- Psyc 207 - Learning
An overview of the scientific investigation of learning and behavior. Both experimental and related theoretical developments are considered, as well as applications of the basic principles of learning to issues of social significance.
- Psyc 251 - Behavioral Treatments and Applications
An overview of behavior therapy, behavior modification and cognitive social learning techniques for behavioral change and assessment. Interviewing skills, rapport building and ethical legal factors related to behavioral intervention are covered, as are current empirically validated treatments for various clinical disorders.
- Psyc 253 - Supervising and Teaching Behavior Change
Introduces graduate students to the role of practicum supervisor and instructor. Under the supervision of the PSYC53 course instructor, students develop, sustain, and evaluate their own interventions at pre-approved externship sites. Students conduct bi-weekly discussion groups providing undergraduate students enrolled in PSYC53 with additional resources for the course. Students meet weekly with the instructor to discuss practicum concerns and teaching responsibilities. Students gain practical experience carrying out independent research projects, which are often presented at research conferences, as well as teaching experience. All responsibilities are carried out under the supervision of the PSYC53 instructor.
- Psyc 256 - Behavioral Medicine
A survey class on the overlapping fields of behavioral medicine and healthy psychology. Covers current applications of cognitive-behavioral treatments for a number of chronic diseases, among them chronic pain, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, AIDS, and obesity. Includes discussion of changing disease patterns, psycho-neuro-immunology, the stress-illness connection, the disease-prone personality, medical compliance, disease schemas, and the role of the doctor-patient relationship in achieving desired medical outcomes.
- Psyc 258 - Behavioral Assesment
An overview of behavioral assessment techniques. Specific topics to be covered include data collection, inter-observer agreement, social validity, treatment integrity, descriptive assessment, functional analysis, stimulus preference assessment, indirect assessment techniques, and psychometric assessment procedures.
- Psyc 260 - Behavior Analysis in Organizations
Covers the application of basic principles of behavior in business, industrial, and organizational settings. Student will learn to apply fundamental principles of behavior analysis to solve organizational problems such as training, safety, productivity, and quality deficits. In-depth examination of performance-based pay systems and participative/open-book management is also included.
- Psyc 283 - Research Design
Design and analysis of research using single subjects and groups. In this course, students will develop their thesis idea and initial proposal draft.
- Psyc 293 - Special Topics (e.g., Radical Behaviorism, Verbal Behavior, Experimental Analysis of Behavior)
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