1962-1963 Academic Catalog

a itudent to take three teaching fields or one comprehensive area plus one teaching field. Requirements for a Minor in Psychology: Psychology (15 semester hours) including Psychology 160. PSYCHOLOGY 160 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY* A study designed to provide an introductory understand– ing of the history, principles, and practices of psychology. Three credit hours 260 PRACTICAL BEHAVIORAL STATISTICS* Prerequisite: Psychology 160 A practical course in the use of behavioral statistics. Stu– dents acquire knowledge of various statistical procedures through actual computation of data obtained in the college test. ing program. Three credit hours 262 PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION* Prerequisite: Psychology 160 A basic consideration of perception including sensory pro– cesses, psychophysical methods, illusions, self and social con– cepts. Emphasis is on experimental methods, content, and in– terpretation. Two one-hour lecture and discussion periods and one two-hour laboratory. Three credit hours 264 PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND THINKING* Prerequisite: Psychology 160 A basic consideration of problems in mental imagery, con– cept formation, semantics, problem-solving, and symbolic stim· uli. Emphasis is on experimental methods, content, and inter– pretation. Two one-hour lecture and discussion periods and one two-hour laboratory. Three credit hours 45