Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
PSYC 1F90
Introduction to Psychology
Basic concepts and contemporary issues in psychology with special attention to learning, physiological, developmental, clinical and social psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: prerequisite to all courses in Psychology except PSYC 2F23, and 3Q91.
PSYC 2F12
Lifespan Development
Introduction to the conceptual bases of life span development, a survey of relevant research, and an overview of methodological issues. Topics illustrating lifespan developmental research and theory will be drawn from the following areas: intellectual, moral, personality, physiological, sexual, emotional, and social development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and LING majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students may not register concurrently in CHYS 2F10. Students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHYS 2F10.
PSYC 2F20
Cognition
Acquisition and utilization of knowledge. Topics include information processing, attention and memory, concepts, imagery, problem solving and reasoning, judgment and decision making, language and thought.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 2F23
Statistics and Research Design in the Behavioural Sciences
Principles of research design and data analysis in the context of psychological research.
Lectures, tutorial, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90 or one Social Science credit.
Note: Grade 12U Mathematics of Data Management or equivalent background recommended.
PSYC 2F25
Introduction to Personality
Introduction to personality measurement, theory, and research. Personality structure and the causes and functions of personality variation. Current topics in personality research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 2F30
Introduction to Social Psychology
Theories, methods, research and issues of contemporary social psychology. Topics include social perception and cognition, the self, attitudes, influence, attraction, aggression, altruism, communication, conflict, group and collective behaviour; the psychological study of social issues including prejudice, law, environment and health.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), COMM (single or combined), CHSC and HLSC majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
*PSYC 2F36
Physiological Psychology
(also offered as NEUR 2F36)
Biological aspects of behaviour; functional activities of the brain from the neuron through to the interrelationships among neural systems. Topics include drugs and behaviour, sensorial and motivational systems, emotion and stress, learning and memory, language and psychiatric disorders.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC, KINS, and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 2F45
Learning
Presentation of variables and/or conditions which contribute to the learning process including a survey of the basic experimental findings and theoretical issues related to learning emphasizing learning in nonhuman animals.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 2F50
Perception
Theoretical issues, problems and actual mechanisms of seeing, hearing and other senses. Basic problems of pattern recognition, memory and attention; influence of culture, motivation, personality and pathology on perception.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 2F91.
PSYC 3F07
Experiential Psychology
Subjective experience (states of consciousness) and methods as an alternate way of "doing" psychology. Phenomena of dreams, psychedelic drugs, hypnosis, schizophrenia, religious mysticism and eastern meditative traditions. Conceptual frameworks from introspective and phenomenological traditions of psychology, social science and psychiatry, as well as holistic constuctivist approaches to cognition and the nature of consciousness.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 2F97, 2P96 and 2P97.
PSYC 3F20
Abnormal Psychology
Psychopathology and dysfunctional behaviour are discussed with respect to classification, diagnosis, etiology, treatment and prevention. Biological, psychological and social determinants of mental disorder are considered.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3F40
Psychological Research
Research methods in several areas of psychology emphasizing developing the student's capacity to evaluate literature and formulate hypotheses through participation in individual research projects.
Lectures 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum 75 percent major average and a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F23.
Co-requisite: PSYC 3P39 (must be taken in the Fall session).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 3P30, 3P41 and 3P42.
*PSYC 3F81
Neuroscience
(also offered as NEUR 3F81)
Integrative approach to neuroscience from basic elements of molecular neuroscience, physiology of excitable cells, neurophysiology of major brain systems to behavioural neuroscience and selected topics in affective and cognitive neuroscience. Emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of the subject and the integrative aspects of brain function. General insight into a number of classical disciplines including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, electrophysiology, neurochemistry and neurology.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 3 hours alternating weeks.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F36 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3F91.
#PSYC 3P11
Theories of Development and Socialization
(also offered as CHYS 3P11)
Interdisciplinary exploration of child and youth development and socialization, including the foundational literature in psychology, sociology and anthropology, as well as contemporary and critical interpretive theories of childhood and youth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd, and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12 or CHYS 2F10.
PSYC 3P18
Adolescent Development
Theories and methods of life span development as they apply to the special issues that emerge during adolescence. Topics include thinking processes, identity formation, physiological change, sexuality and sex roles, family and peer relationships, schooling, vocational choices and moral development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC and HLSC majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12 or CHYS 2F10.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P19
Psychology of Aging
Theories and methods of life span development as applied to the special issues that emerge during late adulthood; how physiological, social and cognitive factors interact as individuals cope with the tasks of later years.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC, LING and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P94.
