PSYCH 15 Introductory Psychology
A short introduction to the methodology and basic principles of some of the major areas of modern psychology such as learning, emotion, and perception. (For Engineering students only).
3 lectures, half course.
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40 courses in the 1965–66 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1965–66
R. K. Banks, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) - - - Assistant Professor K. S. Bowers, A.B., Ph.D. (Illinois) - - - Assistant Professor T. E. Cadell, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Massachustets).
Ph.D. (Wisconsin) - - - - Assistant Professor J. M. Cornell, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Washington) - Assistant Professor W. D. Fenz, B.A., (Southern Missionary), M.A., B.D. (St. Andrews).
M.Sc. (Hawaii), Ph.D. (Massachusetts) - Assistant Professor J. B. Gilmore, B.A. (Stanford), M.S., Ph.D. (Yale) - Assistant Professor
G. V. Goddard, M.A. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (McGill) - Assistant Professor M. Krampen, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Assistant Professor (Design and Psychology)
H. M. Lefcourt, B.A. (Antioch), M.A., Ph.D. (Ohio State)
Assistant Professor G. E. MacKinnon, M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Assistant Professor J. C. Naidoo, B.A. (South Africa), M.A. (Illinois) - Assistant Professor J I. W. Silverman, B.A. (Brooklyn), M.S., Ph.D. (Purdue)
Assistant Professor
R. A. Steffy, B.A. (Albright), M.A., Ph.D. (Illinois) Assistant Professor (Part-time) R. V. Thysell, B.A. (Montana), M.A., Ph.D. (State University of Iowa) Assistant Professor
S. S. Anant, B.A., M.A., B.Ed. (Punjab), M.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan) - - - - - Adjunct Professor
R. R. Ross, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) - - Adjunct Professor
A first-year student intending to major in Psychology must select Psychology 110 and Philosophy 100 or two of Philosophy 125, 135, 140, 150. Students without high school Biology should include Biology 131 in their programmes. Students with less than three Mathematics papers in Grade XIII are, in addition, advised to take Mathematics 85.
In Year II the Psychology major must take Psychology 220 and one other fullyear or two half-year Psychology courses; during Year III he must complete Psychology 321 and one other full-year or two half-year Psychology courses at either the 200 or 300 level. Students who expect to proceed to graduate study in Psychology are strongly recommended to include the following courses in their programme: Biology 231; Mathematics 140, Philosophy 220. Prerequisites may be taken concurrently with courses for which they are prescribed.
Note on numbering: Courses numbered 250-299, 350-399 are Honours courses. Ordinarily, General Course students will take the courses numbered 200-249 or 300-349. Honours students may take a limited number of 200-249 and 300-349 courses but Honours standing will be required.
All courses numbered 600-650 are offered on a half-year basis. Courses numbered 699 and above are full-year courses.
Faculty listed in 1965–66
Two full-year psychology courses (or their equivalent) at the graduate level, a course in experimental design, and a thesis are required for the Master’s Degree. Candidates for the Ph.D. degree are required to take 4 full-year graduate courses (or the equivalent in half-year courses) and submit a thesis. If Ph.D. candidates are entering with an M.A. degree from another university, they will be required in addition to take a course in experimental design. This requirement may, however, be waived if the candidate can pass an examination set by the instructor in charge of this course.
Ph.D. candidates must pass a general examination plus an examination in their major and their minor field of specialization. The areas of specialization are: sensory and perceptual processes, learning, physiological and comparative, child, social, and clinical. Students electing the clinical specialty will be required to complete internship training under conditions approved in advance by the Department.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
PSYCH 110 Introductory Psychology
This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioral science. The development of behaviour, learning, motivation, emotion, sensation and perception, and individual differences will be studied with reference to physiological correlates and to environmental factors.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 150 Experimental Methods in Psychology
An introduction to experimental methods in psychology. In respect to content, emphasis will be placed on the fields of learning, perception, and physiological psychology. (For students in Honours Psychology and Honours Biology and Psychology. Other students by permission of Department only.)
