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Psychology

(B.Sc.)

Faculty List

G.B. Biederman, B.Sc. (CUNY), Ph.D. (NYU), Professor Emeritus
B. Forrin, B.A.(Toronto), M.A., Ph.D (Michigan) Professor Emeritus
J. Bassili, B.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Cornell), Professor
G.C. Cupchik, B.A. (Michigan), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Professor
K.K. Dion, B.A. (Wellesley), Ph.D. (Minnesota), Professor
J.E. Foley, B.A., Ph.D. (Sydney), Professor
G.O. Ivy, B.A. (Drew), Ph.D. (California, Irvine), Professor
J.M. Kennedy, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Belfast), Ph.D. (Cornell), Professor
A. Kukla, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (UCLA), Professor
C.M. MacLeod, B.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Washington), Professor
N.W. Milgram, B.A. (UCLA), M.A., Ph.D. (McGill), Professor
T.L. Petit, B.S., M.A. (Louisiana), Ph.D. (Florida), Professor
M.A. Schmuckler, B.A. (SUNY-Binghampton), Ph.D. (Cornell), Professor
M.C. Smith, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (MIT), Professor
S. Joordens, B.A. (New Brunswick), M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo), Associate Professor
S. Erb, B.Sc. (Wilfred Laurier), M.A. (Concordia), Ph.D. (Concordia), Assistant Professor
K.K. Zakzanis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (York), Assistant Professor
D. A. Bors, B.A. (Florida), M.A. (Regina), Ph.D. (Toronto) Senior Tutor

Associate Chair: J. Bassili

Psychology is that branch of science which seeks to understand behaviour and mind. Why organisms - human and infrahuman - act as they do is one of the most compelling and longstanding questions in the history of human thought. Philosophers, artists, novelists, theologians and others have sought the answer through a variety of means. Psychology uses the methods of scientific enquiry to address the question.

The areas of interest encompassed by the discipline of psychology include: how organisms perceive their environments; how they learn, adapt, and remember; how they change over their lifetimes; how they choose among alternate courses of action; how they respond to motivating forces; how they are affected by the presence of other organisms in social settings; how their behaviour relates to their physiological functions; and how individuals and species differ from one another. Our course offerings in Psychology include all of these topics, covering how psychologists go about answering the important questions in each, and what we have learned about each.

The Specialist Program in Psychology includes courses from each of the main sub-areas within the discipline. This Program is intended both for students with a strong interest in the field and for those who wish to pursue graduate work in psychology after the first degree. Students considering graduate study should plan to include the thesis course (PSYD98Y) in their undergraduate Program.

The Major Program in Psychology is designed to introduce students to the main areas within the discipline. The Minor Program is designed for students who are interested in a less intensive exposure to the field. Often, students desire to concentrate their studies in two areas, in which case a double Major Program combining psychology with another discipline is ideal.

Students particularly interested in the relation of brain to behaviour should consider the Specialist or Major Program in Neuroscience described earlier in this Calendar. Those particularly interested in the study of knowledge - language, communication and thought - may wish to consider the Major and Specialist Programs in Cognitive Science described earlier.

Planning your Program in Psychology

Students should be aware that the A, B, C, D course structure in Psychology dictates the sequence in which courses should be taken, but not the year of study in which a given course must be taken. That is, A, B, C, and D do not correspond to first, second, third and fourth year. For example, it is recommended that PSYB07H and PSYC08H be taken consecutively in the two terms of second year. Students should be aware that with the exception of PSY100Y and 200H, all other courses in the Faculty of Arts and Science correspond to B-, C- or D-level and all 400-series are considered D-level. Students are encouraged to plan carefully so that they will meet their educational objectives over the years of their degree. Discussions with the Program Supervisor can be very valuable in this regard.

Courses in Neuroscience

To facilitate organization of the calendar, all Neuroscience courses that formerly had PSY designations have now been given NRO designations. Consequently, these courses appear only in the Neuroscience listings. Students interested in including Neuroscience courses in their Psychology Program should consult the Neuroscience section for details. Former PSY course numbers are indicated there as well.