*PSYC 3P23
Psychology of Parenting
(also offered as CHYS 3P23)
Determinants, varieties and consequences of parenting. Focus on psychological research findings in contemporary parenting/parenthood issues. Topics include different styles of parenting, parent-child relationships, child maltreatment, parenting children with different temperaments, and parenting in ecological contexts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHLH, CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12 or CHYS 2F10.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P30
Critical Thinking in Psychology
Development of scientific thinking and discovery procedures in psychology. The design of experiments and quasi-experiments. Control of variables, statistical power and alternative sources of data. Critical analysis of typical examples of contemporary psychological research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with either a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90 and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F23.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 3F40, 3P40 and 3P41.
*PSYC 3P33
Psychology of Intergroup Behaviour
(also offered as COMM 3P33)
Social psychological theories and research in the area of intergroup relations and intergroup conflict. Topics include realistic conflict theory, social identity theory, social exchange, relative deprivation and research on intergroup perceptions and attitudes. Current issues/controversies and implications for the resolution of intergroup conflict.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and COMM (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P34
Psychology of Human Sexuality
Introduction to the psychological study of human sexuality. Biopsychosocial approaches are applied to different issues in human sexuality, including sexual differentiation, gender identity and sexual orientation, attraction and love, patterns of sexual behaviour, sexual dysfunctions, sex differences in sexual behaviour, erotica and pornography, sexual coercion and paraphilias, and sexual physiology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHSC 2P50.
PSYC 3P36
Applied Social Psychology
Theories, research and practice of social psychology as applied to specific areas of personal and social concern, including physical and mental health, law, commerce, environment, communication and gerontology. Methods of conducting applied research, assessing public opinion and evaluating program efficacy. Consideration of Lewin's proposition that "there is nothing so practical as a good theory".
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P39
Computer Data Analysis
Applications of computers to management and analysis of data, including data entry, statistical procedures and interpretation of output, using SPSS.
Lectures/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum 75 percent major average and a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.Prerequisite: PSYC 2F23.
Note: not open to students with credit in PSYC 3F40 prior to 1999.
PSYC 3P41
Psychological Research I
Research methods in several areas of psychology emphasizing development of the student's capacity to evaluate literature and write a research proposal.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (empirical thesis) Co-op students.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F23.
Co-requisite: PSYC 3P39.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3F40 and 3P30.
PSYC 3P42
Psychological Research II
Research methods in several areas of psychology emphasizing research design, data acquisition, and writing an APA report.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (empirical thesis) Co-op students.
Prerequisite: PSYC 3P41.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3F40 and 3P30.
PSYC 3P45
Comparative Psychology I
Introduction to comparative psychology; an emphasis will be placed on the similarity and differences of behaviour patterns across several species (including humans).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 3F45.
PSYC 3P48
Directed Studies I
Topics, readings and/or research chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: permission of the Department. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
PSYC 3P49
Directed Studies II
Topics, readings and/or research chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: permission of the Department. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
PSYC 3P51
Health Psychology
Psychological aspects of health and illness. Prevention and treatment of illness and the maintenance of wellness. Behavioural and social factors that play a role in the etiology of health and illness.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC and HLSC majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 2P91.
PSYC 3P53
Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Overview of the field of forensic psychology including psychopathy, risk assessment, criminal profiling, deception, eyewitness identification and jury decision-making.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P54
Psychology of Western Consciousness
Attention, memory, hemispheric laterality and language are examined from a general systems theory perspective. Topics include nonconscious processes, altered states of consciousness, lucid dreams, self concept and the effects of drugs on consciousness. Western approaches to consciousness are contrasted and integrated with esoteric techniques for altering consciousness.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P55
Psychology of Eastern Consciousness
Asian psychology approached from a Buddhist perspective; the history, evolution, and practical significance of Buddhism. Topics include meditation, Taoism, Hinduism, Zen Buddhism, and Western applications such as biofeedback and therapy. Eastern approaches to consciousness are contrasted and integrated with Western psychology by examining attention, memory and language.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
*PSYC 3P57
Psychology of Women
(also offered as WISE 3P57)
Social, personal and political implications of gender. Topics include theoretical perspectives on the study of gender differences, stereotypes, sexuality, biological influences, and issues related to achievement, intimacy, mental and physical health, power and justice.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date specified in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC (WISE) 2P93 and 3R90.
