PSYCHOLOGY COURSES
LOWER DIVISION PSYCHOLOGY COURSES (Psyc 101-299)
Psyc 101 Introduction to Psychology (3 cr) (C). May be used as
core credit in J-3-e.
Intro to psychology topics, including sensation and perception,
learning and thinking, motivation, personality and adjustment,
social processes, psychological testing; emphasis on fundamental
principles.
Psyc 200 (s) Seminar (credits arranged). Prereq: permission
Psyc 201 Survey of Contemporary Psychology (1 cr) Introduces students to the psychology major, the psychology faculty, and current research in psychology. Each week a different faculty member will discuss the history, methods, major findings, and recent developments in his or her main areas of study.
Prereq or Coreq: Psyc 101
Psyc 203 (s) Workshop (credits arranged). Prereq: permission
Psyc 204 (s) Special Topics (credits arranged). Prereq: permission
Psyc 218 Introduction to Research in the Behavioral Sciences (4 cr).
Prereq or Coreq: Stat 251
Primarily for majors in psychology. Logic and method of empirical
research in the behavioral sciences; design, execution, and
reporting of psychological experimentation and research. Three
lectures and one 2-hr lab a week.
Off Campus / Distance Education: Video
Psyc 299 (s) Directed Study (credits arranged). Prereq:
permission
300 LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY COURSES (Psyc 305-390)
Psyc 305 Developmental Psychology (3 cr) (C). Prereq: Psyc
101 or Ed 301
Conception through late adolescence; genetics, anatomy, physiology,
biological changes during development, learning, socialization,
cognition, and personality.
Instructor: Jamie Nekich
Psyc 310 Psychology of Personality (3 cr) (C).
Theories of personality, basic concepts, techniques of measurement,
and experimental methods; the normal personality.
Psyc 310 Web Page
Instructor: Kenneth Locke
Psyc 311 Abnormal Psychology (3 cr) (C).
Nature, causes, treatment, and prevention of patterns of emotional
disturbances and personality disorders, including neuroses and
psychoses.
Instructor: Jamie Nekich
Psyc 315 Psychology of
Women (3 cr).
This course will cover the empirical research regarding gender
differences in domains that are of particular interest to women.
These topics will include but not be limited to women in the
workplace, cognitive and socialization differences, work-family
issues, sexuality, childhood, adolescence, motherhood, identity,
and intimate relationships.
Instructor: Traci Craig
Psyc 316 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 cr).
Application of psychological principles to the study of work
behavior; includes topics such as personnel selection, performance
appraisal, training, work motivation, teams, leadership and job
attitudes.
Psyc 316 Web Page
Instructor: Traci Craig
Psyc 320 Introduction to Social Psychology (3 cr) (C)
Theories, concepts, and research on the social bases of behavior and
social interaction; topics of personal and social relevance,
aggression, prejudice, altruism and helping behavior, interpersonal
attraction, behavior in groups, conformity, attitudes,
authoritarianism, and obedience to authority.
Psyc 320 Web Page
Instructor: Traci Craig
Psyc J325/J525 Cognitive Psychology (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 218
or permission
Survey and analysis of major topics in field; emphasis on
contemporary research and theory; related topics in perception,
memory, and information processing and transformation. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 325 Page
Instructor: Steffen Werner
Psyc J330/ J530 Human Sexuality (3 cr) (C).
Introduction to the fundamentals of human sexuality; emphasis on current
trends and research. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate
credit.
Psyc 330 Page
Instructor: Kenneth Locke
Psyc J345/J545 Group Dynamics (3 cr).
This course will cover the empirical research regarding group
dynamics, including topics of leadership, cohesion, team
building, statistical analyses of group level data, problem
solving, group mood, group creativity, transactive memory,
information processing, and other small group processes.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Instructor: Traci Craig
Psyc 372 Physiological Psychology (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 101,
and Biol 102 or higher
Physiological bases of animal and normal human behavior.