First-Year Students in Psychology

PSYA01Y recommended in first year if intending to pursue a Specialist or Major Program in Psychology.

SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY

Supervisor: Until June 30, 2001
D. Bors (Office S638)
July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
J.E. Foley
The Program requires completion of 12.5 full-course equivalents, and fulfills the Program requirements for the 4-year B.Sc. degree in Psychology.

A. 10.5 full-course equivalents in Psychology, as follows:

1. PSYA01Y Introduction to Psychology

(1 full-course equivalent)

2. Statistical Methods (l full-course equivalent)
(a) PSYB07H Data Analysis in Psychology
and
(b) PSYC08H Advanced Data Analysis in Psychology
3. Laboratory Methods (l full-course equivalent)

(a) PSYB01H Psychological Research Laboratory

and

(b) one half-course (.5 full-course equivalent) from among the following:
PSYC11H Social Psychology Laboratory
PSYC26H Developmental Psychology Laboratory
PSYC34H Psychometric Methods Laboratory
PSYC42H Learning Laboratory
PSYC58H Experimental Psychology Microcomputer Laboratory
NROC63H Neuroscience Laboratory or (PSYC63Y*) (Neuroscience Laboratory)

(*NOTE: Students who have taken PSYC63Y also receive 0.5 course credit towards satisfaction of Requirement 6b or 7.)

4 PSYC02H Scientific Communication in Psychology (.5 full-course equivalent)

5. History and Theoretical Psychology (.5 full-course equivalent)
(a) PSYC82H Theoretical Psychology
or
(b) PSYC85H History of Psychology
6. Courses at the B-level and/or C-level (3 full-course equivalents)

Students are required to take one full-course equivalent at the B-level and/or C-level from each of the three content groups listed below:

(a) Social, Developmental and Personality courses (listed in the

l0-, 20-, and 30-series);

(b) Learning and Physiology courses (listed in the 40- and 60-series);

(c) Perception, Language and Cognition courses listed in the 50-series).

7. Courses at the D-level (2 full-course equivalents)

In selecting two full-course equivalents at the D-level, students may not include more than l.5 full-course equivalents from any one of the content groups listed under 6a, 6b, or 6c. Certain D-level NRO courses may be used to fulfil this requirement in Group 6b with approval of the Supervisor of Studies.

Specialists are encouraged to plan on enrolling in the thesis course (PSYD98Y) in their third or fourth year, particularly if they intend to pursue a career in Psychology or a related discipline.

8. Additional courses in Psychology (l.5 full-course equivalents)

Students must choose l.5 further full-course equivalents from any of the remaining courses in psychology. The choice is unconstrained.

B. Other Disciplines (2 full-course equivalents)

Students must select at least two full-course equivalents at the B-level or higher in a discipline or disciplines other than Psychology.

MAJOR PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY

Supervisor: Until June 30, 2001
D. Bors (Office S638)
July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
J.E. Foley
The Program requires completion of 6.0 full-course equivalents in Psychology and normally results in the 3-year B.Sc. in Psychology.

1. PSYA01Y Introduction to Psychology

(1 full-course equivalent)

2. PSYB01H Psychological Research Laboratory

(.5 full-course equivalent)

3. PSYB07H Data Analysis in Psychology

(.5 full-course equivalent)

4. Courses at the B-level and/or C-level (1.5 full-course equivalents)

Students are required to select one half-course (.5 full-course equivalent) at the B-level and/or C-level from each of the three content groups listed below:

(a) Social, Developmental and Personality courses (listed in the 10-, 20-, or 30-series);

(b) Learning and Physiology courses (listed in the 40- or 60-series);

(c) Perception, Language, and Cognition courses (listed in the 50-series).

5. Course at the D-level (.5 full-course equivalent)

Students must choose one half course

(.5 full-course equivalent) from the

D-level offerings in Psychology. Certain D-level NRO courses may be used to fulfil this requirement with the approval of the Supervisor of Studies.