2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory.
211.* Development Psychology. The genesis and development of behaviour of the human will be traced from conception to maturity. 3 lectures, half-year course.
212.* Social Motivation. An analysis of the motivational aspects of human behaviour from a developmental point of view. 3 lectures. half-year course.
PSYCH 220 Principles of Learning
This course is designed to introduce the student to learning theory and also to provide an understanding of experimental techniques in this area.
2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory.
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250.* Comparative Psychology. An introduction to the study of animal behaviour in natural and laboratory situations. Cross-species comparisons. 2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory, half-year course.
260.* Physiological Psychology. The relationship between patterns of behavior and physiological processes. 2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory, half-year course.
PSYCH 270 Sensation and Perception
The characteristics of sensation and perception will be studied in relation to the physics of the stimuli and physiology of the sensory apparatus.
2 lectures, 2 hours laboratory.
PSYCH 311 Social Psychology
In this course the student will study socialization, social perception, interaction within and between groups, and the communication process.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 321 Statistical Inference
An introduction to problems and_ techniques of measurement. The role of descriptive statistics and simple tests of inference in psychological assessment and research, and the concepts of reliability and validity will be discussed.
2 lectures, 1 hour laboratory.
351.* Personality Theory. An examination and evaluation of some of the outstanding theories of personality. 3 lectures, half-year course.
352.* Psychopathology. The nature and origin of deviant behaviour will be considered. Time will also be devoted to an examination of current research on behaviour disorders.
Prerequisite: 351.
3 lectures, half-year course.
353.* Individual Differences. The basic problems in measuring individual differences in intelligence, personality, and other characteristics, will be studied. 2 lectures, two hours laboratory, half-year course.
PSYCH 370 Animal Learning
More advanced study of learning principles, together with a presentation of, and practice in, the techniques of experiments with animals.
2 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory.
PSYCH 380 Advanced Physiological Psychology
More advanced study of the physjological basis of behaviour, with particular reference to the functioning of the nervous system.
Prerequisite: 260.
2 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory.
390.* Motivation and Emotion. Past experience, the social environment, and physiological responses as determinants of motivated behaviour.
Prerequisite: 220.
2 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory, half-year course.
PSYCH 410 History and Systems
An examination of current theoretical approaches to psychological problems presented in a historical context. 3 hours lectures.
PSYCH 430 Problems in Contemporary Psychology
Conducted, for the most part, as a seminar class, the purpose of this course will be to examine the latest developments in psychology, chiefly through journal publications, in order to evaluate contemporary trends in research and theory.
2 lectures.
PSYCH 449 Experimental Design
Logic of experimental designs. Randomization. Experimental and sampling errors. Designs applied in biological sciences. Methods of analysis for factorial designs. Latin squares, etc.
2 lectures.
PSYCH 499 Senior Honours Essay
Each student will work under the direction of a member of the department on an experimental study. The results of this investigation will be presented in the form of a thesis which will be critically examined by members of the department and also, where pertinent, by members of other departments.
5 hours supervised research, seminar.
Graduate Course Descriptions
611, Human Factors Engineering I. The human being as an element in an engineering system; his physical and mental capabilities and limitations; his assets and liabilities as compared to automatic elements; his physical mental requirements for optimum functioning as an element in a system.
PSYCH 612 Human Factors Engineering II
More advanced study of selected problems presented in Psychology 609, together with laboratory demonstrations.
PSYCH 620 Educational Psychology
An application of psychological principles to educational problems, together with a survey of relevent research findings concerning child and adolescent behavoiur.
PSYCH 621 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
A critical evaluation of concepts and principles of particular concern to the clinical psychologist. The course will include historical developments, ethical problems, and role definition. Practicum involves presentation of clinical test materials with lectures pertaining to the development and reliability of, and the validation research on, each test.
