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Associate Chair: M. Schmuckler
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 Programme in Psychology includes courses from each of the main sub-areas within the discipline. This Programme 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 programme.
The Major Programme in Psychology is designed to introduce students to the main areas within the discipline. The Minor Programme 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 Programme combining psychology with another discipline is ideal.
Students particularly interested in the relation of brain to
behaviour should consider the Specialist or Major Programme 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 Programmes in Cognitive Science described earlier.
Planning your Programme 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 PSYB07F/S and PSYC08F/S 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 Supervisor of Studies 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 programme 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 Programme in Psychology.
Supervisor: J.E. Foley (office S564)
The programme requires completion of 12.5 full-course equivalents, and fulfills the Programme 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) PSYB07F/S Data Analysis in Psychology
and
(b) PSYC08F/S Advanced Data Analysis in Psychology
3. Laboratory Methods
(l full-course equivalent)
(a) PSYB01F/S Psychological Research Laboratory
and
(b) one half-course (.5 full-course equivalent) from among the
following:
PSYC11F/S Social Psychology Laboratory
PSYC26F/S Developmental Psychology Laboratory
PSYC34F/S Psychometric Methods Laboratory
PSYC42F/S Learning Laboratory
PSYC58F/S Experimental Psychology Microcomputer Laboratory
NROC63F 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 . PSYC02F/S Scientific Communication in Psychology (.5 full-course equivalent)
5. History and Theoretical
Psychology (.5 full-course equivalent)
(a) PSYC82F/S Theoretical Psychology
or
(b) PSYC85F/S 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.
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.
Supervisor: J.E. Foley (office S564)
The Programme 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. PSYB01F/S Psychological Research Laboratory
(.5 full-course equivalent)
3. PSYB07F/S 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
l0-, 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.
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.
Supervisor: J.E. Foley (office S564)
The programme 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. PSYB01F/S Psychological Research Laboratory
(.5 full-course equivalent)
3. PSYB07F/S 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 l0-, 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.
Telephone ID #: 25710163
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, thinking, and reasoning; intelligence; language; motivation and emotion; social behaviour; personality, and abnormalities of behaviour and experience.
Exclusion: PSY100, PSY200
Session: Summer Evening, Winter Day, Winter Evening
The Faculty
Telephone ID #: 25720133
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 Programmes, and provides the basic skills necessary to take the other laboratory courses in psychology.
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Evening
Telephone ID #: 25720733
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.
Exclusion: ANTC35, (BIOB28), (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 Programme requirements in Psychology. STAB22 may not be used to meet Major or Minor Programme requirements in Psychology.
Session: Summer Evening, Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25721033
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 theories and research
evidence relating to these phenomena.
Exclusion: PSY220
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Day
J. Bassili
Telephone ID #: 25722033
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
Session: Winter Day
M. Schmuckler
Telephone ID #: 25723053
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.
Exclusion: PSY230
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Day
A. Kukla
Telephone ID #: 25723253
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.
Exclusion: PSY240
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Evening
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 25724533
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.
Exclusion: PSY361
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Evening
F. Klajner
Telephone ID #: 25725033
The processes underlying perception, emphasizing the energies involved in different senses.
Stimuli for the human senses, especially light and
sound; receptors and sensory pathways with emphasis on vision
and audition; sensitivity; colour; spatial and temporal resolution;
contrast; depth; form; speech perception. The teaching method
will be lectures and practical sessions requiring some written
reports.
Exclusion: PSY280
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Day
J.E. Foley
Telephone ID #: 25725153
Theory and empirical research on perception and cognition, including problems of reasoning, symbolism and visual and tactile perception, representation, and communication.
Topics include the connectionist and ecological approaches to cognition and perception in the handicapped and normal perceiver; perceptual information and projection, illusion, perspective, shadow patterns and flow fields during motion, possible and impossible scenes, human and computer scene-analysis, ambiguity in perception, perception of objects and images, outline representation. The empirical research is on adults and children, and different species. Demonstrations and exercises form part of the course work.
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25725753
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.
Exclusion: PSY270, PSY271
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Corequisite: PSYB07F/S
Session: Winter Evening
C.M. MacLeod
Telephone ID # 'F': 25726533
Telephone ID # 'S': 25726553
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, organic brain damage, strokes, Alzheimer's disease,
frontal lobe syndrome, neglect, and speech disorders); psychopharmacology
and the biological basis of psychiatric disorders.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y
Session: Summer Evening (S), Winter Day (F)
T. Petit
Telephone ID #: 25730253
The development and enhancement of practical and professional skills based on current standard discourse in the field. The primary focus is on improving the student's ability to think, organize information and communicate clearly, critically and effectively within the discipline. Related skills, such as strategies for literature search, will be incorporated.
