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PSY Psychology CoursesPSY100Y1 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. NOTE PSY391H1 is a prerequisite for most PSY390-series courses and PSY490H1. Students are encouraged to take PSY391H1 in their second year. PSY201H1 Basic techniques of data analysis in psychology: the description of psychological data
and basic statistical inference applied to psychological data. PSY202H1 Experimental design in psychological research and the statistical analysis of
experimental data. PSY210H1 The developmental approach to the study of behaviour with reference to sensorimotor
skills, cognition, socialization, personality, and emotional behaviour. PSY220H1 Contemporary areas of research in social psychology: social perception, attitudes,
inter-personal relations, and group processes. PSY230H1 Theory and research in personality structure and dynamics: the interaction of cultural
and biological factors in the development and expression of individual differences. PSY240H1 A critical survey of concepts, theories, and the state of research in the area of
emotionally disturbed persons and therapeutic methods. PSY260H1 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). PSY270H1 An introduction to research and theory in the study of attention, memory, language,
thinking and reasoning. PSY280H1 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. PSY290H1 Provides students with a solid background into the biological basis of behaviour.
Animal and human research topics including: functional neuroanatomy, neural signalling,
sensory and motor control, motivational systems, and learning and memory. PSY299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. PSY300H1 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. PSY301H1 The role of theory in psychology critically examined through consideration of
psychological controversies. PSY303H1/304H1 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. PSY305H1 The application of statistical and psychometric procedures to psychological data. Use
of the computer is emphasized in the analysis of several data sets. PSY309Y1 Research specialists learn about the research opportunities within our department, and develop their skills in the areas of critical thinking, writing and oral presentation. Students also conduct a pre-thesis research project under the supervision of a faculty member. PSY311H1 Theory and research in social attachment, aggression, morality, imitation and
identification, altruism, and parental discipline, with discussion of methodological
issues. PSY312H1 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). PSY313H1 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. PSY314H1 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. PSY316H1 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. PSY319H1 Provides an overview of developmental psychology methods. The class conducts an
original research project, including design, data collection and analysis, and a written
report. PSY320H1 Intensive study of social attitudes and opinions development, description, measurement,
modification, and organization. PSY323H1 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. PSY324H1 Survey course of theories and research in human motivation with a particular focus on
social psychological perspectives. PSY325H1 An examination of long-standing and contemporary issues in research on the self,
addressing its conceptual, motivational, cognitive and cultural aspects. PSY329H1 Illustrates major methodologies within social psychology, such as attitude measurement,
observation of small groups, and experiments. PSY330H1 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. PSY333H1 Examines research evidence concerning the impact of psychological factors on physical
health and illness. PSY334H1 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. PSY339H1 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. PSY341H1 This course focuses on cognitive and neuropsychological aspects of neurodevelopmental
and psychiatric disorders in children from clinical and theoretical perspectives. PSY342H1 The applications of methods and principles from experimental psychology to the
understanding of psychopathology. PSY343H1 Examines various theories of how personality functioning may become impaired and
corresponding psychotherapeutic interventions. Emphasis on empirical assessment of
personality dysfunction and therapy effectiveness. PSY362H1 The study of memory, representation, concept learning, and other cognitive processes in
non-human animals using the methods of operant and Pavlovian conditioning. PSY369H1 Provides hands on experience with some widely used preparations and procedures for
studying learning and memory in animals. Reading and writing research in this area are
emphasized. Experiments with rats and pigeons are conducted, initially under close
supervision. PSY370H1 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. PSY371H1 This course covers selected topics pertaining to higher cognitive processes including
expertise, consciousness, creativity, and human and artificial intelligence. PSY372H1 Current theories and data on human memory: processes involved in encoding, storage, and
retrieval. PSY375H1 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. PSY377H1 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. PSY378H1 The application of our knowledge of human information processing capabilities to
improve human-machine systems design in a number of engineering environments including
aviation, computer software, human-computer interaction, and nuclear power plants. PSY379H1 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. PSY380H1 Current developments in research and theory in the area of visual perception. Content
in any given year depends on instructor. Consult departmental booklet for full
description. PSY389H1 Examination of issues and methods in perception research. Students conduct supervised
research projects, and read, critique, and write research articles. PSY390H1 An examination of how genes contribute to the production of behaviour, either as
structural elements or direct participants in behavioural regulation. Covers molecular
genetics, natural selection and genetic methods followed by specific examples of congenic
disorders that affect behaviour and studies of "normal" behaviours in human and
animal models. PSY391H1 A survey of brain mechanisms important for behaviour. The goal is to understand neural
function well enough to appreciate how neural circuits can control simple and complex
behaviours. Topics include neurophysiolgy (how neurons work, and work together), motor
control, touch and pain sensation, feeding and drinking, reward and motivation, learning
and cognition. PSY392H1 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. PSY393H1 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. PSY394H1 The role of brain and body in expression and experience of emotion in humans,
considered theoretically and through the experimental, physiological and clinical
literatures. PSY396H1 The functional relevance of neurotransmitters, with particular emphasis on their role
in mediating behaviour. PSY399H1 An introduction to surgical and experimental methods and research issues in
physiological psychology, including anatomical and neurobiological methods and behavioural
and genetic analysis. Concentration on innate and learned mechanisms that influence the
display of specific behaviours. PSY400Y1 An individual project done under the direction of a staff member. Lecture and seminar
presentations of proposals in the Fall Session. PSY401H1 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. PSY402H1/403H1/404H1 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. PSY409H1 This seminar addresses the central theoretical issues that structure contemporary
research in each of the major areas of psychology. The aim is to provide an informal
overview of the field as a whole. PSY410H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic within developmental psychology. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. PSY420H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic within social psychology. Content in any given
year depends on instructor. PSY430H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic within the area of personality. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. PSY440H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic within abnormal psychology. Content in any
given year depends on instructor. PSY460H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic in learning. Content in any given year depends
on instructor. PSY470H1 Examination in depth of limited topics within the area of memory. Content in any given
year depends on instructor. PSY471H1 Examination in depth of a limited topic in cognition. Content in any given year depends
on instructor. PSY472H1 Risky decisions, games against nature, lotteries, gambling and insurance. Two-person
non-cooperative games. Individual and collective rationality. Paradoxes of decision
theory. PSY473H1 Two-person and n-person cooperative games. Allocation problems. Distribution of power.
Theory of coalition formation. Group decisions. Game theory as a theory of conflict
resolution. PSY480H1 Examination in depth of limited topics in perception. Content in any given year depends
on instructor. PSY490H1 The relationship between behaviour and the activity of neurons; examples from sensory,
motor, motivational, and higher cortical systems. Electrical stimulation and recording
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