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PSY PSYCHOLOGYOn this page: Introduction | Faculty Members | Programs | Courses See also: Course Summer Timetable | Course Winter Timetable | Secondary School Information | More on Department IntroductionPsychology is that branch of science which focuses on the behaviour of human beings and animals, with particular emphasis on the individual rather than the group. Our courses span the various areas of psychology and introduce students to the methods used in psychological research. The basic tools of the research psychologist include experimentation in the laboratory and field, naturalistic observation, and the use of statistical methods in interpreting data. Our faculty have highly diversified interests which are reflected in the number and variety of our undergraduate course offerings. These include courses in developmental psychology, social psychology, personality, abnormal psychology, animal behaviour, learning, cognitive psychology, perception, and physiological psychology. A more detailed description of the individual courses and the names and interests of the course instructors appear in the Undergraduate Psychology Handbook issued annually by our Department and obtainable from Room 4020, Sidney Smith Hall. We encourage students at all levels, and particularly those who are beginning a Major or Specialist program in Psychology, to consult the Undergraduate Psychology Handbook before selecting courses and to discuss their proposed programs with the Undergraduate Advisor, the Undergraduate Director, or a faculty member in the Department. Courses in the various areas within Psychology and the numbering system associated with these courses follow a definite pattern: PSY XXX. The first digit represents the year, and the second digit represents the area in which the course belongs. Social Psychology, for example, is identified by "2." Therefore, PSY 220 at the second year, PSY 320, 321, 322, and 323 at the third year, and PSY 420 at the fourth year represent all the Social Psychology courses. Other areas within Psychology follow a similar pattern. Some of our courses are under intense enrolment pressure. When the number of students applying to enrol in a course exceeds that which can be accommodated by the available staff and space, we do not admit all students. Students who intend to take a laboratory course or any PSY 4XX-series course must ballot in the Department during a specific balloting period specified by the Faculty of Arts and Science in the March Supplement to this Calendar. This period is approximately two months before the course selection period. Full information on enrolment limits and on the method by which we admit students to oversubscribed courses appears in the Undergraduate Psychology Handbook. Undergraduate Director: Professor B.B. Schiff, Sidney Smith Hall Undergraduate Advisor: I.S. Kirschner, Sidney Smith Hall, Room 4014 (978-3407) General Enquiries: Sidney Smith Hall, Room 4020 (978-5201)
ANIMAL USE IN LABORATORIES
Laboratory investigations are part of life science programs at the University of Toronto. Programs in life sciences at the University of Toronto include courses that involve observation, handling, or experimentation on animals or on samples derived from animals. The use of animals in teaching and research is regulated by ethical and procedural guidelines and protocols. These are approved on an ongoing basis by the University Animal Care Committee, and follow provincial and federal government rules. We recognize, however, that some students may have strong reservations about personal exposure to any use of animal material in teaching. Students who want to avoid registration in programs or courses that include such labs are, therefore, encouraged to check in advance with the departments involved. PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAMS(See Undergraduate Psychology Handbook for further details)NOTE: JLP 315H, 374H, 471H; JZP 326H, 428H count as PSY credits for all Psychology programs. PSYCHOLOGY (B.Sc.)The programs described in this calendar are relevant to students who have already completed PSY 100Y. Students who are entering the university or are taking PSY 100Y in 1998 will follow a new set of program requirements. The description of these new program requirements can be found in the Undergraduate Psychology Handbook (available from the Department). Please note that students entering university in 1998 will require an OAC Calculus or equivalent to register for any Psychology program. Specialist program: S11601 (9.5 to 13 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series full course) Enrolment in the Specialist program is limited. Students apply directly to the Department and may enrol in their Second or Third year.
To enrol in Second year, students must a) have completed 4 full courses; b) have obtained at least 80% in PSY 100Y; c) have a CGPA of at least 3.0; and d) be registered in Statistics.
To enrol in Third year, students must have completed a) PSY 100Y; b) Statistics; and c) at least one half-course from groups 1, 2 and 3 below, with an average of at least 73% across all PSY courses. (Note that this does not mean 73% in each PSY course); and d) have a CGPA of at least 3.0. NOTE: The courses to include Statistics and 8.5 full courses or equivalent in PSY
Second and Higher Years:
Seminars: JLP 471H/JZP 428H/PSY 401H/407H/408H/409H/410H/420H/430H/440H/450H/460H/470H/ 471H/480H/490H Major program (B.Sc.): M11601 (7 full courses or their equivalent) Enrolment in the Major program is limited. Application must be made to the Department. To enrol, students must have a) completed 4 full courses; b) at least 63% in PSY 100Y; c) be registered to take or have completed Statistics; and d) have a CGPA of 2.0. NOTE: The courses to include Statistics and 6.5 full courses or equivalent in PSY
Second and Higher Years:
Minor program Minor program: R11601 (4 full courses or their equivalent) Enrolment in the Minor program is limited. Application must be made to the Department. To enrol, students must have a) completed 4 full courses; b) at least 63% in PSY 100Y; c) either be registered to take or have completed Statistics; and d) have a CGPA of 1.7. NOTE: The courses to include Statistics and 3.5 full courses or equivalent in PSY
Second and Higher Years:
Group A: JLP 315H/PSY 310H/311H/312H/313H/314H/316H/320H/323H/324H/325H/330H/333H/334H/341H/342H/343H
PSYCHOLOGY COURSES(see Section 4 for Key to Course Descriptions)For Distribution Requirement purposes, all PSY courses are classified as SCIENCE courses.