PSYCH 622 Psychodynamics
This course deals with the theoretical structures upon which psychological treatment is based. Coverage ranges from orthodox psychoanalytic theory to current phenomonological and social-learning theories. Practicum work includes supervised examinations of school children on standard measures of intelligence and report writing.
PSYCH 623 Personality Assessment
This course deals with the nature, validity, and underlying assumptions of the major “diagnostic” clinical tests. Emphasis is
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placed on the more difficult “projective” tests. Practicum work includes discussion and interpretation of protocols secured from hospital and reformatory populations.
PSYCH 624 Psychopathology
Course materials concern orientations to psychopathology, problems in current approaches, and suggestions for other theoretical systems. Practicum work involves collection of clinical data in a clinical setting under supervision of staff persons.
PSYCH 625 Psychotherapy
A detailed coverage of psychotherapeutic systems and theories of personality change and of related research.
PSYCH 626 Psychotherapy practicum
Students will conduct continuing psychotherapy under supervision of the staff. Theoretical and practical issues will be discussed.
PSYCH 627 Seminar in Clinical Psychology I
This seminar is designed to enable individual staff members to present their current points of view and research contributions.
PSYCH 628 Seminar in Clinical Psychology II
Presentations by individual staff members supplementary to those given in 627.
PSYCH 629 Group psychotherapy
A study of the underlying principles of group therapy with emphasis on the psychodynamics of the individual as he operates in a group situation.
PSYCH 630 Directed Study
This course offers an opportunity for students who have previously taken a half-year course in a specific area to explore selected problems in greater depth.
PSYCH 640 Selected Topics in Psychology
PSYCH 699 Thesis
701, 721, 741. Sensory and Perceptual Processes I, II, III. A series of seminars dealing with current theoretical and experimental problems in perception, psychophysics, and sensory processes.
702, 272, 742. Learning I, IJ, III. A series of seminars devoted to critical reviews of basic theoretical issues and recent advances in selected topics in learning.
703, 723, 743. Physiological and Comparative, I, 11, WI. A series of seminars in which implications of recent experimental advances in brain research and animal behavior will be presented and discussed.
704, 724, 744. Social Psychology, I, II, I. A series of seminars dealing with theoretical issues and research findings in the area of social psychology.
705, 725, 745. Child Psychology, I, II, HI. A series of seminars dealing with recent experimental advances in the area of child psychology and with theoretical issues and research in the areas of child deviopment and behavior.
PSYCH 750 Individual Research Project
A supervised experimental study, together with a survey of relevant findings in the literature.
PSYCH 760 Advanced Experimental Psychology
Detailed study of selected problems in the students’ major area of specialization, e.g., cognition, learning, motivation, perception.
Religious Knowledge
J. W. Fretz, A.B. (Bluffton), B.D. >. (Chicago T Theol. Seminary).
Ph.D. (Chicago) - - - Professor G D. J. Hall, B.A. (Western), B.D., S.T.M., Th.D. (Union Theol.
Seminary) - - - - - Associate Professor P W. Klaassen, B.A. (McMaster), B.D. (McMaster Divinity School).
D.Phil. (Oxford) - - - - Associate Professor G J. R. Horne, M.A. (Western), B.Th. (Huron), Ph.D.
(Columbia) - - - - - Assistant Professor R L. J. Siess, Ph.D., S.T.L. (Gregorian, Rome) - Assistant Professor J D. A. Kirwan, C.R., B.A. (Western) - - Lecturer J (part-time)
PSYCH 50J Grace and the Sacraments
Grace; concepts pertaining to all the sacraments; the meaning of sacramental life to the individual and to society. 3 lectures.
PSYCH 100G Christian Foundations
An introductory survey course of the Old and the New Testament. It seeks to provide a unified view of the development of our Christian heritage from the history and faith of Israel through the life and teachings of Jesus.
3 lectures.
1005. Christian Apologetics. Establishment of the claims of Christianity; the divinity of Christ; the Church; sources of dogma; faith; God and His nature the divine attributes; the Trinity; Incarnation; Redemption; Mariology.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 100P New Testament Greek
This course will consist of two parts.