6. Additional courses in Psychology (2 full-course equivalents)

Students must choose 2 further full-course equivalents from any of the remaining courses in Psychology. At least one full-course equivalent from these must be at the C- or D-level.

MINOR PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY

Supervisor: Until June 30, 2001
D. Bors (Office S638)
July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
J.E. Foley
The Program requires completion of 4.0 full-course equivalents in Psychology, at least one full-course equivalent to be at the C- or D-level.

1. PSYA01Y Introduction to Psychology

(1 full-course equivalent)

2. PSYB01H Psychological Research Laboratory

(.5 full-course equivalent)

3. PSYB07H Data Analysis in Psychology

(.5 full-course equivalent)

4. Students are required to select one half-course (.5 full-course equivalent) from each of the three content groups listed below (1.5 full-course equivalents):

(a) Social, Developmental and Personality courses (listed in the 10-, 20-, or 30-series);

(b) Learning and Physiology courses (listed in the 40- or 60-series);

(c) Perception, Language, and Cognition courses (listed in the 50-series).

5. Additional course in Psychology (.5 full-course equivalent)

Students must choose .5 further full-course equivalent from any remaining course in Psychology.

PSYA01Y3 Introduction to Psychology

A study of the basic principles and methods of contemporary psychology.

Using these elementary principles and methods, the student will seek to understand how organisms, both human and infrahuman, perceive their environments, how their behaviour is modified by experience, and how their activities are instigated, sustained, and directed.

The physiological basis of behaviour, particularly the functioning of the nervous system; learning and the importance of past experience in behaviour; perceiving, remembering, thinking, and reasoning; intelligence; language; motivation and emotion; social behaviour; personality, and abnormalities of behaviour and experience.

Three hours of lecture per week.

Exclusions: PSY100, PSY200

PSYB01H3 Psychological Research Laboratory

The nature of hypothesis testing through the design of experiments provides the nucleus of the course. Issues include: planning and conducting research; generating research problems, experimental control, interpretation and evaluation of results, theory construction, and preparation of the research report. Ethical issues in research will also be considered.

Research methods will be introduced in lectures and illustrated in laboratory exercises. This course is required for both the Major and the Specialist Programs, and provides the basic skills necessary to take the other laboratory courses in psychology.

Two hours of lecture and one hour lab per week.

Prerequisite: PSYA01Y

D. Todorovic

PSYB07H3 Data Analysis in Psychology

This course focuses on the theory and application of statistical procedures in experimental contexts. Examples are related to psychology and considerable time is spent linking experimental designs to appropriate analyses. The analyses described include data reduction techniques (e.g., distributions, measures of variability and central tendency, correlations, etc.) and an introduction to some hypothesis testing techniques (e.g., tests based on binomial, chi-square, 'z', and 't' distributions). A working knowledge of elementary algebra is assumed.

Four hours of lecture and one hour of tutorial per week.

Exclusions: ANTC35, (ECOB11), ECOB09, MGTB10, GGRB31, STAB22, STAB47, SOCB06, PSY201

NOTE: Of the above list of exclusions, only STAB47 or PSY201 may be used to substitute for PSYB07 as a prerequisite for PSYC08 and for purposes of meeting Specialist Program requirements in Psychology. STAB22 may not be used to meet Major or Minor Program requirements in Psychology.

S. Joordens.

PSYB10H3 Introduction to Social Psychology

Surveys social influence (conformity and obedience), prejudice, sexism, attitude change, group behaviour (crowding, crowd behaviour, panics), aggression, cooperation and competition, nonverbal communication, person perception, attraction and emotions.

Social Psychology focuses on the problem of how an individual's feelings, thoughts, and behaviour are influenced by the presence of others. The course is designed to demonstrate phenomena of social behaviour and to present theory and research relating to these phenomena.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSY220
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
J. Bassili

PSYB20H3 Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Developmental processes during infancy and childhood.

This course presents students with a broad and integrative overview of child development. Major theories and research findings will be discussed in order to understand how the child changes physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively with age. Topics are organized chronologically beginning with prenatal development and continuing through selected issues in adolescence and life-span development.
Three lecture hours per week.
Exclusion: PSY210
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
M. Schmuckler

PSYB30H3 Personality

An introduction to some of the influential theories of personality and the research which they have guided. Specific theories covered vary from year to year. A typical selection might include behavioural psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and psychoanalysis.

