Work Placement I
First co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Work Placement II
Second co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Work Placement III
Third co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Work Placement IV
Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Work Placement V
Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Co-op Training and Development
Framework for the development of learning objectives by students for individual work terms. Includes orientation to the Co-op experience, goal setting, résumé preparation and interview skills preparation.
Lectures, presentation, site visits, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Overview of Psychology
Contemporary issues in psychology and their application to everyday life.
Lectures, online exercises, 3 hours per week.
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 1F90. Intended for students whose program do not require PSYC 1F90 and who do not plan to take further psychology courses. Materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 1F90.
Foundations of Psychology
Methodological approaches and contemporary issues in psychology and their application to everyday life.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 1F25. Prerequisite to all courses in Psychology except PSYC 2F23 and 3Q91. Materials fee required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 1F25.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration I
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 0N90.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 0N01.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective and Integration II
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 0N90.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 0N02.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration III
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 0N90.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 0N03.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration IV
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 0N90.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 0N04.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration V
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academics studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 0N90.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 0N05.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
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(s): PSYC 1F90 or one Social Science credit.
Note: 4U Mathematics of Data Management or equivalent background recommended.
Lifespan Development
Introduction to theories and research in human development across the lifespan. Topics include development in physical, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social and/or emotional domains.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, RECL, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 2P10.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2M01, 2P10 (2F10) and PSYC 2F12.
Cognition
How the mind processes information. Topics include recognition, attention, memory, problem solving, judgment and decision making.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 2F20.
Personality and Individual Differences
Introduction to theory and research in personality and related individual differences. Topics include measurement and structure of personality characteristics; biological bases, genetic and environmental origins, and evolutionary function of personality; personality disorders; personality as a predictor of life outcomes; other domains of psychological variation (religious beliefs and political attitudes, sexuality, occupational interests, mental abilities).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 2F25.
Fundamentals of Social Psychology
Theory, methods and research examining the influence of others on phenomena such as cognition, the self, attitudes, group processes and communication.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and PSYC minors until dates specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 2F30.
Introduction to Brain and Behaviour
Biological aspects of behavioural neuroscience. Basics of the structure and function of the nervous system in relation to behaviour. Activities of the brain from the neuron through to interrelationships among neural systems. Topics include neuronal function, drugs and behaviour, brain plasticity and recovery from injury, sensation and perception, and the organization of the brain emphasizing human behaviour.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; seminar, 1 hour per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Note: student may not concurrently register in PSYC (NEUR) 2P36.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC (NEUR) 2P36.
Brain and Behaviour I
(also offered as NEUR 2P36)
Introduction to behavioural neuroscience - biological aspects of behaviour. Basics of the structure and function of the nervous system in relation to behaviour. Activities of the brain from the neuron through to interrelationships among neural systems. Topics include neuronal function, drugs and behaviour, brain plasticity and recovery from injury, sensation and perception, and the organization of the brain emphasizing human behaviour.
Lectures, 3 hours per week; lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 2P35.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 2P35.
Brain and Behaviour II
(also offered as NEUR 2P37)
The relation between brain, physiology and behaviour. Topics relevant to neural mechanisms associated with human actions and cognitions such as motivation (sleep, sexual behaviour, eating), emotions and stress, learning and memory, communication and language, and thought (psychological/psychiatric disorders).
Lectures, 3 hours per week; lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P35 or 2P36.
Learning
Presentation of variables and/or conditions contributing to the learning process including a survey of the basic experimental findings and theoretical issues related to learning.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Perception
Introduction to human perception emphasizing visual and auditory perception, including theory and applications to neurophysiology, speech recognition and development. Integration of smell, taste, balance and time perception to demonstrate the biological and cognitive bases of perception.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
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), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3P28.
Psychological Research
Research methods emphasizing correlational and experimental designs and associated analyses (regression and ANOVA). Development of the student's capacity to evaluate scientific literature, generate testable hypotheses, gather and analyze data and report results in a manuscript.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum 77 percent major average and a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2F23.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 3P39.
Note: Neuroscience majors with a minimum 77 percent major average and a minimum of 8.0 overall credits may register. Contact the Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3P30, 3P41 and 3P42.
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) NEUR majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 2P36 and 2P37 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC (NEUR) 3P81 and 3P82.
Advanced Perception
Historical and contemporary issues in perception emphasizing visual and auditory systems. Different approaches to perception, such as cognitive, neuropsychology, applied and social psychology.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, GHUM, SOSC majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P49.
