PSYCH 600s


PSYCH 605 Special Topics in Clinical Psychology (0.50) LEC,PRACourse ID: 010580
Some examples of seminars offered recently: biological foundations of psychopathology, death, therapeutic use of hypnosis, clinical disorders.
5 Cognitive Assessment Team I
6 Cognitive Assessment Team II
7 Cognitive Assessment Team III

PSYCH 607P Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002500
This is an advanced skills-based course designed to provide students with a solid understanding of cognitive-behavioural theory and basic skills in applying theory to treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in adults. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 607R Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Practicum (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002501
This is a practicum course designed to give students the opportunity to practice the skills they learn in PSYCH 607P. Students will see one adult patient with a mood or anxiety disorder for a total of 16 sessions of cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT). Students will meet with individual supervisors every week and will meet as a group to discuss their cases every two weeks. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 607S Efficacy and Program Evaluation (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002502
This is an advanced applied research course designed to provide students with skills for conducting research in applied settings. Most non-academic clinical psychologists work in a hospital setting for a least part of their career, where they will be responsible for clinical service delivery and also to conduct reserach and program evaluation. This course reviews relevant research designs and advanced data analytic strategies for research in such settings. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 608A Child Psychopathology & Psychotherapy (0.25) SEMCourse ID: 011832
This course is designed to familiarize third-year clinical students with a range of child psychotherapy modalities, such as behavioural and cognitive therapies, parental guidance, family and narrative therapies, and play therapy. It will normally meet biweekly throughout the Fall and Winter terms. (The student must have third-year standing, or the equivalent, in the clinical program.) Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 608B Child Psychopathology & Psychotherapy (0.25) SEMCourse ID: 002504
This course is designed to familiarize third-year clinical students with a range of child psychotherapy modalities, such as behavioural and cognitive therapies, parental guidance, family and narrative therapies, and play therapy. It will normally meet biweekly throughout the Fall and Winter terms. (The student must have third-year standing, or the equivalent, in the clinical program.) Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 610A Personality Theory & Assessment Practicum 1 (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002512
This course provides a survey of current theories of personality and a practicum in personality assessment featuring a wide range of assessment techniques with clients. It is a requirement for the second year of the clinical program. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 610B Personality Theory & Assessment Practicum 2 (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002513
This course provides a survey of current theories of personality and a practicum in personality assessment featuring a wide range of assessment techniques with clients. It is a requirement for the second year of the clinical program. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 611 Ethics and Professional Issues in Clinic Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002514
This course reviews existing standards and ethical guidelines for clinical practice and research; an introduction to statutes that affect applied psychology; in-depth reviews of major ethical issues such as confidentiality, cultural and ethnic influences, religious and sex/gender biases, duties to inform/report, psychology in the courts, service delivery models and custody and access assessment guidelines. Ethical issues in training and supervision are also discussed.

PSYCH 616 Clinical Research Forum (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002516
This course provides a forum in which general topics of research methodology and content are to be discussed. The course is required of all first year students and attendance of all senior students and faculty is anticipated. The course is intended to provide a forum for discussion of general research ideas, for presentation of specific proposals, for the report of completed MA research projects and for discussion of specific problems and advances in statistical and design techniques pertinent to clinical research.

PSYCH 617 Cross-Cultural Issues in Clinical Psychology (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 011732
This course explores issues of culture and diversity in the theory and practice of clinical psychology. Required of all 4th year clinical students.

PSYCH 618 Practicum in Interviewing & Cognitive Assessment I (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012338
This practicum develops basic clinical skills in interviewing, the administration and scoring of intelligence tests and other cognitive assessment techniques, the integration and interpretation of test information, and report-writing and client-feed-back skills, Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis.

PSYCH 619 Practicum in Interviewing & Cognitive Assessment II (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012328
This practicum develops basic clinical skills in interviewing, the administration and scoring of intelligence tests and other cognitive assessment techniques, the integration and interpretation of test information, and report-writing and client-feedback skills. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 621A Advanced Clinical Research Forum I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002517
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 621 - Required of all 1st year Clinical students.

PSYCH 621B Advanced Clinical Research Forum I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002518
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 621 - Required of all 1st year Clinical students.