PSYC 3P58
Psychology of Men
History of psychological thought about masculinity, from sociobiological theory to modern feminist critiques. Topics include theoretical perspectives on the study of gender differences, stereotypes of masculinity, male sexuality, the biology of maleness, and issues related to self-awareness, intimacy, health, the misuse of power and the possibility of reconstructing a more justifiable image of masculinity/maleness.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 2P94 and 3R91.
*PSYC 3P59
Introduction to Human Neuropsychology
(also offered as NEUR 3P59)
Relation between brain function and behaviour examined through clinical syndromes and experimental strategies. Topics include disorders of attention, memory, language, emotion and problem solving.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC, LING and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and 1.0 PSYC credit above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P98.
PSYC 3P60
Cognitive Development
Theory and research pertaining to intellectual development. Topics include the development of perception, memory, thinking and language.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12 or CHYS 2F10.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
#PSYC 3P61
Child Language Acquisition: Early Stages
(also offered as CHYS 3P61 and LING 3P61)
Theories, research and methods in early language development. Linguistic stages in the development of child language at the level of grammar and meaning (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Discourse as an indicator of the socialization process. Effects of interaction with care givers. Early bilingualism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90, LING 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC (CHYS/LING) 2P98.
*PSYC 3P67
Bases of Neuropsychopharmacology
(also offered as NEUR 3P67)
Mechanisms of drug action and classification of psychoactive agents. Elements of pharmacokinetics (drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination) and a review of the major groups of psychoactive agents including hypnotics, analgesics, anxiolytics, antidepressants, psychostimulants and neuroleptics. Emphasizing mechanisms and consequences of drug action on selected neurotransmitter systems (dopaminergic, cholinergic, serotonergic).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC (NEUR) 3P97.
PSYC 3P68
Sleep and Wakefulness
Functions, mechanisms, rhythms, physiology and psychology of sleep contrasted with counterparts during wakefulness. Current issues in sleep research and sleep disorders medicine.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
PSYC 3P72
Drugs and Behaviour
Basic principles of the kinetics of drugs and drug action, tolerance and drug interactions. Effects of psychoactive drugs on behaviour and experience. Focus on recreational drugs and the use of psychoactive medications in psychiatry.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P92.
#PSYC 3P74
Psychology of Computers in Education
(also offered as CHYS 3P74)
Uses of computers in education in light of current theories of child development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: one of MATH 1F92, PSYC 2F23, SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (for CHYS/SOCI combined majors; may be taken concurrently), 1.0 COSC or MATH credit.
Note: this is not a computer programming course.
PSYC 3P75
Stress
Modern theories and misconceptions about the effects of stress on psychology and health. Diverse material ranges from workplace theories of stress to the effect of stress on our immune system. Coping strategies, methods of stress appraisal and behavioural effects are also studied and physiological systems involved with the mammalian stress response.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P95.
*PSYC 3P77
Social Development
(also offered as CHYS 3P77)
Social competence, aggression, friendship and other topics in social development from a variety of developmental perspectives. Methodological and intervention issues relevant to the study of social development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12, CHYS 2F10 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 3P24.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHYS 3P24 and PSYC (CHYS) 3Q94.
*PSYC 3P80
Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour
(also offered as COMM 3P80)
Social psychology of interpersonal attraction and relationships, as studied through experimental, correlational and longitudinal designs. Reinforcement, exchange, attributional, equity and balance models. Levels of relationships. Aspects of the maintenance and dissolution of relationships and of interpersonal psychopathology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and COMM (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: PSYC 2F30 recommended. Students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
#PSYC 3Q33
Conflict, Contradictions and Development
(also offered as CHYS 3Q33)
Conflict in early human development including the understanding of the causes, management and outcomes of conflicts. Cognitive and social strategies used to resolve conflicts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12, CHYS 2F10 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC (CHYS) 3Q93.
*PSYC 3Q90
Consciousness and Society
(also offered as PHIL 3Q90)
Psychodynamic approaches to modern clinical pathologies of narcissism, transpersonal psychologies of meditation and consciousness, and socio-cultural approaches to spiritual movements are used to examine both the nature religious-mystical experience and the repeated appearance of mysticism throughout the 20th century using the personal, social, and political conflicts associated with the life histories of Nietzsche, Emerson, Thoreau, Heidegger, Jung, Blavatsky, Gurdjieff.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and PHIL (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
#PSYC 3Q91
Second Language Acquisition and Learning
(also offered as LING 3Q91)
Theories of second- or subsequent-language learning. Topics include psychological aspects of language learning (behaviourism, cognitivism, humanism), language and culture, contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: LING 1F74 or permission of the instructor.
