Psychology (4) Quantitative methods used in psychological research. Regular exercises required. One semester of college-level mathematics recommended.

01:830:201 Principles of Cognitive Science (3) Introduction to the field of human cognition, surveying methods, concepts, findings; and problems in perception, learning, memory, thinking, problem solving, psycholinguistics, and development. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:210 Behavioral Data Analysis (1) Quantitative methods used in psychological research. Intended for students who have completed an introductory course in quantitative methods that included basic descriptive and inferential statistics, and correlation and regression, but did not include both single-factor and two-factor analysis of variance.
Special Notation: Students who complete the course with a grade of C or better will be considered to have met the quantitative methods requirement for the major in psychology. Prerequisite: Permission of psychology adviser. May not receive credit for both 01:830:200 and 210.

01:830:250 Psychology of Art (3) Art as powerful experience and driving force in human beings. Structure of works of art, fundamental principles by which the human mind organizes such works, and importance of art for human survival. Prerequisite: 01:830:101 or 24 credits.

01:830:271 Principles of Developmental Psychology (3) Survey of life-span human development covering prenatal, infant, child, adolescent, and adult periods.
Formerly 01:830:330. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:272 Drugs and Human Behavior (3) Drug classification; contexts of drug usage; effects of various drugs; analysis of drug action in the central nervous system; aspects of "human nature" revealed by drug usage. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:301 Sensation and Perception (3) Principles of sensory processes in vision, audition, and other modalities, and of the perception of objects and events. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:302 Sensation and Perception Laboratory (1) Experiments and written reports on a variety of topics in sensation and perception. Training in scientific method with respect to data analysis, experimental methods, and research design. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:301.

01:830:303 Memory (3) Principles of acquisition, retention, recall, and forgetting of verbal and nonverbal material. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:304 Memory Laboratory (1) Experiments and written reports on a variety of topics in learning and memory. Stresses training in scientific method with respect to data analysis, experimental methods, and research design. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:303.

01:830:305 Cognition (3) Cognitive processes, including thinking, language, and memory, and their development. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:306 Cognition Laboratory (1) Experiments and written reports on cognitive processes, including thinking, language, and memory. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:305.

01:830:307 Perception in Cognitive Science (3) Approaches to visual perception that emphasize reasoning about stimulus properties (shading, texture, lines, movement, etc.) that give information about the structure of the environment. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:310 Neuropsychology (3) Survey of brain damage and plasticity, brain trauma and disease, neuropsychological assessment and testing, cognitive rehabilitation, and current controversies.� Provides a basic understanding of brain structure and function along with an appreciation of clinical perspectives. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:311 Conditioning and Learning (3) Topics include habituation, sensitization, associative learning, and rule and category learning. Data derived from animal and human research. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:312 Conditioning and Learning Laboratory (1) Learning experiments conducted with animals. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:311.

01:830:313 Physiological Psychology (3) Physiological determinants and mechanisms of behavior. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:314 Physiological Psychology Laboratory (1) Experiments with animals demonstrating or testing principles of physiology. Prerequisites: 01:830:200 and permission of instructor. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:313.

01:830:315 Comparative Psychology (3) Evolution of behavior. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:316 Comparative Psychology Laboratory (1) Experiments designed and conducted with animals to demonstrate�or test principles of comparative psychology. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:315.

01:830:321 Social Psychology (3) Social aspects of behavior. Topics such as socialization, communication, small-group interaction, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, and social conflict. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:323 Research Methods in Social Psychology (4) Research methods for laboratory and field studies in social psychology. Logic and design of behavioral experiments; analysis and interpretation of data; writing of formal laboratory reports. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: 01:830:200, 321. Fulfills laboratory course requirement and also serves as a psychology elective.

01:830:326 Small Groups (3) Empirical findings and theories drawn from research on small-group behavior, group development, leadership, conformity, deviation, and intergroup relations. Prerequisites: 01:830:321 and permission of instructor.

01:830:327 Small Groups Laboratory (1) Laboratory and field studies in small-group behavior. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:326.