Dist. Education: Web Instructor: Steve Meier
Psyc 390 Psychology of Learning (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 218
Experimental literature of the nature and conditions of classical
and operant conditioning, verbal learning, and cognition.
Psych 390
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Instructor: Steve Meier
400 LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY COURSES (Psyc 400-499)
Psyc 400 (s) Seminar (credits arranged). Prereq: permission
Psyc 403 (s) Workshop (credits arranged). Prereq: permission
Psyc 404 (s) Special Topics (credits arranged). Prereq:
permission
Psyc 404 Home Page
Psyc 411 Clinical Psychology (3 cr).
Survey of the field of clinical psychology including history,
models, interviewing skills, diagnostic testing, psychotherapy
methods, and professional issues.
Psyc 411 Web Page
Instructor: Alan Whitlock
Psyc WS412 Psychological Testing and Measurement (3 cr). WSU
Psyc 412
Assessment of behavioral variables in humans; individual
differences.
Psyc 415 History and Systems of Psychology (3 cr).
History of psychology as a field of scientific inquiry; overview
of development of schools of thought, prominent figures,
and key theories.
Psych J416/J516 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3
cr).
Application of psychological principles to the study of work
behavior; includes topics such as personnel selection,
performance appraisal, training, work motivation, teams,
leadership, and job attitudes. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 419 Adult Development and Aging (3 cr).
Analysis of change from early adulthood through death in the areas
of social, cognitive, and physical development; examination of
theories, concepts, and research in the area of lifespan
development; study of problems of aging, plasticity of functioning,
and ingredients of successful aging.
Psyc 419 web page
Instructor: Jamie Nekich
Psyc 420 Personality and Social Development (Previously Psyc
309) (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 101 and 305, or permission
Personality and social development from birth through adolescence,
including such topics as attachment, aggression, impulse control,
sex differences, self concept, moral development, and effects of
parental childrearing styles.
Instructor: TBA
Psych 421 Cognitive
Development (3 cr).
Intellectual development of child from birth to maturity,
mechanisms of intellectual growth, relationship between language
and cognitive development.
Instructor: TBA
Psyc 422 Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (3 cr).
Prereq: Psyc 101 and 305, or permission
Overview of psychological disorders that affect children and
adolescents; emphasis on how childhood mental illness is defined,
diagnosed, and treated within multiple theoretical perspectives.
Examines how multiple, interacting events shape both adaptive and
maladaptive developmental outcomes.
Instructor: TBA
Psyc 430 Tests and Measurements (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 101 and
Stat 251, or permission
Review of the major principles of test development including test
construction and methods for determining test validity and
reliability, some of the currently used scales, and study of scaling
methods such as Thurstone scales, Likert scales, and semantic
differentials.
Psyc 430 Page
Instructor: Todd Thorsteinson
Psyc 435 Personnel Psychology (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 316
Review of theory and methods related to personnel issues; includes
topics such as individual differences, selection, psychometrics,
compensation, training programs, and performance appraisal.
Instructor: Todd Thorsteinson
Psyc 444 Sensation and Perception (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 218.
Fundamental processes and variables in sensory, perceptual, and
cognitive experiences of humans.
Psyc
444 Web Page
Instructor: Brian Dyre
Psyc 446 Engineering Psychology (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 218 or
Stat 301 or perm.
Application of principles of experimental psychology to analysis of
interaction of the human operator with machine systems and work
environments; emphasis on psychological aspects of human
performance.
Psyc 446 Web Page
Instructor: Brian Dyre
Psych 448 Psycholinguistics (3 cr). Same as Engl 448
Survey of cognitive processes of language comprehension,
language/speech production, and language acquisition.
Psyc J450/J550 Training and Performance Support (3 cr).
Prereq: Psyc 325 or permission
Review of applicable theory and various methods for developing
training programs and performance support systems; emphasis on
developing skills for front-end analysis, training program and
performance support design, and program evaluation. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 450 Home Page
Instructor: Todd Thorsteinson
Psyc J452/J552 Ergonomics and Biomechanics (3 cr).