PSYCH 622A Advanced Clnical Research Forum II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002520
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 622 - Required of all 2nd year Clinical students.

PSYCH 622B Advanced Clinical Research Forum II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002521
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 622 - Required of all 2nd year Clinical students.

PSYCH 623A Advanced Clinical Research Forum III (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002523
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 623 - Required of all 3rd year Clinical students.

PSYCH 623B Advanced Clinical Research Forum III (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002524
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 623 - Required of all 3rd year Clinical students.

PSYCH 624A Advanced Clinical Research Forum IV (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002525
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 624 - Required of all 4th year Clinical students.

PSYCH 624B Advanced Clinical Research Forum IV (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002526
Clinical students in all of the first four years of the graduate program are expected to enroll in this two-term advanced clinical research topics seminar that will meet twice a month and continue throughout the fall and winter terms to discuss new and ongoing clinical research topics conducted by the students and faculty in the program. Senior students making major presentations of their work will be provided a letter grade evaluation; others will be allowed a "credit" for their contributions. Topics will include research into personality study, psychopathology, various assessment and therapeutic efforts in clinical psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on research design and statistical analyses applicable to lab and clinical settings. Note: 624 - Required of all 4th year Clinical students.

PSYCH 625B Psychotherapy: Traditional (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002528
The emphasis of the course is on understanding psychodynamic, humanistic, and interpersonal theory and applications to psychotherapy. The course will be a balance between lectures, reading, and experiential learning through case conceptualization and treatment planning from each of the covered perspectives. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 626A Psychotherapy Practicum I (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002529
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy to the students enrolled in the third year of the clinical training program. The supervision is conducted in small groups and individually; theoretical and practical issues are discussed in special seminars. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 626B Psychotherapy Practicum I (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002530
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy to the students enrolled in the third year of the clinical training program. The supervision is conducted in small groups and individually; theoretical and practical issues are discussed in special seminars. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only student in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 626C Psychotherapy Practicum I (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002531
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy to the students enrolled in the third year of the clinical training program. The supervision is conducted in small groups and individually; theoretical and practical issues are discussed in special seminars. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 627A Psychotheraphy Practicum II (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002532
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in the fourth year of the clinical training program. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 627B Psychotheraphy Practicum II (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002533
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in the fourth year of the clinical training program. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 627C Psychotherapy Practicum II (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002534
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in the fourth year of the clinical training program. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 628A Psychotherapy Practicum III (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002535
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in therapy who are continuing their training on campus during their fifth year, prior to a full-year off-campus internship. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 628B Psychotherapy Practicum III (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002536
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in therapy who are continuing their training on campus during their fifth year, prior to a full-year off-campus internship. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 628C Psychotherapy Practicum III (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002537
This course offers supervised psychotherapy training in one-to-one therapy for students enrolled in therapy who are continuing their training on campus during their fifth year, prior to a full-year off-campus internship. Ordinarily students will enrol in all three terms because psychotherapy practice requires year-round service. If, however, a student's work demands a placement off-campus or otherwise requires a full commitment to other activities, the third (spring) term may be omitted. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 629 Psychopathology across the Lifespan (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012017
This course is designed to familiarize students with the major forms of psychopathology as they occur across the lifespan (in children, adolescents, and adults). Basic diagnostic information, including clinical presentation and course, as well as theories about the etiology of disorders are covered.
Instructor Consent Required

PSYCH 630 Advanced Analysis of Variance (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011138
The purpose of this course is to review contemporary perspectives on assumptions, procedures, and implications of analysis of variance. The course follows a model testing approach in which parameters for full and restricted models are predicted, and the adequacy of the models compared. Concepts such as power, effect size, error rates, contrasts, trend analyses, nonorthogonality, and so forth are discussed for higher-order, between and within -subjects designs. Special attention is given to analyses with multiple dependent variable (MANOVA). Finally, the application of randomization tests is presented as an alternative to theoretical distributions of test statistics, and the relationships of ANOVA and multiple regression techniques are also examined for simple and complex designs.

PSYCH 632 Multiple Regression (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002539
Basic principles used in the design of experiments and the analysis of experimental data, with emphasis on multiple regression and complex analysis of variance techniques.