01:830:331 Infant and Child Development (3) Review of psychological theory and research on perceptual, cognitive, social, and personal growth during infancy and childhood. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:332 Infant and Child Development Laboratory (1) Experiments and written reports based on observations of children in a school setting, interviews, application of research protocols, and existing databases, including videotapes. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:331.

01:830:333 Adolescent Development (3) Review of theory and research on adolescent growth, cognition, personality, and social development. Prerequisite: 01:830:101 or permission of instructor.

01:830:335 Adult Development and Aging (3) Review of psychological theory and research on cognitive, personality, and interpersonal development. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:338 Personality Psychology (3) Major personality systems. Personality structure, dynamics, development, and assessment. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:340 Abnormal Psychology (3) Survey of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:341 Abnormal Psychology Lab (1) Intensive lab course providing a solid foundation in clinical psychology research. Prerequisites: 01:830:200 and 340.

01:830:342 Research in Personality (3) Research approaches to major issues in personality psychology. Prerequisites: 01:830:101, 338.

01:830:343 Research in Personality Laboratory (1) Research projects designed and conducted in personality psychology. Participation in ongoing research programs. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:342.

01:830:346 Atypical Development in Childhood and Adolescence (3) Origin, diagnosis, and treatment of deviations from normal physical, intellectual, psychological, and social development. Prerequisites: 01:830:101 and one of the following: 01:830:271, 331, 333, 335, or 340.

01:830:348 Psychological Tests and Measurements (3) Theoretical, developmental, and methodological bases of psychological assessments. Includes introduction to selected applications in clinical, counseling, educational, forensic, organizational, and research settings. Prerequisites: 01:830:101, 200, or permission of instructor.

01:830:349 Psychological Tests and Measurements Laboratory (1) Research projects using various assessment techniques. Writing intensive. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:348.

01:830:351 Psychology of Language (3) Production, perception, and acquisition of language at the level of sound (phonology), words (morphology and the lexicon), and grammar (syntax). Prerequisite: 01:830:101. Recommended: 01:615:101 or 201. Credit not given for both this course and 01:615:371.

01:830:352 Psychology of Language Laboratory (1) Covers phonology and speech perception, morphology, lexical change and access, syntax and sentence processing, language acquisition, neurolinguistics, genetics, and evolution of language. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:200. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:351.

01:830:353 Language Acquisition (3) Empirical and theoretical studies of the acquisition of syntax, morphology, and phonology; word learning; the neural bases of language acquisition; language disorders; and learnability theory. Prerequisite: 01:830:101. Recommended: 01:615:101, 201, 441, or 01:830:351. Credit not given for both this course and 01:615:373.

01:830:355 Research Methods in Psychology (3) Logic and design of behavioral experiments; interpretation of data. Prerequisites: 01:830:200 or equivalent and permission of department. Credit not given for more than one of 01:830:300, 355, or 356.

01:830:356 Research Methods in Psychology Lab (4) Logic and design of behavioral experiments; interpretation of data; writing of formal laboratory reports. Prerequisites: 01:830:200 or equivalent and permission of department. Credit not given for more than one of 01:830:300, 355, or 356.

01:830:361 Developmental Psychobiology (3) Growth, maturation, and development of behavior with emphasis on physiological mechanisms and early experience. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:362 Psychology of Sex and Gender (3) Biological, psychological, and cultural determinants in sex differences in behavior with emphasis on humans. Sexual behavior, aggression, personality, intelligence, and social roles. Prerequisite: 01:830:101. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:362.

01:830:364 Motivation and Emotion (3) Psychological and physiological aspects of motivation and emotion in human and animal behavior. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:371 Group Dynamics (3) Basic aspects of group interaction. Participation in experiential group. Focus on a variety of topics related to group interaction, development, and change. Prerequisites: 01:830:101 and written permission of instructor.

01:830:372 Psychological Approaches to Social Problems (3) How social problems are defined. Theories and methods used to study social problems such as crowding, poverty, education, and race relations. Prerequisite: 01:830:321.

01:830:373 Organizational and Personnel Psychology (3) Social psychological research and theory applied to industrial problems. Personnel selection, job satisfaction and morale, organizational effectiveness, group and intergroup relationships, and communication in work settings. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:375 Prejudice and Conflict (3) Social psychology of development and consequences of stereotypes and attitudes toward outgroups; special emphasis on interactions within the classroom. Prerequisites: 01:830:101 and one other course in psychology.