The aim of this course is to acquaint the student with the diversity of theoretical assumptions and research methods with which basic questions about human nature have been approached. Readings are from primary sources.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSY230
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
A. Kukla

PSYB32H3 Abnormal Psychology

Definition and identification of abnormality, historical-cultural influences on attitudes, practices, theories, and research; a variety of past and current viewpoints in the development of hypotheses, model and theory, including genetic, physiological, stress, medical-psychiatric, psychoanalytic, social-learning, and sociological; classification systems, including problems in their reliability and validity; description of a variety of neuroses, psychoses, and other behavioural disorders of adults and children, including cognitive, emotional, sensory-perceptual, psychomotor, and motor aspects; approaches, methods of investigation, and findings in psychological, psychophysiological, genetic, and epidemiological research; management, control, and modification of abnormal behaviour within and outside institutions, including pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, learning-based, and social engineering approaches.

The conceptual problem of defining abnormality and categorizing its varieties will be emphasized.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSY240
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
K. Zakzanis

PSYB45H3 Behaviour Modification: Origins and Applications

A survey of attempts to understand and regulate abnormal human behaviour.

Philosophical underpinnings; basic concepts and models of behavioural change; research strategies; operant procedures; behavioural contracting, biofeedback, punishment, attribution, placebo effects, cognitive therapy, rational-emotive therapy, thought stopping, modeling; fear extinction, assertive training; treatment of depression and schizophrenia; systematic desensitization; treatment of anxiety; aversive counter-conditioning; treatment of alcohol and drug abuse.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSY361
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
S. Erb

PSYB51H3 Perception and Cognition

Theory and empirical research on perception and cognition, including problems of reasoning, symbolism and visual and tactile perception, representation, and communication.

Topics include cognition and perception in the handicapped and normal perceiver; perceptual illusion, perspective, shadow patterns and motion, possible and impossible scenes, human and computer scene-analysis, ambiguity in perception, outline representation. The research is on adults and children, and different species. Demonstrations and exercises form part of the course work.

Three hours of lecture and a one hour tutorial per week.

Prerequisite: PSYA01Y

J. Kennedy

PSYB57H3 Memory and Cognition

Discussion of experiments and theories in human memory and cognition. This course provides an analysis of the research on encoding, storage and retrieval of information in human memory. Also surveyed are the related topics of attention, thinking, and problem solving, and their role in a general model of information processing.
Three lecture hours per week.
Exclusions: PSY270, PSY271
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Corequisite: PSYB07H
C. MacLeod

PSYB65H3 Human Brain and Behaviour

An examination of the neurological basis of human behaviour: an introduction to human neuropsychology.

The course focuses on the following: higher brain function in humans; hemispheric specialization, neuropsychology of speech, disorders of the central nervous system (multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, damage to the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes, Alzheimer's disease, neglect, and speech disorders); psychopharmacology and the biological basis of psychiatric disorders.

Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisite: PSYA01Y

T. Petit

PSYC02H3 Scientific Communication in Psychology

The development and enhancement of practical and professional skills based on current standard discourse in psychological science. The primary focus is on improving the student's ability to think, organize information and communicate clearly, critically and effectively within the discipline and to understand the differences between scientific and non-scientific approaches to the study of behaviour. Related skills, such as strategies for literature search, will be incorporated.

This course is limited to students enrolled in the Psychology Specialist Program, and is recommended to be taken in the student's third year.

Two one-hour lectures and one two-hour tutorial per week.

Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H

Corequisite: PSYC08H

J. Foley

PSYC08H3 Advanced Data Analysis in Psychology

This course is a continuation of PSYB07 and focuses primarily on issues related to the analysis of variance (i.e., ANOVA) as a statistical analysis tool. The theory and practice underlying ANOVA will be discussed in a number of experimental design contexts ranging from situations where there is a single between-subject variable to situations where there are multiple independent variables, some within-subject and some between-subject. The related issues will include a-priori and post-hoc tests, as well as tests of the assumptions of the analysis of variance procedure. This course is highly recommended for all students contemplating supervised individual research in psychology.

