80 courses in the 1992–93 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science.
Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 101 or PSYCH 120R
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
A study in greater depth of selected topics. Previous topics included: Applied Psychology; Culture’s Influence on Behaviour; Psychological Intervention; Social Psychology and Sport. Topics will be announced each year in time for pre-registraton.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
The logic of measurement in Psychology. Descriptive procedures for collecting and handling data. Making inferences from test scores. The use of correlational procedures in measuring intelligence, achievement, aptitudes, interests and personality.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Antireq: Any course in statistics
This course is intended for General Psychology majors. Others wishing to enrol may do so provided that their math background does not exceed one OAC math Course or one term course at the first-year level of university math. Students working on a Psychology minor whose math background exceeds that just described and who will not be taking a statistics course in their major, may enrol in this Course after completing five term courses in Psychology.
This course is designed to introduce the student to theories in Learning and Motivation and to provide the student with an understanding of the experimental techniques in these areas.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors
An examination of data and theory concerning perceptual processes. Topics will include the perception of form and space, perceptual learning and a consideration of the effect of personality variables in perception.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors
An examination and evaluation of selected topics dealing with human learning, thinking, concept formation, memory and language.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors
An examination of the process and factors of human development.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enroiment for Psychology majors
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
Course Descriptions Psychology
A consideration of the main variables affecting learning in the classroom with special focus upon the conditions essential to efficient learning.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
Educational problems associated with mental retardation, emotional disturbances, sensory and physical impairments and intellectual giftedness.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
What processes change as adults age? Is the idea of age-related decline in functioning a myth? The course deals with processes such as memory, perception, intelligence, and problem-solving. It also outlines the problems in interpreting developmental research.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
An examination of the psychological aspects of aging and the traditional and recent literature relating to various views on the reality of death in human life. Therapy with dying individuats is reviewed and evaluated.
Prereq: PSYCH 101 or permission of the instructor
Offered at St. Jerome's College
and Sex The course focuses on the existence of and bases for sex and gender differences with emphasis on biological, psychological and cultural issues.
Sexuality. This course will examine psychological and social psychological theories and empirical investigations of human sexuality.
Prereq: PSYCH 101 or permission of instructor
Antireq: SMF 201A
Offered at St. Jerome's College
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An introduction to the scientific study of social behaviour and social influences on behaviour. Theories and research on such topics as attitude change and persuasion, stereotypes and prejudice, conformity and obedience to authority, altruism, conflict, attraction and love will be introduced.
Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 253 or PSYCH 220R.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors.
Cross-listed as PSYCH 220R
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
A psychological analysis of social interaction. The development of interpersonal attraction from first impressions to longterm relationships. The roots of hostility, conflict and communication problems. Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 254 or PSYCH 221R Prereq: PSYCH 253 Cross-listed as PSYCH 221R
Introduction to brain, basic physiological processes, and their roles in behaviour. Course covers sensing and perceiving; neural bases of action; motivation; learning and memory; and consciousness. Both experimental and clinical data are considered.
Prereq: PSYCH 101 or permission of instructor
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors
Survey of mechanisms, development, adaptive value and evaluation of behaviour in non-human animals. Covers ethology, sociobiology and experimental comparative psychology. Emphasis on principles of research with laboratory and wild animals as well as methods of observing behaviour.
Prereq: PSYCH 101 or permission of instructor
Priority enrolment tor Psychology majors
An introduction to the methods used in psychological research. Methods for observing behaviour and the procedures used to summarize these observations are emphasized.
