
Courses
Social Psychology
This course focuses on
the individual in interactions with others and includes such topics as
attraction, helping, aggression, prejudice, and social influence.
Environmental Psychology
This course examines the
relationship between the physical environment (i.e., both natural and
built settings) and the thoughts, feelings, and actions of individuals.
Careers in Psychology
Careers helps students explore
their career interests and options with an emphasis on preparing for
graduate education in psychology.
Statistics and Research Methods II
This
second course in our Statistics and Research Methods series teaches
students the fundamentals of experimental design and the statistics
typically used to analyze experimental data.
Evolutionary Psychology
Draws
on evolutionary principles to understand human behavior, thought,
and emotion, and maintains that certain psychological processes
exist because they facilitated survival and reproduction during our
evolutionary history.
Psychology and Law
Focuses on
psychological research of direct relevance to the legal system.
Topics may include police interrogation and confessions, the
reliability of eyewitness testimony, scientific jury selection,
competency, and the insanity defense.