DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

COURSE GUIDE - FALL 2009

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50:830:101. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
01: MWF 10:10 a.m., Woolfolk - PEN 401 - SYLLABUS
40: MW 6:00 p.m., Woolfolk - Atg 123 - SYLLABUS
Why does the moon look closer when it is on the horizon than it does when it is high in the sky? Is it true that the genders are so different that one should say that men are from Mars and women from Venus? Should businesses and the government use lie-detector tests to evaluate the honesty of their employees? Can hypnosis uncover repressed memories of child abuse? Has television driven people to murder? Are personality traits learned from parents or a reflection of genes? The answers to these questions draw upon the scientific study of mind and behavior, the subject matter of introductory psychology. We shall explore areas of psychology relevant to these questions and many others in the course of the semester.

50:830:135. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
01: TTh 1:30 p.m., Garcia - PEN 401 - SYLLABUS
Credit not given for both this course and 50:830:335. Not recommended for psychology majors.
A survey of research and theory concerning humans as they influence and are influenced by their social environment; includes small group studies, social influences in communication, attitude formation and change, and social perception, as well as aspects of larger interpersonal settings, such as the family and the organization.

50:830:201. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
01: FRIDAY 1:00 p.m., Staff - Atg 207 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135 or 235.
Faculty members and distinguished visiting lecturers lead seminars in their fields of specialization. Students will prepare and present papers on assigned topics.

50:830:212. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT
01: MWF 9:05 a.m., Joiner - Atg 123- SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
The interaction of psychological and environmental factors determining the mental health of an individual, with special emphasis on individual problems of personality development and adjustment. Topics include: development and adjustment issues relating to vulnerability to psychopathology, personality disorders and clinical syndromes; interactions between genes and environment; narrative perspective to personality and adjustment; and future directions.

50:830:226. PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD
01: TTh 4:30 p.m., Duffy - PEN 401 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
The study of child behavior from infancy through adolescence, with emphasis on psychological theory and research underlying the development of perception, cognition, language, and social and emotional behavior.

50:830:250. STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE
01: MW 4:20 p.m., Staff - CS 109 - SYLLABUS
40: TTh 6:00 p.m., Woolfolk - Atg 121 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
Provides an introduction to the basic concepts of psychological statistics, both descriptive (organization and presentation of data) and inferential (drawing conclusions from data). Major emphasis on practical applications in psychological research.

50:830:255. METHOD & THEORY IN PSYCHOLOGY
Course is offered to psychology majors only; course satisfies writing intensive requirement.
01: TTh 11:00 a.m., Markey - Atg 201 - SYLLABUS
02: MWF 11:15 a.m., Staff - FA 227 - SYLLABUS
40: TTh 6:00 p.m., Pappas - Atg 222 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
This course will examine issues involved in conducting effective research in psychology. Students will learn about different research designs and strategies used to conduct studies in various settings (e.g., laboratory versus field settings). Primary objectives of this course will be learning to critically evaluate research studies as well as learning about the mechanics involved in designing a research study (e.g., literature reviews, data collection methods). Ethical issues in conducting research will also be emphasized. This a writing-intensive course.

50:830:301. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Formerly 50:830:383.
01: MWF 8:00 a.m., Haworth - PEN 401 - SYLLABUS
This course will examine how individuals develop and learn, with particular emphasis on the clasroom. Includes motivation, student interests, creating a healthy learning environment, language development, testing, and individual differences.

50:830:303. PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
01: MWF 11:15 a.m., Staff - Atg -123 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
The psychological impact of being female; a review of research and theory on the development of sex differences in identity and other aspects of personality.

50:830:316. PSYCHOLOGY & THE LAW
01: TTh 8:00 a.m., Haworth - FA 110 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135 or 235.
Explores the relationship between the field of psychology and the legal system, the decision-making process of judges and juries, eyewitness reliability, criminal insanity, the use of psychological knowledge to raise legal issues, and assumptions that the legal system makes about human nature.

50:830:318. ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
01: MW 1:20 p.m., Leavy - Atg 224 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
Provides an overview of the ethical questions and dilemmas that psychologists encounter in their everyday practice, research, and teaching, with the goal of familiarizing students with the role of ethical behavior and decision making in psychology.

50:830:319. INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
40: TTh 7:30 p.m., Joiner - Atg 121 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101or 135.
Psychology of industrial and human relations; personnel selection and placement; worker morale, motivation, and efficiency; work teams and leadership; training and development; organizational culture and change.

50:830:340. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
01: TTh 9:30 a.m., Spector - Atg 123 -SYLLABUS
40: MW 7:30 p.m., Piekarski - Atg 123 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101or 135.
A survey of the field of mental disorder and abnormal behavior and consideration of diagnostic systems. Constitutional, psychodynamic, and environmental factors conditioning abnormal behavior.