Prereq: PSYCH 101 and second year Honours standing in Psychology
See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, Item 7, on p. 9.7)
An introduction to the logic and methods of inferential statistics with emphasis on application in Psychology. Also included is amore detailed treatment of the methods and projects introduced in PSYCH 291. Prereq: PSYCH 291 and second year Honours standing in Psychology See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, Item 7 on p. 9.7)
A consideration of data and theory con-
cerning sensory processess. Topics will
include psychophysical methodology.
sensory mechanisms, and the
neuropsychological basis of perceptions. Prereq: PSYCH 206
An introduction to current human experimental neuropsychology. The course will review evidence for brain-behaviour interactions obtained from studies of human brain damage and from investigations of the normal brain. Topics such as the representation of language, hemispheric specialization, memory, spatial ability, dyslexia, movement disorders and affective disorders will be considered.
Prereq: One of PSYCH 206, 207, 261, or KIN 356
Antireq: KIN 456
This course will be concerned with contemporary issues in psychological study of social development. The course will be organized around a few central issues such as those of continuities and discontinuities of development and the relations between social and cognitive development.
Prereq: PSYCH 211
Course Descriptions Psychology
A critical examination of the concept of learning disability and of current issues in the assessment and remediation of learning problems. Prereq: PSYCH 211, 212, or 213 Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 160 or PSYCH 312 Also offered at St. Jerome's College
A consideration of psychological research and theory concerned with the origins and development of cognition in humans. This course traces the development of such cognitive skills as problem solving. memory, concept formation, language, and other symbolic capacities from birth to adulthood. Cultural influences on cognitive development will also be considered. Prereq: PSYCH 207 or 211
A study of the psychological processes in the second decade of human development. Consideration is given to such areas as intellectual, emotional and social growth, and identity formation. Current concepts, issues, and research are stressed.
Prereq: PSYCH 211
Formerly PSYCH 214
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
An examination of children’s psychological disorders from several major perspectives with an emphasis on current research findings. Theoretical and clinical issues are considered.
Prereq: PSYCH 211
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
An introduction to the methods, theories and problems in individual Counselling Psychology.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Also offered at Renison College and St. Jerome's College
Forms of psychological intervention that produce important changes in the way people think, feel and behave including psychoanalysis, behaviour therapy, brainwashing, cuit conversions, deprogramming, hypnosis, biofeedback and meditation.
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Survey of organizational, group, and individual processes involved in work motivation, group dynamics, leadership, organizational climate and organizational culture. Prereq: PSYCH 101 Antireg: M SCI 211
An examination of the following major top-
ics in personnel psychology: employment
planning, selection and recruitment, selec-
tion techniques, career development, per-
formance appraisal, training programs.
labour relations, compensations systems. Prereq: PSYCH 101
Theory and practice are integrated in an attempt to identify and to understand the social factors which inhibit or facilitate healthy development of the individual. The adequacy of existing social structures and institutions in the treatment of various personal problems is assessed.
Prereq: PSYCH 253
Offered at St. Jerome’s College
Contemporary theories on the therapeutic application of group processes. Issues such as group development, leader skills and training, selection of members, problems encountered in both process and outcome research will be examined. Prereq: PSYCH 101 Offered at St Jerome's College
The course will examine reactions to victims of misfortunes such as serious physical and mental iliness, natural disaster, poverty and discrimination.
Prereq: PSYCH 253
An examination and evaluation of some of the outstanding theories of personality. Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 355 or PSYCH 322R Prereq: PSYCH 101 Priority enrolment for Psychology majors. Cross-listed as PSYCH 322R
The nature and origin of deviant behaviour.
Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 357 or PSYCH 323R
Prereq: PSYCH 101
Priority enrolment for Psychology majors
Cross-listed as PSYCH 323R
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
This course continues and extends PSYCH 261. Departmental listings of topics should be consulted.
Prereq: PSYCH 261 or permission of the instructor
These courses will be offered at different
times as announced by the Department. Consult departmental listings for topics
and prerequisites.
An examination of the effective use and interpretation of statistics in complex research designs. Topics include an introduction to multivariate analysis, analysis of variance, and applied psychological research.