Principles of anthropometry, biomechanics, and work physiology
applied to workplace. Additional projects/assignments required for
graduate credit.
Instructor: TBA
Psyc 456 Psychology of Emotion (3 cr).
Theories of emotion; biological and social variables influencing the
activation of emotion.
Instructor: TBA
Psyc J461/J561 Human-Computer Interaction (3 cr). Prereq:
Psyc 446 or permission
Overview of human-computer interaction (HCI) topics, including user
models, dialog, display design, usability, software development,
groupware, and multimedia. Additional projects/assignments required
for graduate credit.
Psyc 461/561 Home Page
Instructor: Steffen Werner
Psyc J470/J570 Introduction
to Chemical Addictions (3 cr.)
Understanding how individuals develop an addiction to psychoactive
chemicals and how they recover from such and addiction; recognition,
assessment, and treatment of various chemical addictions and how to
do interventions for addicted individuals and their families; topics
include drugs of abuse, symptoms and warning signs of chemical
addiction, assessment, codependency, interventions, treatment, and
recovery. Additional projects/assignments required for grad cr.
Psyc 470 Web Page
Instructor: Lori Coburn
Psyc J471/J571 Theories of Chemical Addictions (3 cr).
Comprehensive overview of all chemical addictions theories and
related implications for diagnosis and treatment. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J472/J572 Introduction to the Pharmacology of Psychoactive
drugs (3 cr).
Overview of neural mechanisms, behavioral responses and addictive
aspects of psychoactive drugs. Additional assignment/projects
required for graduate credit.
Psyc 472 Home Page
Instructors: John Miller
Psyc J473/J573 HIV/AIDS/TB/STDs (2 cr).
Overview of HIV/AIDS, TB, and other STDs; preparing counselors to
work with clients to prevent these diseases or counsel clients who
have acquired these diseases; making counselors examine issues
related to human sexuality and biases about sexually related topics.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 473 Home Page
Instructors: LoriCoburn
Psyc J474/J574 Record Keeping and Case Management in Chemical
Addictions Counseling (3 cr).
Exploration and examination of the sequence of events and services
that clients encounter as they begin and move through the treatment
process in a typical addictions treatment setting, as outlined in
the Twelve Core Functions and Global Criteria of the International
Certification Reciprocity Consortium (ICRC); study of the Twelve
Core Functions and the Addiction Counseling Competencies relevant to
each area. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate
credit.
Psyc J475/J581 Professional Ethics in Addictions Counseling (3cr).
Overview of ethical issues and decision making related to addictions
counseling; ethics related to harm reduction models and other
issues. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate
credit.
Psyc J476/J576 Relapse Prevention in Chemical Addictions Counseling (3 cr).
Overview of addictions relapse, issues and triggers related to
relapse, prevention of relapse, and issues related to addictions
relapse in general. Additional projects/assignments required for
graduate credit.
Psyc 476 Home
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Psyc J477/J577 Chemical Dependency and the Family (3 cr).
Overview of how chemical dependence impacts the family unit;
intervention to assist the family. Additional projects/assignments
required for graduate credit.
Psyc J478/J578 Individual Therapy Techniques in Chemical Addictions
Counseling (3 cr).
Techniques related to counseling individual chemical addictions
clients; helping skills such as active listening, problem solving,
paraphrasing, numerous role plays and other practicum exercises.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 478 Home Page
Instructor: Cathy Weeks
Psyc J479/J579 Group Therapy Techniques in Chemical Addictions
Counseling (3 cr).
Theoretical and practical understanding of the group therapy process
with individuals from chemical addictions counseling; information
about group therapy with actual experience of being part of a group.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J480/J580 Client Centered Counseling for Behavior Change (3
cr).
Techniques related to counseling individuals who engage in high-risk
behaviors; primary focus on harm reduction models and how to reduce
high-risk behaviors. Additional projects/assignments required for
graduate credit.