01:830:377 Health Psychology (3) Relationships between behavior and health. Stress, personality, and lifestyle as disease causes; modifying high-risk behaviors; coping with serious illness. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

01:830:380,381 Fieldwork: Foster Care (3,3) Two-semester course involving weekly seminars and faculty-supervised fieldwork consisting of mentoring and transporting children in the foster care system. Prerequisites: 01:830:101, 331, and 340 or 346, and interview with faculty. Open to juniors and seniors.

01:830:382 Fieldwork: Autism (3) Faculty-supervised placements at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, an on-campus program for people with autism spectrum disorders. Direct work with individuals with autism, supervision by professional teachers, and weekly meetings with classroom teachers. Readings and exam. Prerequisites: 01:830:101 and 340 or 346. Open to juniors and seniors.

01:830:383 Fieldwork: Autism II (3) Faculty-supervised placements at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, an on-campus program for people with autism spectrum disorders. Direct work with individuals with autism, supervision by professional teachers, and weekly meetings with classroom teachers. Readings and exam. Prerequisite: 01:833:382. Open to juniors and seniors.

01:830:388 Fieldwork: Child Development (3) Supervised placement in an on-campus child care facility, working as a teacher's assistant. Academic readings, projects, and a final paper required. Prerequisites: 01:830:101 and 331.

01:830:389 Fieldwork: Child Development II (3) Supervised placement in an on-campus child care facility, working as a teacher's assistant. Academic readings, projects, and a final paper required. Prerequisite: 01:830:388.

01:830:391,392 Research in Psychology (BA,BA) Supervised research. Written agreement with the supervisor required. May include laboratory/library research. Final written report required. Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of application form and permission of instructor. May be taken more than once.

01:830:394 Community Psychology and Community Mental Health (3) Influence of social and community forces on development, treatment, and prevention; applications to community problems. Prerequisite: 01:830:321, 323, or 340. Open only to juniors and seniors.

01:830:398 CESEP (1) One-credit optional community service placement in psychology-related field setting. Writing intensive. Corequisite: Can only be taken in conjunction with a designated Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships (CESEP) course offered in the Department of Psychology. Please see the CESEP website (http://case.rutgers.edu) for additional information.

01:830:400 Advanced Statistical Methods in Psychology (3) Expands on the concepts and computations covered in the Quantitative Methods in Psychology (01:830:200). New topics will include additional aspects of association, power analysis, nonparametric procedures, and repeated measures t- and F-tests. While conceptual understanding will be central, students will also learn computation using SPSS software. Prerequisites: Majors only and a grade of B+ or better in 01:830:200, or permission of the instructor.

01:830:401 Advanced Topics in Human Cognition (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in human cognition. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:301, 303, 305 or 351. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:402 Advanced Topics in Human Cognition (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in human cognition. Writing intensive. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:301, 303, 305 or 351. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:408 Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Decision Making (3) Higher-level cognitive processes including reasoning, problem solving, hypothesis testing, judgment, and decision making. Prerequisites: Majors only; 01:830:200 and 301, 303, 305, or 351 .

01:830:409 Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Decision Making (3) Higher-level cognitive processes including reasoning, problem solving, hypothesis testing, judgment, and decision making. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only; 01:830:200 and 301, 303, 305, or 351.

01:830:410 Advanced Topics in Psychobiology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in psychobiology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:310, 311, or 313. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:411 Advanced Topics in Psychobiology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in psychobiology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:310, 311, or 313. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:412 Neuropsychopharmacology (3) Effects of drugs on behavior. Emphasis on central nervous system mechanisms and clinical psychopharmacology. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:313. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:414.

01:830:413 Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory (1) Research on the effect of drugs on animal behavior. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: 01:830:200 or permission of instructor. Pre- or corequisite: 01:830:412.

01:830:414 Neuropsychopharmacology (3) Effects of drugs on behavior. Emphasis on central nervous system mechanisms and clinical psychopharmacology. Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:313. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:412.