Prereq: PSYCH 292 and third year Honours standing in Psychology
See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, item 7 on p. 9.7)
An introduction to the logic of measurement in Psychology with special emphasis placed on the use of psychological tests to assess individual and group differences. Prereq: PSYCH 391 and Honours standing in Psychology
Course Descriptions Psychology
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 211 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 206 or 207 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 253 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 261 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 355 or 357 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
Open only to students in a Psychology Honours Program.
Prereq: PSYCH 203 or 271 and 391 (acceptable as a corequisite)
PSYCH 4404/8 FW 3C,3C 0.5/0.5 Group and Individual Counselling
The practice of counselling in terms of current psychological theories and research. The demonstration and development of these concepts are aided by personal participation, exercises, role play and videotape simulation.
Prereq: PSYCH 334 and 344 or suitable alternative and permission of instructor
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
A grade for PSYCH 440A will be submitted only after the completion of PSYCH 440B.
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This is an opportunity for independent experimental research or extensive reading. Before a student can register for this couyse, a proposal outlining the course, @.g. area of study, method of evaluation, etc., as agreed to by both the student and the professor, must be filed at the Psychology Undergraduate Office. A maximum of one term course in directed studies may be used toward the five Psychology electives required for the General Program and a maximum of two term courses towards the Psychology electives required in the Honours Program. A 480 project may be used to fulfill either an Honours Seminar or an Advanced Psychalogy requirement in the Honours Program.
Prereq: Open to third and fourth year Psychology students who have a cumulative Psychology average of 75% or better
Each student wilkwork under the direction of a member of the department on a research project. The project will involve an empirical study and/or a critical integrative review of some issue or issues in the research literature of Psychology. The result of this investigation will be presented by the student in the form of a thesis which will be examined critically by members of the department. Although a thesis supervisor normally comes from within the Psychology Department, approval for other thesis supervisors may be sought from the course co-ordinator. Students may choose to begin 499 in their 3B or 4A term.
Open to Honours Psychology or Make- Up Psychology students only
A letter grade for PSYCH 499A and PSYCH 4998 will be submitted only after the completion of PSYCH 499C.
HONOURS SEMINARS
Consult departmental listings for topics and pre-requisites for 1992-93. Open to third and fourth year Honours Psychology or Make-Up Psychology students, or by consent of the instructor.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.
Topics) .
Interpersonal interaction Cross-listed as PSYCH 254
Course Descriptions Psychology
Open to senior Social Development Studies majors only.
Pure Mathematics
Undergraduate Officer LJ. Dickey, MC 5078, ext. 4076
Introductory Note
More detailed course descriptions and availability information may be obtained upon request from the Pure Mathematics Department.
Basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science, with special emphasis on social aspects of behaviour. Topics may include the nervous system, perception, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, emotion, development, personality, social influences, psychopathology and psychotherapy. Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 120R or PSYCH 101
A continuation of PSYCH 120R with indepth study of some selected topics. Prereq: PSYCH 120R Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 121R or PSYCH 102
An examination of the major theories of personality including consideration of the psychoanalytic, dispositional, humanistic, and behaviouristic modeis.
Prereq: An introductory Psychology course
Cross-listed as PSYCH 355
Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 322R or PSYCH 355
A survey of concepts, theory, and research dealing with the nature and etiology of behavioural abnormality. Topics include neurosis, schizophrenia, depression, psychophysiological and behavioural disorders.
Prereq: An introductory Psychology course
Cross-listed as PSYCH 357
Students may receive credit for only one of PSYCH 323R or PSYCH 357
An introduction to the methods, theories and problems in individual counselling psychology.
Prereq: An introductory Psychology course
One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the Social Development Studies Program. Subjects will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty.
An independent in-depth study of a selected area of concern to the student within the discipline of Psychology. Available to individuals or small groups of third or fourth year Social Development Studies Majors and arranged with one of the faculty members from the program. Prereq: Permission of Undergraduate Officer
Not offered in 1992–93.
Not offered in 1992–93.