P201 Research Methods in Psychology (4). In-depth examination of the conceptualization of research problems and linkages between theory and the design of appropriate strategies for empirical research in psychological science. Topics include experimental and quasi-experimental designs, reliability and validity of measurement and non-experimental procedures. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P203 Development of Gender Differences (4). Evaluation of research on gender differences in physiology, psychology, and social behavior from the prenatal period through adulthood. Topics include cognitive skills, moral reasoning, achievement, prosocial behavior, aggression, and mental health. Examination of psychological and biological theories and explanations for gender differences. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P204 Adolescence (4). Considers pubertal and cognitive changes and their social consequences; the family, peer group, school, and cultural contexts in which adolescence is embedded; and selected psychosocial issues including autonomy, identity, health, and well-being. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P209A Applied Psychological Research (4). Focuses on scientific and professional issues in the field of psychology. Topics include communication skills; intervention approaches; collaboration, consultation, and referral; and ethical issues associated with at-risk populations research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P209B Applied Psychological Research in the Community (4). Explores research and practice in the field of psychology. Students are placed in an actual field placement practicum. Prerequisites: P209A and graduate standing.
P214 Seminar in Social Psychology (4). Presents an overview of selected theoretical and empirical topics in social psychology including social influence and conformity, altruism and aggression, persuasion and attitude change, self and social perception, and social cognition. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P218 Infancy (4). Covers development from conception through the second year. Focus is on research and theory concerning infants’ physical, social, cognitive, perceptual, emotional, and language development. Also covers transition to parenthood and family context of infant development. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P220 Developmental Psychology (4). Examines key concepts and research methods in the study of life span development. Considers different models of development; contextual and ecological perspectives; the nature of plasticity; continuity and change over time. Introduces research designs and statistical procedures for studying human development. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P223 Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology (4). Examines human development in diverse cultures (e.g., Asian, American, and African). Cultural diversity within the U.S. and acculturation of various ethnic groups also discussed. Topics include parenting, family relations, language and cognition, schooling and academic achievement, and morality. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P226 Emotion in Psychology (4). Covers original and recent theories of emotions and how they guide current research. Specific topics include
neuroanatomical structure of emotion, life-span emotional development, and health and emotion. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P228 Public Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (4). Examines using cost-effectiveness information to allocate limited resources to maximize health benefits to a population; defining and measuring cost, survival, and health-related quality of life; and how to calculate cost-effectiveness using decision trees and Markov simulation models. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Environmental Health, Science, and Policy E228, Planning, Policy, and Design U226 and Public Health PH220..
P230 Adulthood (4). Focuses on early and middle adulthood. Examines the extended period of transitioning to adulthood; changes in relationships with family members; impact of major role-related experiences (e.g., spouse, parent, worker) on development and well-being; continuity and change in personality and social identities. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P231 Professional Issues in Psychology (4). Examines a variety of issues related to the professional socialization and development of graduate students in psychology. Topics include the publication process, sources of research funding, alternative employment options, competitiveness on the job market, and the academic career route. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P232 Hardiness as the Pathway to Resilience (4). Theory, research, and practice supports hardiness as a major pathway to surviving and thriving under stress in our turbulent times. This course (1) imparts relevant theory, research, and practice, and (2) teaches how to use hardiness assessment and training techniques. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P233 Personality (4). Provides a frame of reference for understanding personality and its role in life-span development, the relationship of the individual to society, and both mental and physical illness. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P234 Childhood (4). Examines the development of children from two to 12 years of age, covering the areas of cognition, language, emotion, and social relations. Emphasizes recent research and contemporary theory and the ecological context of child development. Presumes familiarity with theories and basic principles of development. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P235 Existential Psychology (4). Representing a needed expansion of positive psychology, the existential approach emphasizes the inherently stressful nature of living, and the personality characteristics that facilitate effective development under pressure. Emphasized are conceptual, research, developmental, assessment, and treatment aspects of existential psychology.
P236 Issues in Human Development (4). Examines selected issues that have current research salience and policy significance, such as day care, parental employment and family functioning, sex differences in adults’ well-being; developmental psychopathology; and the importance of social ties among the elderly. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P220, graduate standing, or consent of instructor. Formerly P236A-B.