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 (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors and CHYS minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), GHUM, SOSC majors and CHYS minors. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90 or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P12 or CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: requests for placement on waitlist or consideration for an override are made via the Override/Waitlist Request link at brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies
Adolescent Development
Theories and research pertaining to development during adolescence. Topics include biological, cognitive and socioemotional development, and the various contexts (family, peers, schools, culture) in which development occurs.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, PHTH majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, PHTH, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90. Not open to CHYS (single or combined) majors.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P12.
Psychology of Aging
Theories and methods of lifespan 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), CHYS (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), HEAR, NEUR, PHTH, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), HEAR, NEUR, PHTH, SPLS, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P12.
Psychology of Parenting
(also offered as CHYS 3P23)
Determinants, varieties and consequences of parenting, focusing 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), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P12 or CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Classic Theories of Personality
Introduction to personality psychology using a "theorist by theorist" approach. Classic theories of personality, including, psychoanalytic, humanistic and social learning approaches.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single of combined), GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit in PSYC 2P24.
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Selected mental disorders with respect to classification, diagnosis, etiology and treatment. Biological, psychological and social determinants of psychopathology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to RECL majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits. Not open to PSYC (single or combined) majors.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3F20.
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), NEUR majors and PSYC minors with either a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2F23.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3F40, 3P41 and 3P42.
Social Psychology of Social Issues
Theory and research of social psychology as applied to specific areas of personal and social concern, such as physical and mental health, law, the workplace, consumer behaviour, and international relations. Methods of conducting applied research, assessing public opinion and evaluating program efficacy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single and combined), GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P30.
The Development of Deception
Development of non-verbal and verbal deceptive behaviours from the preschool years into adolescence. Influence of cognitive development on deceptive behaviours as well as social factors that influence lie-telling and deceptive behaviours. Legal and social implications of deception.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until the date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P12.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3V85 (taken in 2011).
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), BCMN, COMM, MCMN majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Psychology of Human Sexuality
Introduction to the psychological study of human sexuality. Biopsychosocial approaches are applied to different issues in human sexuality. Topics may include sexual differentiation, gender identity and sexual orientation, attraction and love, paraphilias, and sexual physiology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHSC 2P50.
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), SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), SPLS, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P12 or CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 4P35.
Human Evolutionary Psychology
Human psychological characteristics in terms of function and evolution. General principles of evolutionary psychology, individual differences, group differences, adaptations to the natural environment, kin relationships, co-operation and conflict, sexuality and mating, and social organization. Critical evaluation of evidence that a given psychological characteristic may be an adaptation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until the date specified in the registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90; one of PSYC 2P25, 2P30, 3P24 (2P24) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3V86 (taken in 2011) and PSYC 4P88 (taken in 2010).
Computer Data Analysis
(also offered as NEUR 3P39)
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 77 percent major average, a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2F23.
Note: Neuroscience majors with a minimum 77 percent major average and a minimum of 8.0 overall credits may register. Contact the Department.
Comparative Psychology I
Introduction to comparative psychology, emphazing 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), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Psychology of Food and Eating
Psychological, biological and social factors influencing food/beverage consumption in humans, including theoretical and applied aspects. Topics include physiological control of food intake; biological, orosensory, social and cultural factors influencing food selection; the effects of food on behaviour; eating disorders; and obesity and weight control.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), OEVI, NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, OEVI, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Directed Studies I
Topics, readings and/or research chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90 and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Empirical Directed Studies
Empirical research project chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90 and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Health Psychology
Introduction to psychological aspects of health and illness. How behaviour, social context and attitudes influence physiological processes and our health. Topics include health promotion, stress, psychoneuroimmunology, health and physical activity, pain and the health care system.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, PHTH majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, PHTH, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
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 and minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Introduction to Human Neuropsychology
(also offered as NEUR 3P59)
Relation between brain function and behaviour examined through basic research and clinical syndromes. Topics include neural basis of perception, memory, language, emotion and executive functions.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and 1.0 PSYC credit above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P35, 2P36 or permission of the instructor.
Children's Thinking
Theory and research pertaining to cognitive development. Topics include the development of perception, language, memory, problem solving, reading and social cognition.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; one of PSYC 2P12 , 2P20, 2P49, CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 3P65.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit in CHYS 3P65.