SCI199Y Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a breadth requirement course; see First Year Seminars: 199Y.
PSY100Y A survey course introducing students to concepts, issues, and research methods in the broad field of contemporary psychology. Topics include: physiological processes, motivation, learning, perception, memory and thinking, social, developmental, and abnormal psychology.
200-SERIES COURSESNOTE 1. PREREQUISITES: For PSY 201H - 291H courses, students must have completed PSY 100Y and: a) be enrolled in a PSY program, OR b) have obtained at least 70% in PSY 100Y. Students who enrol without meeting these requirements may be removed from the course(s). Additional prerequisites and co-requisites are listed with the course descriptions below. NOTE 2. PSY 201H, 203H and 210H are balloted. Students wishing to enrol in PSY 201H, 203H or 210H must follow the balloting procedures outlined in the March Access timetable and the Undergraduate Handbook in Psychology (available from the Department beginning April).
PSY200H A science breadth course for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences, exploring selected major issues for current theory and research. These issues exemplify how psychological science attempts to answer questions, and the kinds of answers which psychology can provide. Unlike PSY100Y, the course does not provide a broad survey of psychology, and does not serve as a prerequisite for other psychology courses.
Note: Students who have taken PSY200H and wish to pursue further studies in psychology must consult with the Undergraduate Director of Psychology. This course is primarily intended for Humanities and Social Science students.
PSY201H Basic techniques of data analysis in psychology: the description of psychological data and basic statistical inference applied to psychological data.
PSY202H Experimental design in psychological research and the statistical analysis of experimental data.
PSY203H The basis for the biological determination of behaviour and the limitations of this approach. It covers the biological mechanisms which underlie the transmission and expression of behaviour, including fundamental principles of evolution, genetics, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.
PSY210H The developmental approach to the study of behaviour with reference to sensorimotor skills, cognition, socialization, personality, and emotional behaviour.
PSY220H Contemporary areas of research in social psychology: social perception, attitudes, inter-personal relations, and group processes.
PSY230H Theory and research in personality structure and dynamics: the interaction of cultural and biological factors in the development and expression of individual differences.
PSY240H A critical survey of concepts, theories, and the state of research in the area of emotionally disturbed persons and therapeutic methods.
PSY250H Analysis of behaviour from an ethological point of view. Topics include the structure, causation, and development of behaviour systems and the function and evolution of behaviour.
PSY260H Concepts, theories and applications in historical and contemporary contexts: respondent and operant conditioning, reinforcement, extinction, stimulus control (generalization and discrimination) and aversive control (punishment and avoidance).
PSY270H An introduction to research and theory in the study of pattern recognition, attention, memory and mental representation.
PSY271H An introduction to research and theory in the study of language, thinking, reasoning and concept formation.
PSY280H Emphasizes seeing and hearing. The ways the processing systems work in human and lower animals. Visual perceiving of shape, space, motion, and colour. Auditory perceiving of simple and complex sounds, location. Focus is on the perceiver as seeker and user of information.
PSY290H Animal and human research on topics including: neural signalling, functional anatomy, sensory and motor systems.
PSY291H Animal and human research on topics including: psychopharmacology, brain chemistry, addiction systems, sexual behaviour, psychopathology, memory and higher cognitive functions.
PSY299Y Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See Research Opportunity Program for details. 300-SERIES COURSESNOTE All lab courses (PSY 319Y, 329Y, 339Y, 369Y, 379Y, 389Y, 399Y) and individual project courses (PSY 303H, 304H) are balloted. Students wishing to enrol in these courses must follow the balloting procedures as outlined in the March Access timetable and the Undergraduate Handbook in Psychology (available from the Department beginning April).
PSY300H Philosophical predecessors and early development of modern psychology; schools of thought and shifting areas of theory and research. History and philosophy of science, in general. Current systems and theories.
