2013 Summer I

• PSYC 306-701 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  Scientific study of the behavior and thought of individuals as a function of social stimuli. Topics include persuasion, social cognition, prejudice, attraction, aggression, pro-social behavior, and group processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

2013 Fall

• PSYC 220-070 RESEARCH METHODS I
  Methods of data analysis, including statistical concepts, calculations and computer applications. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• PSYC 220-071 RESEARCH METHODS I
  Methods of data analysis, including statistical concepts, calculations and computer applications. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• PSYC 220-080 RESEARCH METHODS I
  Methods of data analysis, including statistical concepts, calculations and computer applications. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• PSYC 220-081 RESEARCH METHODS I
  Methods of data analysis, including statistical concepts, calculations and computer applications. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• PSYC 306-001 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  Scientific study of the behavior and thought of individuals as a function of social stimuli. Topics include persuasion, social cognition, prejudice, attraction, aggression, pro-social behavior, and group processes. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. Three hours per week with enhancement.

• PSYC 490-011 INDIVIDUAL DIRECTED STUDY
  Enables advanced students to pursue, through observation, experimentation or library research, a topic of their choosing. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credits. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

• PSYC 497-004 RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
  Designed to introduce students to independent, original inquiry in questions of and mental processing using the scientific method. The course requires literature review, development of a hypothesis, selection of an appropriate research method, data collection and analysis, and research report writing under the close supervision of a faculty mentor. Findings will be reported at a public, scientific forum. Prerequisites: PSYC 304, junior status, permission of faculty mentor. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credits.

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Article(s)

O'Hara, R. E., Walter, M. I., & Christopher, A. N. 
(2009). 
Need for cognition & conscientiousness as predictors of political interest & voting strategy 
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 
39, 
1397-1416. 
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Benton, J. P., Christopher, A. N., & Walter, M. I. 
(2007). 
Death anxiety as a function of aging anxiety 
Death Studies, 
31, 
337-350. 
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Gauthier, K. J., Christopher, A. N., Walter, M. I., Mourad, R., & Marek, P. 
(2006). 
Religiosity, religious doubt, & the need for cognition: Their interactive relationship with life satisfaction 
Journal of Happiness Studies, 
7, 
139-154. 
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Karakashian, L. M., Walter, M. I., Christopher, A. N., & Lucas, T. 
(2006). 
Fear of negative evaluation affects helping behavior: The bystander effect revisited 
North American Journal of Psychology, 
8, 
13-32. 
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