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School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Psychology
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Mission |
Objectives |
Assessment |
Faculty |
Student Work |
Departmental Learning Goals and Objectives
| Goal 1: |
Describing Psychological Knowledge
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| Objective A: |
Describes and explains a variety of significant elements of content and/or facts in the
areas of learning, sensation and perception, biological psychology, or cognitive psychology.
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| Objective B: |
Describes and explains a variety of significant elements of content and/or
facts in the areas of child psychology, social psychology, abnormal psychology, or personality.
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| Objective C: |
Describes and explains a variety of significant elements of content and/or
facts in the areas of adult-child relationships, environmental psychology, the psychology of diversity,
the psychology of aging, the psychology of women, the psychology of families, health psychology,
neuropsychology, tests and measurement, or positive psychology. |
| Goal 2: |
Explaining Psychological Knowledge
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| Objective A: |
Explains behavior using theory-based concepts from a specific psychodynamic, biological,
humanistic, cognitive, behaviorist or other equally-broad theoretical system.
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| Objective B: |
Explains behavior using concepts from a specific narrowly-focused portion of
a theory or model.
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| Objective C: |
Explains how specific behavior would be understood differently by two
theories/models that are both able to offer sensible explanations for it.
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| Objective D: |
Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of evidence and arguments supporting
specific psychological theories or models.
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| Goal 3: |
Discovering Psychological Knowledge
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| Objective A: |
Formulates testable research hypotheses.
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| Objective B: |
Designs appropriate empirical tests of research hypotheses that take into
account the strengths and limitations of different research designs.
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| Objective C: |
Identifies threats to internal and external validity, and proposes improvements to
reduce these threats in studies from the literature.
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| Objective D: |
Selects and appropriately applies inferential statistics to distinguish between outcomes
that do and do not support hypotheses.
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| Objective E: |
Conducts appropriate library and electronic searches in order to identify and acquire
information that is relevant to a target topic.
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| Objective F: |
Reads and understands psychological research articles at the level of an educated
consumer.
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| Objective G: |
Communicates scientific findings clearly and accurately in appropriate written formats.
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| Goal 4: |
Applying Psychological Knowledge
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| Objective A: |
Describes major applied areas of psychology and the rationale for applications to these
areas.
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| Objective B: |
Explains how psychological science can be used to understand social issues,
inform public policy, and improve individuals’ lives.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrates the application of psychological knowledge outside of the
classroom to affect behavior in a desired direction.
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| Objective D: |
Communicates psychological theories, data, or methods clearly to
non-psychologists.
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| Goal 5: |
Ethics and Values in Psychology
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| Objective A: |
Explains the benefits and acknowledges the limitations of a scientific perspective
on human behavior.
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| Objective B: |
Describes and explains ethical codes and standards that guide the work of
students and professionals in psychology.
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| Objective C: |
Demonstrates understanding and acceptance of research ethics through
relevant behaviors.
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| Objective D: |
Demonstrates understanding and acceptance of practice ethics through relevant
behaviors.
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| Objective E: |
Identifies personal values and evaluates them from the perspective of the
discipline of psychology.
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