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.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), APLI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), HEAR, NEUR, SPLS (single or combined) majors, PSYC, APLI, CHYS minors, HESC, SLSC and TESC Certificate students until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90, or LING 1P92 and 1P93.
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, noradrenergic, cholinergic, serotonergic).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P35 or 2P36.
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, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Drugs and Behaviour
Basic principles of the kinetics of drugs and drug action, drug effects and drug interactions. Psychology of addictive behaviour. Effects of psychoactive drugs on behaviour and experience. Focus on recreational drugs and psychiatric medications.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, PHTH majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Children and Youth in the Digital Age
(also offered as CHYS 3P74)
Multidisciplinary perspectives on the use and impact of digital media: immersive worlds, social networking, cyber-bullying, world wide web applications, communication patterns, boundaries and responsibilities within cyberspace.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors and CHYS minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), GHUM, SOSC majors and CHYS minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P12 or CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Note: may be offered on-site, online or blended. Requests for placement on waitlist or consideration for an override are made via the Override/Waitlist Request link at brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies.
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), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR, GHUM, SOSC majors and PSYC minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
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 (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P12, CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 3P24.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3P24.
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), BCMN, COMM, MCMN majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Note: PSYC 2P30 (2F30) recommended.
Neuroscience I
(also offered as NEUR 3P81)
Integrative approach to basic neuroscience including molecular neuroscience, physiology of excitable cells, neuroembryology, neurocytology, neurohistology, neuroanatomy and cellular electrophysiology. Emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of the subject including elements of molecular medicine, biology, biophysics and biochemistry.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 3 hours alternating weeks.
Restriction: open to PSYC Co-op and NEUR Co-op majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P36 and 2P37 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC (NEUR) 3F81.
Neuroscience II
(also offered as NEUR 3P82)
Integrative approach to neurophysiology of major brain systems of the spinal cord, medulla, brain stem and mesencephalon, hypothalamus, limbic system and basal ganglia. Introduction to behavioural neuroscience, affective neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience. Consideration of a number of classic biomedical disciplines including neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, elctrophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropsychiatry, neurology and neuropathology.
Lectures, 2 hours per week; lab, 3 hours alternating weeks.
Restriction: PSYC Co-op and NEUR Co-op majors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3P81.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC (NEUR) 3F81.
Psychological Trauma
Emotional, physiological and social components of psychological trauma including diagnostic concerns and treatments.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
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 (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd majors and CHYS minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to PSYC (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd, GHUM SOSC majors and CHYS minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P12, CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Note: requests for placement on waitlist or consideration for an override are made via the Override/Waitlist Request link at brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies.
Second Language Acquisition and Learning
(also offered as LING 3Q91)
Theories of subsequent-language learning. Topics include psychological aspects of language learning (behaviourism, cognitivism, humanism), language and culture, contrastive analysis, error analysis, and interlanguage.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Special Topics in Psychology
Structure and content of course varies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
2013-2014: Psychology of Creativity
Theories of Creativity. Theory and research in the assessment of creativity, creativity and cognition, the creative personality, the relation between creativity and IQ, everyday versus exceptional creativity, the neurobiological foundations of creativity, and creativity and mental illness.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
2013-2014: Human Motivation
Theories, models, and research on the psychological aspects of human motivation, including social, cognitive, behavioural, and biological perspectives. The influence of emotions on goal-directed behaviour and how current conceptions of human motivations applied to achievement, physical and mental health, relationships, addictions, and creativity.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90.
Independent Empirical Research
Empirical research carried out with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Project course.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) and NEUR majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2F23; PSYC 3F40 (3P41 and 3P42) or 3P30.
Note: this course is not a substitute for PSYC 4F91 nor can it be counted toward an Honours degree in Psychology. Students may not concurrently register in PSYC 4F91.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in 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), a minimum 80 percent major average and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3F40 (3P41 and 3P42) and 3P39.
Note: students may not concurrently register in PSYC 4F05.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 4F05 and 4P07.
Psychology in Everyday Life
Application of psychological theories and research to 'real life' problems, experiences and events. Consideration of skills and learning experiences relevant to careers in psychology.
Lectures, 1.5 hours per week; online activities, 1.5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 13.5 credits and 5 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3F40 or 3P30.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 4F91.
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.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Empirical Advanced Directed Studies
Empirical research project 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.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Applied Cognitive Psychology
How basic principles of memory, attention, recognition and decision making influence our behaviour in everyday and forensic contexts, and how cognitive processes are shaped by physiological and emotional factors.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90 and 2P20; PSYC 3F40 or 3P30.