This course is limited to students enrolled in the
Psychology Specialist Programme, and is recommended to be taken
in the student's third year.
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S
Corequisite: PSYC08S
Session: Winter Day
J.E. Foley
Telephone ID #: 25730853
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.
Exclusion: STAC52, PSY202
Prerequisite: PSYB07F/S and one additional B-level half-course in Psychology
Session: Winter Evening
Telephone ID #: 25731133
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.
Limited enrolment: 25
Exclusion: PSY329
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYB10F/S
Session: Winter Evening
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 25731253
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: lectures.
Exclusion: PSY320
Prerequisite: PSYB07F/S & PSYB10F/S plus one additional B-level half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25731353
Emotion is examined in everyday life and in relation to art, literature, and advertising. Nineteenth Century ideas about emotion (peripheral and central theories) are discussed in anticipation of the Twentieth Century view of psychoanalysis, functionalism, behaviourism, social constructionism, and phenomenology. A contrast is drawn between category theories that focus on primary emotions, such as happiness and sadness, and dimensional theories that emphasize bodily states, including pleasure and arousal. The process of communicating emotion verbally and nonverbally is explored along with gender differences in emotional style.
Exclusion: PSY394H
Prerequisite: PSYB10F/S & [PSYB07F/S or permission of the instructor]
Session: Summer Evening, Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25732633
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.
Limited enrolment: 24
Exclusion: PSY319
Prerequisites: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYB20F/S
Session: Winter Day
M. Schmuckler
Telephone ID #: 25735433
A study of recent theories of perception and representation relevant to skill in the use of pictures and language.
Topics may include making and interpreting metaphors, recognizing cross-modal equivalence, learning how to draw and symbolize in vision and touch, and the effects of 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.
Prerequisite: PSYB07F/S & a PSYB20-series or a PSYB50- series half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Evening
Telephone ID #: 34835533
An exploration of 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.
Exclusion: (PLIB55S)(JLPB55S), JLP374H
Prerequisite: One full-course equivalent in LIN and one full-course equivalent in PSY
Session: Winter Day
Offered every year
Telephone ID #: 25735853
This laboratory course emphasizes the use of microcomputers
in preparing, controlling, and analyzing experiments. Students
will learn a simple programming language, and will have considerable
"hands-on" experience with laboratory microcomputers.
The aim is to develop the skills necessary to program experiments
in psychology, with particular emphasis on research in cognition.
The teaching method will consist of lectures on the programming language. No previous computer experience is expected or required.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: (PSY306), and any course in Computer Science with the exception of CSCA02.
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S (or equivalent)
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25738233
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.
Exclusion: PSY301
Prerequisite: PSYB07F/S or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
A. Kukla
Telephone ID #: 25738533
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.
Limited enrolment: 25
Exclusion: PSY300
Prerequisite: Two B-level half-courses in Psychology and PSYB07F/S or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
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: NROC90, PSY303, PSY304
Exclusions for PSYC93: NROC93, PSY303, PSY304
Prerequisite: Three full-course equivalents in Psychology & permission of the instructor.
Session: Summer Day, Summer Evening, Winter Day, Winter Evening
Supervision by a Faculty Member
Telephone ID #: 25741533
An intensive examination of selected issues and research
problems in social psychology.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY420
Prerequisite: PSYB10F/S & PSYC12F/S
Session: Winter Day
J. Bassili
Telephone ID #: 25741633
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.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY420H
Prerequisite: PSYC11F/S or PSYC12F/S or PSYB10F/S plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25741833
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.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY323
Prerequisite: PSYB10F/S plus two C-level half-courses in PSY
Session: Winter Evening
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 25742053
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.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY410
Prerequisite: PSYC21F/S or PLIC24F/S (JLPC24) or PSYB20F/S plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25742253
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.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY311, PSY410
Prerequisite: PSYB10F/S & PSYB20F/S plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Evening
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 25743333
An intensive examination of selected issues and research problems in abnormal psychology. The specific content will vary from year to year.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY440
Prerequisite: PSYB32F/S plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Summer Evening, Winter Day
T.B.A.
Telephone ID #: 25745053
An intensive examination of selected topics. The specific content will vary from year to year.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: PSY470, (PSY471)
Prerequisite: PSYB57F/S plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Summer Evening, Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25745253
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.
