Psychology 160—Experimental Psychology—Senior year. Departmental Minor—At least twenty hours will be required for the departmental minor including Psychology 1, 54, 60 and 180. The remainder of the program will consist of upper-division work taken upon consulation with an adviser. Psychology Teaching Minor—At least twenty-four quarter hours should be taken by students desiring a psychology teaching minor, to include Psychology 1, 54, 60 and 180. This is important because students are often placed into positions that emphasize the minor fields, especially in education positions. Prior approval should be obtained by all psychology minors before taking courses toward their minors. Students transferring from other institutions who wish to be graduated from Weber State College with psychology minors must take at least one approved course at Weber State College before such a minor can be approved. For those students definitely planning upon graduate work, at least twenty-four quarter hours of French, German or Russian, or their equivalent should be considered. It is highly recommended that such students also take Data Processing 4, Basic Computer Systems, as well as a course in office machines. Allied Courses—Psychology students are urged to include in their programs allied work in other college divisions and departments, especially in those areas that will contribute to psychological application and. research or to a better understanding of people. For the psychology major and minor, Sociology 150 (Social Psychology) will carry psychology credit. Course of Instruction 1. Introductory Psychology—Introduction to the scientific study of human behavior. Basic to all advanced courses. A W S (5). Staff 25. Creative Thinking-—Methods for stimulating thought processes and developing idea power. Psychology 1 recommended. W (3). Larsen 51. Industrial Psychology — Psychological problems associated with the working situation. Intended primarily for trade and technical students. Psychology 1 recommended. A W (3). Larsen 54. Psychology of Adjustment—Origins, development, and symptoms of maladjustment. Methods of dealing with frustrations, such as Freudian and orthodox methods. Anxiety, personality, psychoanalysis, learning new adjustments, and applications of positive mental hygiene. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. A W S (3). Staff 56. Group Discussion—Introduction to concepts and methods of group discussion and decision making. Intended primarily for trade and technical students. Psychology 1 recommended. S (3). Larsen 60. Experimental Psychology—An introductory lecture and laboratory course dealing with methods, experiments, and content of general psychology. Experimental techniques. To be followed, by an advanced course in Psychology 160 in the senior year. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. Sophomore year only. A or W (3). Murdock 100. Human Growth and Development—A comprehensive study of the characteristics and processes of human physical and psychological development from birth through adolescence. Students who have taken Education 101 will not be given credit for this course. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. A (3). Staff 101. Advanced General Psychology—Advanced treatment of learning, adjustment, emotions, reactions to frustrations, personality, perception, thinking, and stimulation. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. A (5). Staff 105. Psychological Systems—A survey of various systematic approaches observed, in contemporary American psychology: Structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt-or- ganismic. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. W (3). Staff 112. Child Psychology — Normal development, growth processes, basic human needs, parent-child relationships, and behavior problems. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. A (3). Hiarvey 114. Psychology of Adolescence—Home, school, and community life adjustments. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. S (3). Stratford 117. Psychology of Geriatrics (Maturity and Old Age)— Individual changes in a shifting social and cultural milieu through the period of maturity, retirement and old age. Emotional and intellectual developments. Psychology 1 recommended. (May not be offered 1965-66) S (3) Staff 125. Psychology of Learning—Descriptions, concepts and problems of learning; factors related to learning efficiency. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. S (3). Staff 127. Motivation—Theories and bases of motivation; research methods and measurement; emotions and motivation; cognitive processes related to motivation. Practical implications. For majors, minors, and other advanced students with a general interest. Prerequisite: Psychology 1. (Alternate years.) W (3). Staff 264 265