*PSYC 3Q95
Theories of Personality: Freud and Jung
(also offered as PHIL 3Q95)
Major clinically derived theories of personality with special attention to their bases in case study/life history methodology; focus on Freud and Jung and their continuing relevance for current personality, developmental and transpersonal psychology. The possibly unique relation of "depth psychology" to numinous experience (mysticism, creativity, psychosis).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and PHIL (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
*PSYC 3Q96
Theories of Personality: Developments in Psychodynamic and Transpersonal Psychology
(also offered as PHIL 3Q96)
Major developments in the psychoanalytic and clinical tradition (Kohut, Winnicott, Klein) as they relate to analogous developments within transpersonal and Jungian approaches to "higher" states of consciousness. The conflicts and congruences between these perspectives illustrated by selected life histories (Melanie Klein, Wilhelm Reich, G. Gurdjieff).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and PHIL (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
*PSYC 4F31
Treatment Approaches for Children and Adolescents
(also offered as CHYS 4F31)
Theoretical background, research and evaluation of current therapeutic approaches. Disorders include conduct discords, emotional distress, anxiety states, autism, family dysfunction; dynamic therapies (therapeutic play, Gestalt approaches, counselling techniques, expressive work); behavioural theory and techniques, including social skills training, cognitive work and relaxation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and CHYS (single or combined) majors until the date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12 or PSYC 2F10.
Note: students will participate in a practicum placement.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC (CHYS) 4P31 and 4P32.
PSYC 4F50
Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Issues in assessment techniques, major theories of psychotherapy and research findings concerning treatment strategies for specific disorders.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until the date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum 13.5 overall credits.
PSYC 4F90
Literature Review Thesis
Review of the research and theory in a focused area or problem in psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisites: PSYC 3P30 and 3P39.
Note: topics may be selected from a list assigned by the course co-ordinator or chosen in consultation with a faculty supervisor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC 4F92.
PSYC 4F91
Empirical Research Thesis
Research project carried out with a faculty supervisor whose permission must be obtained prior to registration.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Prerequisites: PSYC 3F40 or PSYC 3P41 and 3P42; PSYC 3P39.
PSYC 4P10
Advanced Directed Studies I
Topic, readings and/or research chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Department.
PSYC 4P11
Advanced Directed Studies II
Topic, readings and/or research activity chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Department.
PSYC 4P21
Psychology of Addictive Behaviour
Theory and research on substance use. Focus on psychopharmacological, cognitive, psychodynamic and social psychological models and on longitudinal research. Implications for treatment and prevention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC, HLSC and NEUR majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite: PSYC 3P92.
PSYC 4P22
Advanced Seminar in Human Memory
Historic and current ideas about memory and the implication these have for our approach to memory in research, medical and legal contexts as revealed through such topics as: tip of the tongue, hypnosis and memory, eyewitness testimony and various memory disorders (psychogenic amnesia, childhood amnesia)
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
PSYC 4P25
Personality Assessment and Research
Individual differences in the area of personality and associated domains, including cognitive abilities, interests, attitudes, religiosity, and sexuality. Personality structure and the causes and functions of personality variation. Psychometric theory and test construction.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade in PSYC 3F97.
PSYC 4P27
Psychology of the Exceptional Child
Overview of theory and research related to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood and adolescent disorders (conduct disorder, ADHD, autism and depression).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F12, CHYS 2F10 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P27.
PSYC 4P29
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Theories and research methods in cognitive neuropsychology, focussing on the investigation of brain models of information processing.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHSC and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 3P59 (3P98) or permission of the instructor.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P99.
PSYC 4P35
Infant Development
Theory and research pertaining to human development from conception to 24 months including perceptual, cognitive, social and emotional development. The impact of early experience on later development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.5 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisites: PSYC 2F12 or CHYS 2F10; 1.0 third-year Developmental Psychology credit (see Content Areas).
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P93.
PSYC 4P38
Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia
Neuropsychological changes associated with normal and pathological aging. Topics include causes and consequences of age-related change in intellectual, social and emotional function; implications for quality of life, rehabilitation and supportive care.
Lectures, seminar 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) CHSC, HLSC, LING and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.5 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC 3P19 (3P94).
Note: students who have a minimum of 5.0 NEUR credits may register. Contact the Psychology Department.