PSY303H An intensive laboratory or applied research project under the supervision of a staff member. Will be approved by the Department only when the student and staff member can show that the project is academically demanding and uniquely suitable for the individual student in terms of the rest of the student's program.
PSY305H The application of statistical and psychometric procedures to psychological data. Use of the computer is emphasized in the analysis of several data sets.
PSY310H Brief consideration of some principles of embryology followed by behavioural embryology, development of perceptual mechanisms, movement patterns and behaviour systems including feeding, prey catching and aggression. Examples primarily from non-human species. (Offered in alternate years)
PSY311H Theory and research in social attachment, aggression, morality, imitation and identification, altruism, and parental discipline, with discussion of methodological issues.
PSY312H Age-related changes in knowledge acquisition, reasoning, and the control of behaviour. Traditional perspectives (e.g., Baldwin, Vygotsky, Piaget) and current issues (e.g., neuropsychology, future-oriented behaviour, theory of mind).
PSY313H Age changes in sensory and perceptual processes, motor skill, learning, memory, and personality. Theory, methodological problems, social, cultural, and environmental influences which shape behaviour and attitudes to and by the elderly.
PSY314H Examination of cognitive-developmental, psychoanalytic, sociobiological, behaviouristic and cultural-anthropological approaches to moral development. Issues covered include definitions of morality, the relationship between moral judgement and action, gender differences and commonalities, and the role of culture in moral development.
JLP315H Infants' abilities at birth, prelinguistic development, the first words, phonological, syntactic and semantic development. Social variables influencing development of language, bilingualism, models of development, language play. (Given by the Departments of Linguistics and Psychology)
PSY316H The course examines human perceptual development during the first 2-3 years of life. Vision and audition are emphasized. Some topics are: pattern and colour vision, depth perception, infant speech perception.
PSY319Y A series of research projects. Each project includes the design of a study, data collection and analysis, and a written report.
PSY320H Intensive study of social attitudes and opinions development, description, measurement, modification, and organization.
PSY323H The effect of sex-role expectations on how men and women behave and perceive the world: theories of sex-role development, physiological and cultural determinants of sex differences, power relationships between men and women.
PSY324H Survey course of theories and research in human motivation with a particular focus on social psychological perspectives.
PSY325H An examination of long-standing and contemporary issues in research on the self, addressing its conceptual, motivational, cognitive and cultural aspects.
JZP326H Daily, monthly, annual and other rhythms and methods of measuring them. Behavioural and physiological aspects of biological clocks. The importance of rhythms in experimental design, in research on brain function, in affective disorders, and the use animals make of rhythms in migration and other behaviours. (Given by the Departments of Psychology and Zoology)
PSY329Y Introduction to methods and techniques of research in social psychology. Students criticize articles, design research, and carry out a major research project.
Recommended Co-requisite: PSY305H
PSY330H Concepts and methods for the measurement of abilities, interests and personality: reliability, validity, interpretation of test scores, norms, observational methods, structured tests, interview, projective techniques. Ethical problems in assessment. Not a course in test administration.
PSY333H Examines research evidence concerning the impact of psychological factors on physical health and illness.
PSY334H Culture appears to have a narrative structure. Animal learning and neuropsychological theory helps us understand how narratives might regulate emotion. Threat of broadscale emotional dysregulation motivates individuals to protect their cultures.
PSY339Y Introduction to methods involved in individual differences or personality research. Group and individual projects focus on assessment of individual difference characteristics and on experimentation including such characteristics.
PSY341H This course focuses on cognitive and neuropsychological aspects of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in children from clinical and theoretical perspectives.
PSY342H The applications of behavioral research in learning theory, developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology to investigations of socially relevant issues.
PSY343H Examines various theories of how personality functioning may become impaired and corresponding psychotherapeutic interventions. Emphasis on empirical assessment of personality dysfunction and therapy effectiveness.
PSY352H Evolutionary models of social behaviour in animals, the origins of sociobiology, and a biological approach to human social organization. (Offered in alternate years.)
PSY360H An advanced course that considers classical and instrumental conditioning as scientific phenomena, and examines several conditioning applications such as biofeedback.
PSY362H The study of memory, representation, concept learning, and other cognitive processes in non-human animals using the methods of operant and Pavlovian conditioning.
PSY369Y Practical experience in conducting experiments, initially under close supervision. Class discussion relating experiments to previous research. Formal written reports. Subjects: rat, pigeon, goldfish, human.
PSY370H Problem-solving as a model of directed thinking; conceptual behaviour and mental representation; induction, deduction and learning; probabilistic reasoning; creative thinking and complex problem solving.
PSY372H Current theories and data on human memory: processes involved in encoding, storage, and retrieval.