P238 Child Psychopathology (4). Examination of etiology, classification, and developmental pathways of disorders, as well as risk and resilience factors, during the childhood/adolescent years. Discussion of genetic influences and contextual risk factors as well as internalizing and externalizing disorders. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P239 Adult Psychopathology (4). Explores the antecedents, characteristics, course, outcomes, and options for the prevention or management of various forms of psychopathology and behavior disorder. Focuses on psychological and biobehavioral mechanisms that influence the development, expression, and amelioration of maladaption. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P241 Mental Health Services and Interventions (4). Analyzes “state of the art” psychosocial and psychotropic treatments and their role in the “de facto” mental health care system. Introduces mental health services research, with emphasis on skills relevant to developing and evaluating treatment programs. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P243 Ecological Context of Psychopathology (4). Surveys the epidemiology of behavioral and other health disorders as they may be affected by socioeconomic status, income disparity, employment stress, adverse employment change, and other social environmental factors. Reviews measurement and design issues in advancing research in this area. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P244 Personality Research and Assessment (4). Examines the nature of personality as it influences research and assessment approaches. Discusses adequacy criteria for personality research and addresses applications to student research and practice needs and interests. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
P245 Psychological Assessment (4). Familiarizes students with psychological assessments in intelligence, clinical diagnosis, personality, and neuropsychological functioning. Exposure to administering, scoring, and interpreting assessments. Special focus on psychometrics (e.g., reliability and validity), test construction, and ethical responsibilities. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P250 Emotion, Reasoning, and Memory (4). Examines research and theory on emotion from the perspective of cognitive psychology. Topics include the effects of emotions on attention, memory, and problem solving; the relations between emotional and cognitive development; flash-bulb memories of intense emotional experiences; eyewitness testimony. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P258 Health Psychology (4). Interdisciplinary exploration of emerging fields of health psychology and behavioral medicine. Topics: role of stress in the development and treatment of medical problems; sociocognitive determinants of health and illness; interpersonal health transactions; behavioral approaches to medical problems such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P262 Interpersonal Processes and Health (4). Examines traditions of research linking interpersonal processes to emotional or physical health. Topics include: role of social support in ameliorating stress, effects of social control on health-compromising behaviors, adverse effects of social relationships on health, causes of deficient social relationships. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P263 Eyewitness Testimony (4). Examines the evidence that shows that faulty eyewitness memory is the major cause of wrongful convictions. Explores what the legal system thinks of eyewitness testimony and how the legal system has dealt with eyewitness issues. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Criminology, Law and Society C263. Formerly P264.
P264A Quantitative Methods in Psychology (4). Statistical techniques for inference in psychological research including point, interval, and effect size estimation to establish test association between variables. Techniques from General Linear Model include single- and multifactor analysis of variance with use of linear contrasts and post hoc comparisons. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P264B Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology (4). Focuses on proper specification of multivariable regression models with emphasis on inferences using OLS and logistical regression. Emphasizes framework for assessing interaction and other complex relationships between response and predictor variables. Use of statistical software to analyze data. Prerequisite: Psychology and Social Behavior P264A.
P265 Memory and the Law (4). Examines the controversial topic of repressed memory, or perception and memory of real-world events. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Criminology, Law and Society C265.
P268 Coping with Stressful Life Events (4). Explores how individuals cope with serious life crises (e.g., illness, bereavement), life transitions, and daily stressors. Considers how such events impact on people’s cognitions, emotions, and health, and the role of others in the coping process. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P270 Multilevel Models (4). Introduces contemporary statistical models associated with nested, hierarchical, or clustered data. Topics include multilevel thinking in theory, growth curve modeling, intraindividual variation, cross-sectional multilayered data, hypothesis-testing, statistical power, effect size estimation, and available software packages. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P271 Human Evolution and Behavior (4). Covers theories and empirical research concerning the evolutionary origins of human behaviors and their variations. An interdisciplinary course emphasizing both evolutionary psychology (e.g. mating strategies, kinship and parenting) and molecular evolution (i.e., evolution of genes for various behaviors). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as Biochem 217.
P272 Psychoneuroendrocrinology (4). Introduction to a new and multidisciplinary research field investigating the interactions between the brain, hormones, and behavior. After an introduction to relevant neuroendocrine concepts, covers current research topics in the field including stress, memory, development, and psychopathology. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P273 Biobehavioral Aspects of Health and Illness (4). Examines the behavior-physiology interactions of some major bodily systems: the nervous, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems. Analysis of normal and abnormal states of these systems as they relate to tissue injury, disease, and rehabilitation. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P274 The Psychobiology of Stress (4). Introduction to stress physiology and psychoneuroimmunology and critical review of research in this area. Examines bi-directional relationships between psychological factors (e.g., stressors, social processes, emotions), neuroendocrine and immune systems, and disease. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P275 Special Topics in Psychology and Social Behavior (4). Topics covered vary with interests of instructor. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
P287 Employment and Family Functioning (4). Examines men’s and women’s employment in the context of the family. Focus is on the effects of work on adult well-being, parenting, marital quality, and child development. Includes social policies that impact the workplace and family. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P290 Research in Developmental Psychology (4). Introduces graduate students to research conducted by individual faculty members in the area of developmental psychology. This is accomplished by having students involve themselves in the conceptualization, strategy, and implementation of the faculty member’s research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
P291 Research in Health Psychology (4). Introduces graduate students to research conducted by individual faculty members in the area of health psychology. This is accomplished by having students involve themselves in the conceptualization, strategy, and implementation of the faculty member’s research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
P292 Research in Psychopathology and Behavior Disorder (4). Introduces graduate students to research conducted by individual faculty members in the area of psychopathology and behavior disorder. This is accomplished by having students involve themselves in the conceptualization, strategy, and implementation of the faculty member’s research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
P293 Research in Social and Personality Psychology (4). Introduces graduate students to research conducted by individual faculty members in the area of social and personality psychology. This is accomplished by having students involve themselves in the conceptualization, strategy, and implementation of the faculty member’s research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
P294A-B-C Research Directions in Psychology and Social Behavior (2-2-2) F, W, S. Introduces students to the current research of faculty, graduate students, and visitors to the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior. Includes examination of contemporary research issues and controversies, as well as issues related to students’ development as professionals. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
P295 Research in Psychology and Law (4). Introduces graduate students to research conducted by individual faculty members in the area of psychology and law. This is accomplished by having students involve themselves in the conceptualization, strategy, and implementation of the faculty member’s research. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
P296 Doctoral Dissertation Research and Writing (4 to 12). Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. May be repeated for credit.
