Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Psychology (PSYC)

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some PSYC courses.

PSYC 101   INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY               Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Overview of current research and theory in a variety of subareas of psychology.
A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 175
002 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 102   READINGS IN INTRO PSYCHOLOGY             Credits 1.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An optional discussion section accompanying Psyc 101 for the discussion of
theoretical and research papers in general psychology. Concurrent registration
in Psyc 101 required.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 203   INTRODUCTION COGNITIVE PSYC              Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction to topics in cognitive psychology including perception, memory,
psycholinguistics, problem solving and decision making.
Prereq- Psyc 101. A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 221   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Focus on behavioral changes with age and general laws of development in both
human and nonhuman species.
Prereq- Psyc 101. A FOUNDATION COURSE.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 231   INDUS. & ORGANIZATIONAL PSYC             Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An overview of the principles, techniques, and theories of psychology applied
in the industrial setting.
Prereq- Psyc 101.
001 TBA                                 Hebl, Michelle Rae        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 309   PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Human and other animal communication, structure of human language, word meaning
and semantic memory, psychological studies of syntax, bilingualism, language
and thought, language errors and disorders.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 203 or permission of instructor.
Also offered as LING 309
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 315   SEMANTICS: INTRO TO THE STUDY OF MEANING Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Basic approaches to the study of meaning in Linguistics and related fields.
Topics treated include the cognitive representation of meaning, lexical
categorization, conceptual structures, metaphor/metonymy, meaning change,
pragmatic inference, and the relation of language and mind.
Prereq- Ling 200 or permission of instructor.
Also offered as LING 315
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 329   PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Techniques for measuring individual differences and critical review of theories
of individual differences in intelligence and personality.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 339 and permission of instructor.. Limit 50.
001 TBA - SU 12:30AM - 01:30AM          Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 50

PSYC 331   PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER                     Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Overview of research and theory on gender in Psychology.  The myths and
sterotypes associated with women and men in our society; the social,
biological, and psychological gender differences identified in research.
Also offered as WGST 331
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max: 50

PSYC 332   ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR                        Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The course presents an eclectic, empirically-based exploration of the subject
of abnormal psychology and explores topics and theories in the light of
research findings.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 202 and permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM         Burnett, Sarah A.         Enr: 0 Max: 50

PSYC 340   RESEARCH METHODS                         Credits 4.00  Spring 00
A continuation of Psyc 339 with a strong emphasis on individual student
experiments and the writing of research reports.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 339.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 50

PSYC 351   PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An overview of the sensory and cognitive processes involved in human vision and
audition.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 203 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 360   THINKING                                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The study of higher mental processes such as forming concepts, solving
problems, making decisions, and reasoning.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 203, 339, 340 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 362   PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An overview of the neurophysiological correlates of behavior.
Prereq- Psyc 101.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 370   INTRO TO HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS DE Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Principles of psychology and human performance applied to the design of modern
systems.
Prereq- Psyc 101 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 411   HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
The evolution of psychological theory from the ancient Greeks to the present
and the development of scientific approaches to the study of human thought and
behavior.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 202, 203.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 430   COMPUTATIONAL MODELING                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
A survey of computational approaches to  cognitive processes.
The emphasis
will be on recent production models, but otherapproaches will be covered as
well. The course will involve evaluation
of existing models and hands-ons
experience in modeling.
 Prereq-Comp 210 or permission of instructor. Also
offered as Csci 410.
001 TBA - TH 03:00PM - 05:20PM          Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 440   ADVANCED SEMINAR IN GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Extensive reading and through discussion of empirically oriented issues drawn
from various areas of psychology.  The course focuses on a broad sample of
topics typically discussed in Introductory Psychology and is particularly
recommended for those students planning graduate work in psychology.  Open to
senior level majors.
Prereq- permission of instructor
001 TBA                                 Brelsford, John W.        Enr: 0 Max: 15

PSYC 460   THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION             Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Motives and emotions as causes of human behavior.  Topics to be covered
include:  biological motives such as hunger, thirst, and sex, aggression,
emotions and emotional expression, individual differences in motivation,
motivation in the workplace.
Prereq- Psyc 101, Psyc 202 or Psyc 203.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 470   ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Principles of psychology and human performance applied to the design of modern
systems.
Prereq- Psyc 101, 203, or permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 50