Limited enrolment: 20
Exclusion: (PSYD80F)
Prerequisites: PSYB07F/S and a PSYB50-series half-course & a PSY C-level half-course or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25745333
The course will focus on the application of psychology to the law, particularly the perceptual and memorial processes which influence the giving of testimony.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisite: a B50-series half-course plus one C-level half-course in PSY
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 34845553
Pathologies of language acquisition, comprehension and production. Topics include the anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanism, voice disorders (hoarseness, harshness, dysphonia, alaryngeal speech), functional articulation disorders, cleft palate, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, language delay, language learning disabilities, mental retardation, hearing and auditory processing disorders, and the identification of pathologies in speakers of dialects or languages other than that of the clinician.
Exclusion: (JLPD55F)
Prerequisite: One full-course equivalent in LIN and one full-course equivalent in PSY, and one C-level full-course equivalent in LIN, PSY or PLI.
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25745933
Focuses on how the computer has recently become a tool for proposing explicit models of the representations and processes underlying human memory and attention. This course will trace the development of these models, and will emphasize the strengths and weaknesses of the computational approach. Topics covered will include such issues as neural network models and the debate concerning whether human cognition relies on local or distributed representations.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisite: PSYB57F/S and PSYC58F/S or permission of the instructor
Session: Winter Day
Telephone ID #: 25746753
Aging is a complex biological phenomenon which is
a universal and inevitable fact of life. This course will characterize
various anatomical, biochemical and physiological changes that
occur in the nervous system with age and will explore the association
between these changes and cognitive deterioration. We will examine
the characteristics of several age- related disease states and
evaluate the validity of current theories and experimental models
of aging in depth. Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisite: NROB60F/S (PSYB60F/S)
Corequisite: NROC61F/S (PSYC61F/S)
Session: Winter Day
G. Ivy
Telephone ID #: 25749863
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 qualified Specialists in Psychology. 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 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.
Exclusion: NROD98, PSY400
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYC08F/S, Psychology Specialist
Session: Winter Day
Co-ordinator: J. Kennedy
PSYC21F Advanced Developmental Psychology
Exclusion: PSY313
Prerequisite: PSYB07 & PSYB20 plus one additional B-level half-course in PSY
PLIC24S Developmental Psycholinguistics
Exclusion: (JLPC24S), JLP315H
Prerequisite: One F.C.E. in LIN and one F.C.E. in PSY, and one B-level F.C.E. in either LIN, PSY or PLI (JLP)
PSYC34S Psychometric
Methods Laboratory
Prerequisite: PSYA01 & PSYB01 & PSYB07
PSYC42S Learning Laboratory
Exclusion: PSY260, PSY359, PSY369
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S (or equivalent)
PSYC45S Applied Psychology
of Learning
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYB45F/S [PSYC42 also recommended]
PSYC56S Psychology of Music
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y and PSYB07F/S, and a PSYB50- series half-course
PSYD34S Human Intelligence
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S. PSYC08F/S also recommended
Telephone ID #: 25746753
Aging is a complex biological phenomenon which is
a universal and inevitable fact of life. This course will characterize
various anatomical, biochemical and physiological changes that
occur in the nervous system with age and will explore the association
between these changes and cognitive deterioration. We will examine
the characteristics of several age- related disease states and
evaluate the validity of current theories and experimental models
of aging in depth. Two hours of lecture per week.
Limited enrolment: 20
Prerequisite: NROB60F/S (PSYB60F/S)
Corequisite: NROC61F/S (PSYC61F/S)
Session: Winter Day
G. Ivy
Telephone ID #: 25749863
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 qualified Specialists in Psychology. 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 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.
Exclusion: NROD98, PSY400
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYC08F/S, Psychology Specialist
Session: Winter Day
Co-ordinator: J. Kennedy
PSYC21F Advanced Developmental Psychology
Exclusion: PSY313
Prerequisite: PSYB07 & PSYB20 plus one additional B-level half-course in PSY
PLIC24S Developmental Psycholinguistics
Exclusion: (JLPC24S), JLP315H
Prerequisite: One F.C.E. in LIN and one F.C.E. in PSY, and one B-level F.C.E. in either LIN, PSY or PLI (JLP)
PSYC34S Psychometric
Methods Laboratory
Prerequisite: PSYA01 & PSYB01 & PSYB07
PSYC42S Learning Laboratory
Exclusion: PSY260, PSY359, PSY369
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S (or equivalent)
PSYC45S Applied Psychology
of Learning
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S & PSYB45F/S [PSYC42 also recommended]
PSYC56S Psychology of Music
Prerequisite: PSYA01Y and PSYB07F/S, and a PSYB50- series half-course
PSYD34S Human Intelligence
Prerequisite: PSYB01F/S & PSYB07F/S. PSYC08F/S also recommended
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