(a) An Introduction to Greek grammar with appropriate grammatical exercises and development of vocabulary.
(b) An exegetical study of the Greek Text of the Synoptic Gospels, with Mark
as the basis. 3 lectures.
PSYCH 110P Christian Doctrine
An introductory survey of the basic tenets of Christian belief, including the doctrines of Revelation, of the Trinity, of Man of God’s activity in History, of the Church, of Scripture.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 110R History and Philosophy of the World’s Major Religions
The history and philosophy of the world’s major religions, compared and contrasted with the unique message of Christianity.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 200G The Left Wing of the Reformation
The history and philosophy of the sixteenth century sectarians contrasted with the major reformers and evaluation of their place in modern Christianity.
3 lectures.
Religious Knowledge
2005. Sacred Scriptures. Inspiration; origin; the canon of the Scriptures; manuscripts and versions; Biblical history of the Old and New Testaments. 3 lectures.
PSYCH 210G Christian Heritage
A history of the Christian Church. Especially emphasized are: New Testament literature reflecting the Life and thought of the first-century church; developments in form and doctrine in the second to fifth centuries; the late medieval church; the Reformation, special attention being given to the Anabaptist movement by comparison with Roman, Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed Christianity.
3 lectures.
PSYCH 220R Christianity in Contemporary Humanism
An analysis of positive and negative emphases given to Christian themes in serious secular literature of the present day, particular attention being paid to secular and religious interpretations of the motif of love.
PSYCH 300J Catholic Social Doctrines
The Church and society; the pronouncements of the Church on civil, domestic, professional and international societies. 3 lectures.
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Science
PSYCH 100 Introduction to General Science
A survey course for Arts students the first half of which is designed to give a basic grounding in the principles of physics and chemistry, and the historical development of scientific concepts
and methods. The second half of the course is devoted to a study of science in the Twentieth Century, an examination of some of the more important recent developments, such as relativity, the quantum theory, nuclear physics, organic and biochemistry, genetics and evolution.
3 lectures per week.
PSYCH 400 The History and Philosophy of Science
The nature of science; science and technology in Egypt and Babylon. The development of science in Greece; the Orphic mysteries and the Ionian philosophers. Plato and Aristotle; Archimedes. The Alexandrian school and the separation of science and philosophy. Technology under the Roman Empire. The mediaeval attitude toward science. The Renaissance, Copernicus and Galileo. Sir Isaac Newton. The physical and biological sciences during the 18th century. Developments during the 19th century in Physics, Chemistry, Technology, Geology. Evolution, and the rise of modern Genetics. The 20th century revolution in pure science and technology.
2 lectures.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
W. G. Scott, B.A. (Western), M.A. (Toronto) Associate Professor and Acting Chairman of Department
J. W. Fretz, A.B. (Bluffton), M.A. Ph.D. (Chicago), B.D. (Chicago Theol. Seminary) - - - Professor G. N. H. High, B.S.A. (Toronto), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell) Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts H. D. Kirk, B.S. (City College, New York), M.A.
Ph.D. (Cornell) - - - - - - Professor W. L. Sauer, B.A. (Wayne State), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State) - - - - Associate Professor
A. J. Muntean, B.A. (Youngstown), M.A. (Michigan State) Assistant Professor
N. L. Choate, C.R., B.A. (St. Mary’ 8, Kentucky), M.A. (St. Louis) - - - Lecturer J
E. S. Lucy, B.A. (Hobart College, Geneva, New York) - Lecturer
Sociology 100 or its equivalent is a prerequisite for all courses in the department beyond the 100 level. Courses at the 400 level are normally open only to Honours students but may be open to General students with the permission of the instructor.
General students majoring in Sociology must elect the following courses: Sociology 100, 201, 210, 320, 325 and either Sociology 300 and Sociology 301 or Sociology 339 and one other course in Sociology.
History, Mathematics and Science are desirable matriculation subjects for students proposing to major in Sociology.