#PSYC 4P41
Risk-Taking in Youth
(also offered as CHYS 4P41)
Topics may include youth lifestyle choices, problem behaviour theory, risk and protective factors, competence, and developmental pathways in the context of community, family, peer, and intrapersonal factors.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and CHYS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: one of CHYS 3P09, 3P11, 3P12, 3P23, 3P24, 3P65, 3P74, 3Q33, PSYC 3P18.
PSYC 4P44
Social Psychology of Justice
Social psychological research and theories that address how people think about, define, and respond to justice and injustice. Exploration of the application of social psychology to the legal system with regard to eyewitness testimony, jury decision making and dispute resolution.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum 13.5 overall credits.
PSYC 4P45
Community Psychology
Community psychology as conceptualized in the past 20 years emphasizing the interplay between community psychology, deinstitutionalization and the community mental health movements. The contemporary drive for consumer involvement in the development and provision of service will be a major perspective.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; field work.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
PSYC 4P47
Contemporary Approaches to Consciousness
(also offered as PHIL 4P47)
Cognitive, philosophical, neuropsychological, physical and phenomenological perspectives on consciousness will be explored, including the work of James, Sperry, Gibson, Penrose, Wittgenstein, Husserl and Heidegger, and research on metaphor and self-organizing natural systems.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and PHIL (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
PSYC 4P55
Neural Mechanisms, Hormones and Behaviour
Relationships among the hormones of the endocrine system, the nervous system and behaviour; the involvement of hormones in sexual behaviour, the mechanisms of stress, and in cognition; and the relevant research methodologies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.0 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: PSYC2F36.
*PSYC 4P56
Maturation and Development
(also offered as CHYS 4P56)
Influences of brain physiology and maturation on psychological development and vice versa; the role of heredity in understanding human development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS BA (Pass)/BEd, CHYS (single or combined) and NEUR majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.0 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite: one of PSYC one of 2F12, 2F36, CHYS 2F10.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in PSYC (CHYS) 3P56.
PSYC 4P63
Human Psychophysiology
Concepts related to acquisition and analysis of bioelectrical signals recorded from the brain, pupillary system, skeletomuscular system, cardiovascular system, electrodermal system and respiratory system. Applications to health and human factors include arousal, attention, emotion, stress, immunology, lie detection and brain injury.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), and NEUR majors until the date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Note: students minoring in Psychology may register prior to date in Registration guide. Contact the Psychology Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned credit in PSYC 3P96.
PSYC 4P92
History of Psychology
Historical development of the multiple orientations within psychology. Topics include philosophical and physiological influences in psychology, intro-spectionism; functionalism, behaviourism, Gestalt theory, psychoanalysis, humanistic and developmental.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4.
Prerequisite: one of PSYC 3F40, 3P30, PSYC 3P41 and 3P42.
PSYC 4P93
Honours Seminar
Survey of issues in various areas of Psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
PSYC 4P94
Thesis Seminar
Empirical research thesis students undertake a study of general research issues and research relevant to the topic of their honours thesis.
Seminar, 1.5 hours per week over two terms.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department.
Co-requisite: PSYC 4F91.
PSYC 4V80-4V82
Special Topics in Applied, Clinical and Health Psychology
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
PSYC 4V81
Topics in Clinical Psychology
Issues in assessment techniques, ethical and professional practise issues in clinical psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: Open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
PSYC 4V82
Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy
Contemporary major theories of counselling and psychotherapy, including client/person-centered counselling, cognitive-behaviour therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and post-modern approaches.
Lectures/seminar. 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
PSYC 4V83-4V85
Special Topics in Cognition
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
*PSYC 4V86-4V88
Special Topics in Neuropsychology, Physiological, and Comparative Psychology
(also offered as NEUR 4V86-4V88)
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
*PSYC 4V86
Selected Topics in Sleep Research
(also offered as NEUR 4V86)
Topics may include sleep need, sleep deprivation, and the role of sleep in learning and memory.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
PSYC 4V89-4V91
Special Topics in Development
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
PSYC 4V92-4V94
Special Topics in Methodology
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
PSYC 4V95-4V97
Special Topics in Personality and Social Psychology
Structure and content of course varies.
3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: a description of upcoming course offering(s) will be posted by April in the Department and in the Psychology Major's Manual.
PSYC 4V96
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
Theory and research on the basic processes involved in prejudice and discrimination. Topics include stereotyping, emotions, competition, contemporary prejudice, implicit biases, individual differences, and prejudice reduction.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: PSYC 2F30.
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