JLP374H Human and other animal communication, structure of human language, word meaning and semantic memory, psychological studies of syntax, bilingualism, language and thought, language errors and disorders. (Given by the Departments of Linguistics and Psychology)
PSY375H Visual attention; attentional selection for object recognition, feature integration, and action; movements of attention; eye-hand coordination, eye movements, limb movements. Models of attention and motor control.
PSY377H Networks of neurons learn by adapting the strengths of their interconnections. These networks are used as models of psychological processes including perception and concept formation. Almost no programming skills are required.
PSY378H The application of our knowledge of human information processing capabilities to improve human-machine systems design in a number of engineering environments including aviation, architecture, computer software, human-computer interaction, management information systems, and nuclear power plants.
PSY379Y Exercises and demonstrations, followed by experiments done jointly with other members of the class, and a final individual research project, in the broad area of human learning and memory.
PSY380H Current developments in research and theory in the area of perception. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Consult departmental booklet for full description.
PSY383H The study of peoples' responses to, and perceptions of the natural and built environment. Design of the objects we use, and the spaces which we inhabit.
PSY389Y Experiments undertaken under supervision requiring formal written reports. Readings and discussion on methodological problems and issues in perceptual measurement, and the design of experiments on perceiving.
PSY390H Examination in depth of a limited set of topics in physiological psychology. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Consult departmental booklet for full description.
PSY391H In presenting and arguing for this approach the topics covered are sex differences in cognition, and the psychophysiological topics of biofeedback and lie detection. Students are expected to critically evaluate the approach, and argue for their own.
PSY392H Understanding the complexities of how the mammalian nervous system acquires and stores information and how it transforms this information into appropriate behavior is fundamentally important to our understanding of both animal and human behavior. This course explores empirical and theoretical contributions to our understanding of the neural basis of learning and memory.
PSY393H The use of higher cortical functions to study cognitive processes in humans and other primates. Some topics to be covered: hemispheric specialization, emotion and the cerebral hemispheres, organization of language after brain damage, amnesia, aging.
PSY394H The role of brain and body in expression and experience of emotion in humans, considered theoretically and through the experimental, physiological and clinical literatures.
PSY396H The functional relevance of neurotransmitters, with particular emphasis on their role in mediating behaviour.
PSY399Y Methods in physiological psychology, including experience in the design of an experiment, data collection, analysis, and written reports. Qualified students may do an original experiment in physiological psychology. Surgery with rodents is required
400-SERIES COURSESNOTE All PSY 400-series courses are balloted. PSY 400Y - 490H require both a) PSY 202H (or equivalent) and b) certain PSY 300-series courses (specified in the Undergraduate Handbook in Psychology) as prerequisites. Please consult the Undergraduate Handbook in Psychology (available from the Department beginning April) for prerequisites and balloting procedures.
PSY400Y An individual project done under the direction of a staff member. Lecture and seminar presentations of proposals in the Fall Term.
PSY401H/402H/403H/404H Examination in depth of specific topics in psychology. These seminars vary from year to year in terms of the number given, the topics, and the restrictions on enrollment. Consult the departmental calendar for details.
PSY407H The role of theory in psychology critically examined through consideration of psychological controversies.
PSY408H Individual decision making under certainty, uncertainty, and risk. Subjective aspects of risk. Multi-objective decisions. Theory of social choice. Two-person constant sum games.
PSY409H Noncooperative and cooperative games. Social traps (dilemmas). Indices of power and allocation problems. Formation of political coalitions. Psychology of group decisions.
PSY410H Examination in depth of a limited topic within developmental psychology. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY420H Examination in depth of a limited topic within social psychology. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
JZP428H Circadian rhythms with emphasis on non-photic entrainment and phase shifting of rhythms by behaviour (e.g., social interactions, or becoming active). Properties and physiological mechanisms for non-photic effects and comparisons with those for photic effects. Seminars and readings of original papers. Emphasis on basic principles, but possible applications will also be discussed. (Given by the Departments of Psychology and Zoology)
PSY430H Examination in depth of a limited topic within the area of personality. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY440H Examination in depth of a limited topic within abnormal psychology. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY450H Comparison of psychological and ethological approaches to the problems of the structure, causation, ontogeny and phylogeny of behaviour.
PSY460H Examination in depth of a limited topic in learning. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY470H Examination in depth of limited topics within the area of memory. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
JLP471H Seminar in advanced topics in psycholinguistics. Content varies from year to year. (Given by the Departments of Linguistics and Psychology)
PSY471H Examination in depth of a limited topic in cognition. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY480H Examination in depth of limited topics in perception. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
PSY490H The relationship between behaviour and the activity of neurons; examples from sensory, motor, motivational, and higher cortical systems. Electrical stimulation and recording techniques. 
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