Three hours of lecture and one hour of tutorial per week.

Exclusions: STAC52, PSY202

Prerequisites: PSYB07H and one additional B-level half-course in Psychology

S. Joordens

PSYC11H3 Social Psychology Laboratory

Introduces conceptual and practical issues concerning research in social psychology, and provides experience with several different types of research.

This course is designed to consider in depth various research approaches used in social psychology (such as attitude questionnaires, observational methods for studying ongoing social interaction). Discussion and laboratory work.
One two-hour lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 25
Exclusion: PSY329
Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H & PSYB10H
J. Bassili

PSYC12H3 Advanced Social Psychology

A detailed examination of selected social psychological topics introduced in PSYB10.

This course examines the nature of attitudes, their development, organization and change. Practical issues such as the measurement of attitudes in the laboratory and in public opinion surveys will be covered.

Teaching method: one three-hour lecture per week.

Exclusion: PSY320

Prerequisites: PSYB07H & PSYB10H plus one additional B-level half-course in PSY

J. Bassili

PSYC21H3 Advanced Developmental Psychology

An examination of selected issues pertaining to adult development, particularly during early and middle adulthood.

Examples of topics which may be considered: adaptation to parenthood, work-related functioning, continuity versus change in adulthood. Teaching method: lectures, discussion.

Exclusion: PSY313

Prerequisite: PSYB07H, PSYB20H plus one additional B-level half-course in PSY

K. K. Dion

PLIC24H3 Developmental Psycholinguistics

Descriptions of children's pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar at various stages of learning their first language. Theories of the linguistic knowledge and cognitive processes that underlie and develop along with language learning.

Exclusion: JLP315H

Prerequisite: One F.C.E. in LIN and one F.C.E. in PSY

R. Smyth

PSYC26H3 Developmental Psychology Laboratory

This course introduces conceptual and practical issues concerning research in developmental psychology. Developmental psychology focuses on the process of change within and across different phases of the life-span. Reflecting the broad range of topics in this area, there are diverse research methods, including techniques for studying infant behaviour as well as procedures for studying development in children, adolescents, and adults. This course will cover a representative sample of some of these approaches.
One two-hour lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 24
Exclusion: PSY319
Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H & PSYB20H
K.K. Dion

PSYC53H3 Psychology and the Law

The course will focus on the application of psychology to the law, particularly the perceptual and memorial processes which influence the giving of testimony.
One two-hour lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSYD53H
Prerequisite: a B50-series half-course in PSY
M.C. Smith

PSYC54H3 Cognition and Representation

Recent theories of perception and representation relevant to skill with pictures and language.

Topics may include interpreting metaphors, recognizing cross-modal equivalence, learning how to draw in vision and touch, and the effects of early blindness on the development of skills with patterns normally found in vision and audition. The research to be considered will emphasize studies on the blind, and child development.

Teaching method includes lectures and demonstrations. One two-hour lecture per week.

Prerequisite: PSYB07H & a PSYB20-series or a PSYB50- series half-course in PSY

J. Kennedy

PLIC55H3 Psycholinguistics

Experimental evidence for theories of how humans produce and understand language, and of how language is represented in the mind. Topics will include the perception and categorization of speech sounds, retrieval of words from memory during speech and listening, use of grammatical knowledge in planning and understanding sentences, production and comprehension of longer stretches of discourse, and the role of memory systems in language processing.

Three hours of lecture per week.

Exclusion: (PLIB55S), JLP374H

Prerequisites: One full-course equivalent in LIN and one full-course equivalent in PSY

R. Smyth

Offered every year

PSYC56H3 Psychology of Music

Studies the perceptual and cognitive processing involved in musical perception and performance.

This class acquaints students with the basic concepts and issues involved in the understanding of musical passages. Topics will include discussion of the physical and psychological dimensions of sound, elementary music theory, pitch perception and melodic organization, the perception of rhythm and time, musical memory, musical performance, and emotion and meaning in music.