50:830:343. FAMILY THERAPY
01: TTh 11:00 a.m., Spector - Atg 123 -SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101or 135.
An overview of psychological approaches to family therapy, emphasizing how individual behavior is influenced by the social context provided by family systems and interpersonal dynamics. The course combines didactic discussion with experiential processes to examine both theories and their applicability to practice.

50:830:348. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
01: MW 2:50 p.m., Leavy - Atg 121 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135.
This course focuses on understanding psychological processes that influence health. Topics to be discussed include: stress and illness, personality and disease, chronic illness and death, health promotion and disease prevention through behavior change, and relationships between patients and practitioners. The changing health care environment and the need to understand the role of individuals' lifestyles in determining their health is emphasized. This class will be taught with a focus on applying information about Health Psychology to daily life. Psychology majors, as well as individuals interested in a career in health care (e.g., nursing), may find this class particularly interesting.

50:830:380. LABORATORY IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
01: M 2:50 p.m., Pappas - Atg B-23
02: W 2:50 p.m., Pappas - Atg B-23
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135, and 250 and 255, and senior status. Corequisite: 50:830:381:01.
In this course we will examine scientific methods of approaching psychological studies. Students gain practical experience in research techniques used in selected areas of psychology.

50:830:381. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Course satisfies writing intensive requirement.
01: MW 1:20 p.m., Pappas - Atg 101 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135 and 250 and 255, and senior status. Corequisite: 50:830:380:01 or 02.
This is a required course for senior psych majors. If that's you, then you already know lots of "facts" about psych. The goal is to get you to think critically about these facts, to question the evidence that supports them, and to consider ways of testing them. You will learn about the research process in part by designing, conducting and interpreting your own research study, and by thinking carefully about research studies that are reported in scientific journals and in the mainstream media. This is a writing intensive course.

50:830:460. ST: tbd
01: MWF 10:10 a.m., Staff - Atg 109 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135, and 255

50:830:465. LEARNING & MEMORY
01: TTh 1:30 p.m., Whitlow - Atg 123 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135, and 255.
A critical survey of the outstanding attempts to understand the nature of learning and memory. Emphasis on classical and current theories and their implications. demonstrates a range of phenomena from simple conditioning to complex verbal learning.

50:830:467. PERCEPTION
01: TTh 3:00 p.m., Pappas - Atg 124 - SYLLABUS
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135, and 255.
Examines what we need to know about the objects and events that surround us, how our eyes and ears sense this information, how the patterns of neural acativity in our brain represent this information, and finally, what scientists know about our visual and auditory experiences.

50:830:493. INDIVIDUAL FIELDWORK IN PSYCHOLOGY
01: by arrangement - Markey - SYLLABUS
by permission of instructor
Prerequisites: 50:830:101 or 135.
Provides advanced psychology majors with an opportunity to integrate and expand their knowledge of psychology through applied experiences in the community. Students are encouraged to develop their own placements, but may consult with the instructor regarding possible placements. Students will be expected to keep a journal of their experiences and complete a final course project.

50:830:494. ADVANCED INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY*
by permission of instructor; hours by arrangement
01-Staff, 02-Bravo, 03-Duffy, 04-Garcia, 05-Hart, 06-Markey, 07-Marmorstein, 08-Woolfolk, 09-Roseman, 10-Staff, 11-Tucker, 12-Whitlow, 13-Wogan
The student is required to undertake a term-long or year-long laboratory or library project under the supervision of a member of the department. Strongly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.

50:830:495. ADVANCED INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY*
By permission of instructor; hours by arrangement
01-Staff, 02-Bravo, 03-Duffy, 04-Garcia, 05-Hart, 06-Markey, 07-Marmorstein, 08-Woolfolk, 09-Roseman, 10-Staff, 11-Tucker, 12-Whitlow, 13-Wogan
The student is required to undertake a term-long or year-long laboratory or library project under the supervision of a member of the department. Strongly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.

50:830:496. HONORS PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY
01: by arrangement, Whitlow
Students interested in the departmental honors program should consult with their adviser before beginning the first term of the senior year. To receive honors in psychology, the student must complete two terms of the departmental honors seminar, 50:830:496 and 497. The honors project must be sponsored by one or more faculty advisers, and the honors proposal must be approved by the department. During the second term of the program, a formal presentation of the outcome of the project must be made to the department. Students may not register for the honors program in psychology without receiving prior permission.

* Students may enroll in 830:493, 494, or 495 for as many credits as they like. Note, however, that students are allowed to apply only 9 credits total from these three classes towards the major; excess credits can be applied to the general requirements.

Major Requirements
The major in psychology requires a minimum of 40 credits, representing 13 credits in required courses and 27 credits in psychology electives. The following four courses of study are required:

• 50:830:101-Introduction to Psychology;

• 50:830:250 (formerly :215)-Statistics for Social Science;

• 50:830:255 (formerly 225)-Method and Theory in Psychology;

• 50:830:381and 380-Experimental Psychology with Laboratory (or any other course that has an associated laboratory component).

