1969-1970 Academic Catalog

66 CEDARVILLE COLLEGE B. PSYCHOLOGY 160 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Designed to provide a survey of modern scientific psychology. The course content is centered on such topics as maturation, learning, sensation, per– ception, motivation, thinking, remembering, emotion, intelligence, and per– sonality development. Four credit hours 260 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Prerequisite: BP160 An analysis of the physiological and psychological development of the individual from conception through adolescence. Observations and case studies are required. Five credit hours 261 PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS Prerequisite: BP160 Designed to provide an elementary coverage of descriptive and sampling statistics commonly used in psychology. This includes problems of measure– ment, measures of central tendency and dispersion, linear correlation, pre– diction, and simple tests of significance. Four lectures and one two-hour laboratory each week. Five credit hours 264 PSYCHOLOGY OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR Prerequisite: BP160 A course dealing with the appropriate and inappropriate reactions to frustration and stress; solutions of conflicts, fears, and anxiety; building emotional stability and preventing mental illness. The major categories of mental illness and maladjustment, including the psychoses, the neuroses, mental deficiency and anti-social behavior are discussed with emphasis placed on causes, symptoms, and methods of therapy. Five credit hours 270 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Prerequisite: 160 The application of principles of human development and learning to the problems of education and classroom learning. Four credit hours 362 PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS II Prerequisite: 261 Statistical methods and interpretations encountered in experimental studies and presentations of behavioral data. Analysis of variance and covariance techniques are emphasized. Five credit hottrs 363 PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT Prerequisite: BP261 or consent of instructor An analysis of theoretical principles and assumptions basic to the meas– urement of human characteristics and behavior. Offers training in the construction, selection and use of psychological tests. Five credit hours