Prerequisite to all other PSYC courses. A survey of contemporary psychology with reference to its historical development and emphasis on its present...
Examines human development from conception onwards, with some reference to evolutional psychology. Involves the study of the norms and processes of...
Examines research methods and design of experiments. Students study a variety of inferential statistical procedures. PREREQ: STAT 2126 or equivalent...
An introduction to the general relationships between human brain and human behaviour. Human behaviour, including sleep, dreams, memory, thought,...
Examines normal behavioural and psychological correlates of the human brain. Pathological behaviours following trauma to different brain regions are...
The goal of this course is to examine how biological factors shape the behaviour of organisms. Students will be given an overview of how evolutionary...
A study of emotion in human beings and animals. Includes the many theories and experiments concerning behavioural, instinctual, physiological and...
A study of motivation in human beings and animals. Includes the many theories and experiments concerning behavioural, instinctual, physiological and...
A scientific study of how organisms, especially humans, obtain information about their external and internal environments. Topics include: the...
This course examines how humans process stimulii from the external environment. The central nervous system's processing of the five sensory modalities...
A systematic description and evaluation of various personality theories and their application to personality assessment and personality change. The...
This course considers the application of contemporary evolutionary theories and knowledge to the study of human psychology and animal behaviour. (lec...
This course is intended to provide third-year students with an opportunity to extend and integrate their knowledge of and skills in psychology through...
Examines the theoretical background of tests; the nature of psychological measurement; consistency and validity. Topics include: interpretation of...
Topics include: creation and evaluation of psychological tests and other measures; scaling and measurement; principles of test construction, item...
Topics include: univariate analysis of variance including factorial designs; multiple regression; the design of complex psychological experiments; the...
Topics include: the logic and interpretation of multivariate and other statistical designs including factor analysis, analysis of covariance,...
Topics include: types and mechanisms of learning, the variables and conditions which contribute to learning processes; a review of experimental...
Several representative approaches to the study of learning and memory are examined in depth and students carry out experiments on each topic....