In certain academic terms, a course with a research component may be offered in lieu of Experimental Psychology with laboratory.
Graduating with a major in Psychology requires at least a 2.5 grade-point average in the major and no more than two grades lower than a C in all psychology courses taken at Rutgers. Students may petition the department to request an exception to these requirements if they feel it is warranted.
After the first year, students may take 50:830:495-Research in Psychology or 50:830:493-Individual Supervision of Field Work in Psychology. For these courses students may earn from 1 to 3 credits, depending upon the arrangement with the supervising faculty member. These courses may be repeated, but no more than 9 credits total from either or both of these courses may be used for psychology electives. Students with more than 9 credits in the two courses may use the balance for general electives.

Minor Requirements
Students who wish to minor in psychology must fulfill the following general requirements: at least 18 credits in psychology courses with 6 credits or more at or above the 300 level. Students must have at least a C (2.5) grade-point average for courses applied to the psychology minor; no more than one grade may be lower than a C.

Teacher Certification
For details regarding admission to the Teacher Preparation Program and its requirements, students should consult both their department adviser and the Teacher Preparation Program Office.

Mary Bravo, Associate Professor of Psychology.
Major research interest: visual processes involved in perceptual organization.

Charlotte Markey, Associate Professor of Psychology.
Major research interests: development of eating-related behaviors; eating disorders; adolescents' behavioral health; relations between personality and health.

Sean Duffy, Assistant Professor of Psychology.
Major research interests: development of quantitative reasoning and representation in children, category use in reconstructive memory, and cultural variations in psychological processes.

Luis Garcia, Professor of Psychology; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.
Major research interests: social cognitions about sexuality.

Dan Hart, Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Chair of the Department of Childhood Studies; Director of the Center for Children and Childhood Studies.
Major research interests: development of the sense of self; personality development; moral development and behavior.

Naomi Marmorstein, Associate Professor of Psychology.
Major research interests: internalizing disorders (depression, anxiety) in children and adolescents; the co-occurrence of internalizing disorders and externalizing disorders (e.g., conduct disorder) in youth.

Zissis Pappas, Instructor of Psychology.

Ira Roseman, Professor of Psychology.
Major research interests: cognitive determinants of emotion; cross-cultural psychology; belief systems; political cognition; human motivation.

Tara Woolfolk, Instructor of Psychology.

Karen Thierry, Assistant Professor of Psychology.
Major research interests: development of young children's ability to discriminate the origins, or sources, of their memories and knowledge; does monitoring source (e.g., distinguishing between events that really happened and those that were merely imagined) enhance the accuracy and completeness of children's eyewitness testimony, particularly recall of allegations of sexual abuse.

Bill Tucker, Professor of Psychology; Director of Graduate Program in Psychology.
Major research interests: ethics in science; the relations of social policy and psychological research; the nature of research on racial differences.

Bill Whitlow, Professor of Psychology; Chair of Psychology Department.
Major research interests: noncontingent learning; implicit memory; cognitive bases of human and nonhuman animal memory; evolution of memory; computational models of learning and memory.

Michael Wogan, Emeritus.
Major research interests: clinical psychology with interest in the interface between psychology and law.

Spring 2009 Office Hours

Adelson, Beth - on leave this semester

Bravo, Mary
Room 347, x6431
mbravo@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Carter, Leeja
Room A459, x2986
lmcarter@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 6:30 -7:30 p.m.

Duffy, Sean
Room 343, x6204
seduffy@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Wednesday 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Garcia, Luis
Room 377, x6149
lgarcia@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday - 2:00-3:00 p.m.; and by appointment

Hart, Dan
Room 303 (405-407 Cooper Street), x6438
hart@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Haworth, Tom
Room 459, x2986
thaworth@jjp.org
Office Hours: by appointment

Joiner, Joe
Room 459, x2986
joiner@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 11:15-11:45 a.m.

Leavy, Barbara
Room 307, x 6120
bgleavy@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Markey, Charlotte
Room 348, x6332
chmarkey@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Thursday, 10:00-11:00 a.m.; and by appointment

Marmorstein, Naomi
Room 308, x6434
marmorst@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 2:00-2:45 p.m.; and by appointment

Pappas, Zissis
Room 347; x6431
zpappas@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday - 3:00-4:30 p.m.; and by appointment

Roseman, Ira
Room 306, x6341
roseman@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday - 5:00-6:00 p.m., Wednesday, 3:50-4:20 p.m.; and by appointment

Spector, Ann
Room 459, x2986
arspecto@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m.

Tucker, Bill - on leave this semester
Room 345, x6545
btucker@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Whitlow, Bill
Room 346, x6334
bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Monday - 12:00-1:00 p..m., Thursday 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Woolfolk, Tara
Room 310, x6535
woolfolk@camden.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Wednesday - 3:00-4:00 p.m.; and by appointment

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