Prerequisite: PSYA01Y and PSYB07H, and a PSYB50- series half-course.

M. Schmuckler

PSYC82H3 Theoretical Psychology

An introduction to the problems and methods of theoretical analysis in psychology.

The emphasis of the course is on developing sophistication in the techniques of theoretical analysis. The aim is to enable the student to read and evaluate the current literature in theoretical psychology.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: PSY301
Prerequisite: PSYB07H or permission of the instructor
A. Kukla

PSYC85H3 History of Psychology

A survey of developments in Western philosophy and science which influenced the emergence of modern psychology in the second half of the Nineteenth Century.

The developments in three basic problems are considered: mind-body, epistemology (science of knowledge), and behaviour/motivation/ethics. We begin with the ancient Greek philosophers who established the foundations of Western thought and science. The contributions of European philosophers and scientists from the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries are then considered. Twentieth Century schools of thought are discussed including: psychoanalysis, functionalism, structuralism, gestalt, behaviourism, and phenomenology.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 25
Exclusion: PSY300
Prerequisites: Two B-level half-courses in Psychology and PSYB07H or permission of the instructor

G. Cupchik

PSYC90H3

PSYC93H3 Supervised Study in Psychology

A reading or research project.

These courses provide an opportunity to investigate an area in depth after completing basic coverage in regularly scheduled courses. They are not intended as substitutes for advanced courses in fields where these are available. The student must demonstrate a background adequate for the project proposed and should present a clear rationale to prospective supervisors. Frequent consultation with the supervisor is necessary and extensive library research and/or data collection will be required. Such a project will culminate in a written submission.

Students must obtain a permission form from the Divisional Office (S421A) that is to be completed and signed by the intended supervisor, and returned to the Divisional Office. At that time, the student will be provided with an outline of the schedule and general requirements for the course.

Students seeking supervision off campus are further advised to verify first with the Supervisor of Studies that the prospective project supervisor currently holds a cross-appointment at the University of Toronto.

Exclusions for PSYC90: COGC91, NROC90, PSY303, PSY304

Exclusions for PSYC93: COGC92, NROC93, PSY303, PSY304

Prerequisites: Three full-course equivalents in Psychology & permission of the instructor.

Supervision by a Faculty Member

PSYD16H3 Critical Analysis in Social Psychology

The development of social psychology as a discipline (its phenomena, theory, and methods) and as a profession is examined. The Natural Science and Human Science approaches to social phenomena are contrasted and an attempt is made to reconcile them. Students are taught to observe the lived-world, choose a social phenomenon of interest to them, and then interview people who describe episodes from their lives in which these phenomena occurred. The students interpret these episodes and develop theories to account for their phenomena before searching for scholarly research on the topic.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY420H
Prerequisites: PSYC11H or PSYC12H or PSYB10H plus one C-level half-course in PSY

G. Cupchik

PSYD18H3 Psychology of Gender

This course focuses on theory and research pertaining to gender and gender roles. The social psychological and social-developmental research literature concerning gender differences will be critically examined. Other topics also will be considered, such as gender-role socialization. Teaching method: seminar.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY323
Prerequisites: PSYB10H plus two C-level half-courses in PSY

K. Dzinas

PSYD20H3 Current Topics in Developmental Psychology

An intensive examination of selected issues and research problems in developmental psychology.

The specific content will vary from year to year with the interests of both instructor and students. Lectures, discussions, and oral presentations by students.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY410
Prerequisites: PSYC21H or PLIC24H (JLPC24) or PSYB20H plus one C-level half-course in PSY

M. Schmuckler

PSYD22H3 Socialization Processes

The processes by which an individual becomes a member of a particular social system (or systems). The course examines both the content of socialization (e.g., development of specific social behaviours) and the context in which it occurs (e.g., family, peer group, etc.). Material will be drawn from both social and developmental psychology.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusions: PSY311, PSY410
Prerequisites: PSYB10H & PSYB20H plus one C-level half-course in PSY