Advanced Seminar in Human Memory
Historic and current ideas about memory and the implication these have for our approach to memory in research, everyday function, medical and legal contexts as revealed through such topics as: recollections, 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), NEUR majors and PSYC minors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Psychological Measurement and Personality Research
Principles of psychological measurement, psychometric theory and test construction. Personality structure and the causes and functions of personality variation. Individual differences in the area of personality and associated domains, including cognitive abilities, interests, attitudes, religiosity, and sexuality.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors 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(s): PSYC 2F23 and 2P25.
Psychology of the Exceptional Child
Examination of selected topics related to atypical child development. Topics may include autism and William's Syndrome, 'gifted' children, mental retardation, ADHD, conduct disorder, eating disorders, and childhood depression and anxiety.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P12, CHYS 2P10 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Positive Psychology
Focus on positive experiences, characteristics, and institutions. Main themes include positive psychology as a source of information about well-being and optimal human functioning, central role of psychological science in the study of positive psychology, positive psychology as a lens through which to view all psychological inquiry.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until the date specified in Registration guide. Students must have 13.5 credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 2P25 or 2P30; PSYC 3F40 or 3P30.
Psychobiology of Human Sexuality
Advanced topics in human sexuality focusing on current research and a biopsychological perspective.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors 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(s): PSYC 1F90; PSYC 3P34 or CHSC 2P50 or permission of the instructor.
Psychology of Social Justice
Basic research and theories addressing how people think about and respond to justice and injustice as subjective concepts. Topics include the nature of people's motivation for justice, how justice is defined and the influence of justice concerns on human behaviour.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors with a minimum 13.5 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Human Emotion
Historical and current beliefs about the nature of human emotions. Topics may include the definition and measurement of emotions, connections between emotional experience, emotion physiology, and emotion regulation across positive and negative affect, the relationship between emotion and other domains of psychology, developmental changes in emotion across adulthood, and/or emotion-related psychopathology (depression, autism).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), NEUR majors and PSYC minors until the date specified in Registration guide. Students must have 13.5 credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
Psychosocial Problems in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Theory and research on internalizing and externalizing problem behaviours in adolescence and emerging adulthood, as well as the factors that enhance resilience and competence.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum 13.5 credits until the date specified in the Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P12.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit in PSYC (CHYS) 4P41 and PSYC 4P86 (2010-2011).
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(s): PSYC 2P35 or 2P36.
Maturation and Development
(also offered as CHYS 4P56)
Influences of brain maturation on psychological development and vice versa.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined),CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) 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(s): one of PSYC 2P12, 2P35, 2P36, CHYS 2P10 (2F10).
Human Psychophysiology
Concepts related to acquisition and analysis of bioelectrical signals recorded from the brain, pupillary system, skeletomotor 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, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined), HEAR, NEUR majors and PSYC minors until the date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or 3.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P35 or 2P36.
Professional Topics in Psychology
Topics may include privacy legislation, confidentiality, research ethics, post-degree training and professional programs, and other issues that individuals in psychology-related professions may face.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until the date specified in Registration guide. Students must have 13.5 credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1F90.
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 who hold a minimum of 13.5 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2P30.
Psychology of Violent Predators
Multi-disciplinary approach in an effort to understand the psychology of criminals who engage in predatory violence, including serial killers, mass murderers, child molesters, and rapists. Theories, concepts and research from the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology and criminal justice that social scientists employ to understand and respond to violent criminals.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors who hold a minimum of 13.0 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3F20 or 3P53.
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 and minors who hold a minimum of 13.5 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3F20.
Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3V93.
History of Psychology
Historical development of the multiple orientations within psychology. Topics include philosophical and scientific influences within psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with a minimum 75 percent major average and a minimum of 13.5 credits or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): one of PSYC 3F40 (3P41 and 3P42), 3P30, CHYS 3P10, 3P15.
Honours Thesis Seminar
Discussion of Undergraduate thesis research and preparation, including examination of various topics in Psychology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours), a minimum 80 percent major average and permission of the Department.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 4F91.
Literature Research
Scientific literature relevant to the topic of the empirical thesis.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours), a minimum 80 percent major average and permission of the Department.
Corequisite(s): PSYC 4F91.
Special Topics in Psychology
Structure and content of course varies.
Restriction: open to PSYC (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.5 overall credits or 5.0 PSYC credits above PSYC 1F90.