01:830:421 Advanced Topics in Social Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in social psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373 or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:422 Advanced Topics in Social Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in social psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373 or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:431 Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in developmental psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:331, 333, 335 or 346. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:432 Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in developmental psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:331, 333, 335 or 346. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:441 Advanced Topics in Personality Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in personality psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373, or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:442 Advanced Topics in Personality Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in personality psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 338, 373, or 377. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:451 Advanced Topics in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in clinical and abnormal psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:310, 340, 346, or 393. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:452 Advanced Topics in Clinical and Abnormal Psychology (3) Multisectioned course with each section investigating advanced problems and issues in clinical and abnormal psychology. Contact department for titles, descriptions, and requirements of sections. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:310, 340, 346, or 393. Additional prerequisites may apply for individual sections.

01:830:453 Systems of Psychotherapy (3) Examination of clinical, empirical, and theoretical foundations of therapeutic intervention. Prerequisite: 01:830:340. Credit not given for both this course and 01:830:393.

01:830:454 Systems of Psychotherapy - WI (3) Examination of clinical, empirical, and theoretical foundations of therapeutic intervention.
Writing intensive. Prerequisite: 01:830:340. 830 majors only.

01:830:455 Positive Psychology (3) Introduction to positive psychology: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions.� Course combines didactic instruction and experiential learning in its coverage of each of these three issues central to this field. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 330, 331, 333, 335, 338, or 364 and written permission of instructor.

01:830:456 Positive Psychology (3) Introduction to positive psychology: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions.� Course combines didactic instruction and experiential learning in its coverage of each of these three issues central to this field Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:321, 330, 331, 333, 335, 338, or 364 and written permission of instructor.

01:830:463 Behavioral Pharmacology (3) Effects of drugs on physiological and behavioral mechanisms. Prerequisite: 01:830:313.

01:830:464 Behavioral Pharmacology (3) Effects of drugs on physiological and behavioral mechanisms. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and 01:830:313.

01:830:470 History of Psychology (3) Philosophical and scientific antecedents of modern psychology. Schools of thought in psychology including structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt, and psychoanalysis. Recurrent issues in the history of psychology. Prerequisites: Majors only and six courses in psychology. Open only to juniors and seniors.

01:830:471 History of Psychology (3) Philosophical and scientific antecedents of modern psychology. Schools of thought in psychology including structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt, and psychoanalysis. Recurrent issues in the history of psychology. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Majors only and six courses in psychology. Open only to juniors and seniors.

01:830:480 Advanced Topics in Visual Perception (3) Current theories of human visual perception and its physiological correlates. Analogies to auditory perception and parallels with computer vision. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

01:830:481 Advanced Topics in Visual Perception (3) Current theories of human visual perception and its physiological correlates. Analogies to auditory perception and parallels with computer vision. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

01:830:490 Honors Research Seminar (3) An advanced seminar for honors research students on experimental design, data analysis, interpretation and presentation, and thesis writing. Prerequisite: Acceptance into psychology honors program. Corequisite: 01:830:497 or 498.

01:830:493 Internship in Applied and Community Psychology (BA) Supervised full-time involvement in service settings, providing opportunity to apply knowledge in developmental, community, and clinical psychology; may include service delivery, planning, and evaluation research. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: At least five courses in psychology and permission of instructor. Corequisite: 01:830:494. Open only to junior and senior psychology majors.

01:830:494 Internship Seminar in Applied and Community Psychology (3) With fellow interns, study dynamics of service organizations and forces influencing how professionals function; group and individual supervision around problems and issues arising from internship experiences. Corequisite: 01:830:493.

01:830:495,496 Research in Psychology (BA,BA) Supervised research. Written agreement with the supervisor required. May include laboratory/library research. Final written report required. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of application form and permission of instructor. May be taken more than once.

01:830:497,498 Honors Research in Psychology (3,3) Individual research projects to be written as honors thesis. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Open only to seniors with 3.4 or better cumulative grade-point average in courses counting toward the major. Honors Research in Psychology (either 01:830:497 or 498) does not count as a laboratory course and does not fulfill the 400-level writing requirement.