PSYC 480   ADVANCED TOPICS:                         Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Section 1:
Also offered as CSCI 410
001 TBA                                 Watkins, Michael J.       Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA                                 Burnett, Sarah A.         Enr: 0 Max: NA
003 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 485   SUPERVISED RESEARCH                      Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Supervised empirical research.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Brelsford, John W.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 488   SUPERVISED READING                       Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Supervised reading and discussion of published work in psychology.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Brelsford, John W.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 499   SENIOR THESIS                            Credits   Spring 00
No description
Prereq- 101, 339, 340 and permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Brelsford, John W.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 503   ADV PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICSII           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
A continuation of Psyc 502, focussing on multiple regression.  Other
multivariate techniques and distribution-free statistics are also covered.
Also offered as STAT 510
001 TBA                                 Lane, David M.            Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 511   HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
The philosophical foundations of psychology, the development of scientific
models in the 19th century, 20th century schools of psychology, the growth of
fields of modern psychology.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 522   INFORMATION PROCESSING                   Credits 2.00  Spring 00
The study of such problems as information overload, selective attention,
response conflict, and automatic and controlled processing.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 524   MEMORY                                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Overview of the issues and research in remembering and forgetting. Offered in
alternate years.
001 TBA                                 Watkins, Michael J.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 525   PSCHOLINGUISTICS                         Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 20

PSYC 528   COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY                Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Study of the implications of neuropsychological data for cognitive theory.
001 TBA                                 Martin, Randi C.          Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 529   COGNITIVE RESEARCH SEMINAR               Credits 1.00  Spring 00
A weekly student-staff seminar on current and recent research about mental
phenomena.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 533   I/O Psychology Research Sem.             Credits 3.00  Spring 00
A weekly meeting of student-staff to discuss current and recent research in I/O
Psychology.
001 TBA                                 Dipboye, Robert L.        Enr: 0 Max: 20

PSYC 540   FOUND - ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An introduction to the basic topics in engineering psychology including basic
methods of systems analysis, display-control design, mental and physical
workload analysis, and environmental factors in human performance.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 541   HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION               Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 542   HUMAN RELIABILITY AND SAFETY             Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Topics covered include human reliability in systems, accident analysis
techniques, hazard and risk perception, and safety communications.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 543   COMPUTATIONAL MODELING COGNITIVE PROCESS Credits 3.00  Spring 00
A survey of computational approaches to modeling cognitive processes.
Recent
production system models will be emphasized, but other approaches
(e.g.
connectionism) will also be covered. The course will involve
general
 general
model evaluation and hands-on modeling experience.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 550   FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY         Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Review of theories of social psychology with an emphasis on current empirical
research.
001 TBA                                 Schneider, David J.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 555   SECOND YEAR GRADUATE RESEARCH            Credits   Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 561   TEACHING IN PSYCHOLOGY                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Assistance in the teaching of undergraduate and occasionally graduate courses
in psychology.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 571   FIRST YEAR PROJECT                       Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An individual research project undertaken in the Spring of the first year of
the graduate program.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 572   SECOND YEAR PROJECT                      Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An individual project undertaken during each semester of the second year of the
graduate program.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 573   NON-THESIS GRADUATE RESEARCH             Credits   Spring 00
Individual research not for first or second year project or for thesis.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 610   ADVANCED RESEARCH SEMINAR                Credits 1.00  Spring 00
Weekly lunch-time talk by department graduate students and faculty.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 620   COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY                     Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Potts, Geoffrey Franklin  Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 628   MEMORY RESEARCH SEMINAR                  Credits 1.00  Spring 00
A weekly seminar to discuss recent research in human memory.
001 TBA                                 Watkins, Michael J.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 629   PSYCHOLINGUISTICS RESEARCH SEM           Credits 1.00  Spring 00
A weekly seminar to discuss recent research in psycholinguistics.
001 TBA                                 Martin, Randi C.          Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 630   TOPICS IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY: TRAINING       Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Dipboye, Robert L.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 639   I/O PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP                Credits   Spring 00
Supervised experience in organizational and/or personnel psychology.
001 TBA                                 Dipboye, Robert L.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 640   TOPICS IN ENGINEERING PSYC: HUMAN PERFOR Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 649   ENGINEERING PSYC INTERNSHIP              Credits 1.00  Spring 00
Supervised experience in engineering psychology.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 651   PSYCHOLOGY OF BELIEFS                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

PSYC 660   PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS                    Credits 2.00  Spring 00
Selected topics on professional matters, including licensing and  ethics in
psychology.
001 TBA                                 Dipboye, Robert L.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 700   THESIS RESEARCH                          Credits   Spring 00
Research for the masters thesis.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

PSYC 800   DISSERTATION RESEARCH                    Credits   Spring 00
Research for the doctoral dissertation.
001 TBA                                 Osherson, Daniel N.       Enr: 0 Max: NA
Poli 532   COMPARATIVE LEGISLATURES                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Provides the student with the basic concepts and theories necessary to
understand the functions and organization of
legislatures/parliaments/assemblies in democratic societies. This course takes
a broad-based perspective, including research that focuses on national
parliments and U. S. state legislatures. Prereq-permission of the instructor.
Enrollment limited to 13.
001 TBA - T 01:30PM - 04:30PM           Hamm, Keith E.            Enr: 0 Max: 13