P298 Directed Studies in Psychology and Social Behavior (2 to 4). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
P299 Independent Studies in Psychology and Social Behavior (2 to 8). Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
200 Seminar in Social Ecology (4). Students are introduced to the classic and contemporary literature of human and social ecology and are expected to use the ecological paradigm to analyze social phenomena of interest to the differing subprograms.
254 Research Design and Data Analysis (4). Examines the practical implications of linkages between research methods and data analysis. Considers the underlying assumptions of common statistical procedures (e.g., regression and ANOVA analysis) and how certain methodological choices can render their usage questionable.
261 Strategies of Theory Development (4). The goals are (1) to examine key issues and controversies facing the development of social ecological theory, and (2) to encourage students to develop their own abilities as theorists. Strategies for enhancing creative hypothesis formation are emphasized.
264A-B Data Analysis (4). Provides an appreciation and understanding of statistics necessary to conduct applied research. Topics include approaches to and presentation of data, robust statistics, standardization techniques, multivariate regression, and analysis of variance. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
266A Structural Equation Modeling (4). The general structural equation model is developed including path models, recursive and nonrecursive structural models, multiple indicator models, and confirmatory factor models. Use of LISREL and other software for estimating model parameters is covered. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 264A-B or consent of instructor.
266B Applied Logistic Regression (4). Develops statistical models to be used where the dependent variable is dichotomous. Applications to be considered include cohort and ease-control analyses. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 264A-B or consent of instructor.
266C Analysis of Statistical Power (4). Statistical power is a crucial aspect of hypothesis testing. Students learn how to interpret statistical power; how to calculate statistical power for most common designs; and how to design experiments and quasi-experiments to optimize power. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 264A-B; and graduate standing or consent of instructor.
266D Analysis of Survival Data (4). Provides an introduction to survival analysis methods for the analysis of change in discrete dependent variables. Focuses on data collection strategies for obtaining longitudinal data and continuous-time hazards models. Communicates the variety and power of multivariate hazard models.
266E Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (4). Longitudinal data feature measurements over a continuum and are often conceptualized as a trajectory describing the evolution of the response “over time.” Course emphasizes use of the linear mixed model for the analysis of normally distributed, longitudinal responses. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 264B or Psychology and Social Behavior P264B or equivalent; graduate standing.275 Special Topics in Social Ecology (2 to 4). Topics covered vary with interests of the instructor. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
290A Descriptive Multivariate Statistics I (4). Lecture, four hours; laboratory, two hours. Mathematical tools to organize and illuminate the multivariate methods. Multiple regression analysis. Multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Statistical computing via MDS(x), DMDP, and SPSS. Students must enroll in the laboratory section which meets on Wednesdays. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite: Social Science 100A-B-C or equivalent. Same as Informatics 207 and Social Science 201A.
290C Sampling Techniques and Estimation Methods (4). Review of confidence interval estimates derived from simple random samples followed by presentation of techniques for improving precision of sample-generated estimates that take account of realistic issues. Methods for dealing with bias and nonsampling errors. Prerequisite: Social Ecology 166A-B-C or equivalent. Same as Social Science 201C and Management 290.
291 Program Evaluation (4). Students are introduced to the use of research techniques and statistical methods in assessing the effectiveness of social programs. Different evaluative models are discussed using examples of actual program evaluations. Prerequisites: Social Ecology 201 and two quarters of graduate-level statistics. Intended for students in the Ph.D. program.
295 Master’s Thesis Research and Writing (4 to 8). Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
296 Doctoral Dissertation Research and Writing (4 to 12). Prerequisite: advancement to candidacy. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
297 Field Studies (2 to 4) F, W, S
298 Directed Studies (2 to 4) F, W, S
299 Independent Study (2 to 8) F, W, S. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
399 University Supervised Teaching (2 to 4) F, W, S. Required of and limited to Teaching Assistants. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only.