Psyc J482/J582 Addictions Screening and Assessment (3 cr).
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of
substance abuse screening and assessment. This includes
information related to interviewing techniques, substance abuse
diagnosis, testing instruments, and issues or problems that
influence the assessment environment. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J483/J583 Substance Abuse Prevention Theory and
Applications I (3 cr).
This course provides a comprehensive overview of substance abuse
prevention theories, prevention programming applications.
Upon completion, students should understand current prevention
models, CSAP prevention strategies and applications, be familiar
with the IOM Continuum of Care, and be familiar with state and
federal prevention resources. Additional projects/assignments
required for graduate credit.
Psyc J484/J584 Facilitation Skills and Group Management for
Prevention Providers (3 cr).
This course provides a comprehensive overview of theories and
methods related to group small and large group behavior.
Upon completion, students will understand the three major types
of groups, how gender, ethnicity, work roles, communication
styles, etc. impact group interactions, and methods to increase
participation. It is expected students will practice
facilitation and conflict resolution techniques in these groups.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J485/J591 Presentation - Instruction Skills for Helping
Professionals (3 cr).
This course provides an overview of presentation
methods/training techniques for audiences of various sizes and
demographics. The course will include knowledge of group
types, group dynamics, presentation techniques (including
PowerPoint), conflict resolution, and learning styles.
Students will be expected to practice these techniques in front
of small and large groups with a focus on substance abuse
prevention populations. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J486/J592 Community Coalition Development (3 cr).
This course is designed to provide skills to develop community
coalitions. Upon completion students will understand
community organization processes, how to measure community
readiness, the strategic planning process, decision and
prioritizing methodologies, interagency dynamics, and the
importance of networking. It is expected students will
participate in or develop a community coalition during the
course. Additional projects/assignments required for
graduate credit.
Psyc J487/J587 Substance Abuse Program Planning and
Evaluation (3 cr).
This class provides an overview of program planning and
evaluation with a focus on substance abuse prevention.
Upon completion students will understand research related to
ATOD prevention, program design and evaluation models, how to
use the Idaho LOGIC model, indicators of program effectiveness.
Students will also be presented with information regarding
local, state, and federal resources. Additional projects/
assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J488/J588 Ethics in Substance Abuse Prevention (1 cr).
This course will provide an overview of ethical issues
encountered by substance abuse prevention specialists.
Upon completion students will understand boundary issues between
prevention and conducting treatment, state and federal mandatory
reporting requirements, confidentiality and other legal issues,
and professional codes of conduct. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J489/J589 Substance Abuse Prevention Theory and
Applications II (4 cr).
This capstone prevention course consolidates all material within
the substance abuse prevention curriculum. Students will
be expected to understand and apply material such as the LOGIC
model, coalition development, use fundraising techniques, and be
knowledgeable in topics such as social marketing, program
development and evaluation, etc. Additional
projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc J490/J590 Psychopharmacology (3 cr).
This course provides a solid overview of neurobiology,
neurophysiology, and pharmacologic treatment for individuals
having psychological/psychiatric disorders. It will also
examine evidence supporting the use of such interventions.
Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Psyc 496 Applied Behavior Analysis (3 cr). Prereq: Psyc 218
Analysis and assessment of behavior in real-life settings, e.g.,
home, business, industry, and institutions such as prisons and
psychiatric hospitals; structured programs of intervention and
assessment of behavior change; special emphasis on self-management
of behavior.
Psych 496 Web Page
Instructor: Steve Meier
Psyc 497 (s) Practicum in Instruction (1-3 cr, max 6). Prereq:
permission
Tutoring and/or instructional services performed by advanced
students under faculty supervision.
Psyc 498 (s) Internship (1-6 cr, max 6). Prereq: permission
Internship Guidelines 2001 (pdf)
Directed internship in an approved setting that features
psychological applications.
Psyc 499 (s) Directed Study (credit arranged). Prereq: permission.
See the time schedule for a partial list of Directed Study courses currently being
offered.