K.K. Dion

PSYD33H3 Current Topics in Abnormal Psychology

An intensive examination of selected issues and research problems in abnormal psychology. The specific content will vary from year to year.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY440
Prerequisites: PSYB32H plus one C-level half-course in PSY

K. Zakzanis.

PSYD50H3 Current Topics in Memory and Cognition

An intensive examination of selected topics. The specific content will vary from year to year.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY470, (PSY471)
Prerequisites: PSYB57H plus one C-level half-course in PSY

M. Smith

PSYD52H3 Fundamental Issues in Cognitive Science

An examination of the conceptual and theoretical issues that lie at the foundation of cognitive science.

Topics include: the mind-body problem, functionalism, mental representations, propositional attitudes, nativism, the modularity of mind, rationality, artificial intelligence, consciousness.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: (PSYD80H)
Prerequisites: PSYB07H and a PSYB50-series half-course & a PSY C-level half-course or permission of the instructor

A. Kukla

PSYD58H3 The Scientific Study of Conscious and Unconscious Influences

This course focuses on empirical attempts to distinguish between conscious and unconscious processes, and to better understand the manner in which they combine to affect performance. The course will begin with a brief history of experiments studying conscious and unconscious influences, and will then shift to a detailed examination of more current approaches. Topics covered will include subliminal perception, conscious versus unconscious memory, and models of the relation between conscious and unconscious influences.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisites: PSYB57H and at least one
C-level course in Psychology
S. Joordens

PSYD98Y3 Thesis in Psychology

This course offers the opportunity to engage in a year long research project under the supervision of an interested member of the faculty in Psychology. The project will culminate in a written report in the form of a thesis and a defense of that report. During the course of the year, at appropriate times, students will meet to present their own research proposals, to appraise the proposals of others, and to discuss the results of their investigation.

Students will meet as a group with the coordinator as well as individually with the supervisor. This course is restricted to Specialists in Psychology with a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.3 or higher. Students planning to pursue graduate studies are especially encouraged to enrol in the course. Students must obtain a permission form from the Divisional Office (S421A) that is to be completed and signed by the intended supervisor, and returned to the Divisional Office. At that time, the student will be provided with an outline of the schedule and general requirements for the course. Students seeking supervision off campus will need to arrange co-supervision with a faculty member in Psychology at this campus.

Two hour meeting per week.

Exclusions: NROD98, COGD10, PSY400

Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H & PSYC08H, Psychology Specialist, cumulative G.P.A. of 3.3 or higher

Co-ordinator: S. Joordens

COURSES NOT OFFERED 2001/2002

PSYB50H3 Sensation and Perception
Exclusion: PSY280
Prerequisites: PSYA01Y

PSYC18H3 The Psychology of Emotion
Exclusion: PSY394H
Prerequisites: PSYB10H & PSYB07H

PSYC34H3 Psychometric Methods Laboratory
Prerequisites: PSYA01Y & PSYB01H & PSYB07H

PSYC42H3 Learning Laboratory
Exclusions: PSY260, PSY359, PSY369
Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H (or equivalent)

PSYC58H3 Experimental Psychology Microcomputer Laboratory
Exclusions: (PSY306) and any course in Computer Science with the exception of CSCA02
Prerequisites: PSYB57H

PSYD15H3 Current Topics in Social Psychology
Exclusion: PSY420
Prerequisites: PSYB10H & PSYC12H

PSYD34H3 Human Intelligence
Prerequisites: PSYB01H & PSYB07H. PSYC08H also recommended

PLID55H3 Disorders of Speech and Language
Exclusion: JLS474H
Prerequisites: One full-course equivalent in LIN and one full-course equivalent in PSY, and PLIC24H or PLIC55H or LINB25H or permission of the instructor

PSYD59H3 Computational Models of Memory and Attention
Prerequisites: PSYB57H and PSYC58H or permission of the instructor

PSYD67H3 Psychobiology of Aging
Prerequisite: NROB60H (PSYB60H)
Co-requisite: NROC61H (PSYC61H)


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