PSYCH 633 Observation, Interviewing and Cognitive Assessment (1.00) LECCourse ID: 010587
Instruction and supervision in the use of standard IQ tests and report writing is emphasized. The course also covers the assessment of brain damage, and basic interviewing procedures. This course is a requirement for all first year clinical graduate students. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 633A Observation, Interviewing and Cognitive Assessment (0.00) SEMCourse ID: 002540
This full-year (fall and winter terms) course covers topics such as systems of clinical interviewing and observation, psychometric construction and use of self-report inventories and ability tests, principles of test interpretation and report writing, theories and measurement of intelligence, the conceptualizaiton and assessment of learning disabilities and other academic problems, and basic neuropsychology, as they apply to the clinical asessement of both children and adults. This course is a requirement for all first-year clinical graduate students. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 633B Observation, Interviewing and Cognitive Assessment (1.00) SEMCourse ID: 002541
This full-year (fall and winter terms) course covers topics such as systems of clinical interviewing and observation, psychometric construction and use of self-report inventories and ability tests, principles of test interpretation and report writing, theories and measurement of intelligence, the conceptualizaiton and assessment of learning disabilities and other academic problems, and basic neuropsychology, as they apply to the clinical asessement of both children and adults. This course is a requirement for all first-year clinical graduate students. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 634 Laboratory Research in Clinical Psychology (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 002542
First year clinical students are expected to formulate a research goal and a proposal for a thesis project. This course is mandatory during the summer concluding the first academic year (term three of the program). Although established as a reading course, students are expected to learn laboratory routines and conduct pilot investigations using the research technology appropriate to their thesis plans. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 635 Clinical Fieldwork Placement I (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002543
This practicum offers training in assessment and treatment procedures in a clinical setting. All clinical students are obliged to enrol for this course in the summer following their second academic year of the program. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 636 Clinical Fieldwork Placement II (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002544
This practicum offers advanced training in assessment and treatment procedures in a clinical setting. Students in the third or successive year of the program may petition the clinical program director to enrol in this second four-month block placement in a community agency. If the student envisions a career in a service setting and has shown adequate progress in meeting research goals, this course may be taken as an elective. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 637 SCID-I Administration (0.50) LABCourse ID: 010588
This lab is open to clinical students only and is designed to teach students how to administer the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I). Each section of the SCID-I will be reviewed thoroughly, with in-class demonstrations and role plays used to practice each module. Students administer the complete interview twice in order to receive detailed feedback on their administration and are evaluated on the final administration to fulfill the course requirement. Only students in the clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.

PSYCH 639 Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 002548
This course provides greater detail on psychopathology and treatment of chilhood psychopahtology, and when taken in conjunction with PSYCH 629 - Adult Psychopathology - provides an overview of psychopathology across the lifespan. The College of Psychologists of Ontario requires students to have this training and detailed description to register for their license when they complete their degree requirements.
Instructor Consent Required

PSYCH 640 Special Topics in Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010589
1 Professional Issues
2 Knowledge Mobilisation

PSYCH 650 Special Topics in Cognition and Perception (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002572
1 C/P Research Seminar
2 Modelling Cognitive Processes
3 Contemp. Issues-CognitivePsych
4 Basic Processes in Reading
5 Reason,Dcsn-makg,& the Brain

PSYCH 670 Special Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010590
1 Psychotherapy Pract - IPT I
2 Psychotherapy Pract - IPT II
3 Vision and Action
4 Psychotherapy Pract - IPT III
5 Comparative Cognition
6 Motor Learning and Control
7 Neurobehavioural Assess. Pract
8 A Practical Intro. to fMRI
9 Clinical Neuropsych Practicum
10 Clinical NeuropsychPracticumII
11 Structural Neuroanatomy
12 Neuropsychology Practicum
13 Neuropsychological Assessment
14 Psychopharmacology & Addiction

PSYCH 677A Fundamentals of Behavioural Neuroscience (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002626
(Cross-listed with HSG 677, KIN 687)
This survey course will be team-taught by members of the collaborative program, and will serve to introduce students to major subareas of ongoing behavioural neuroscience research at Waterloo. Topics will include cognitive psychopathology, apraxia, topics in visual neuroscience, early experience and brain development, cognitive electrophysiology, human locomotion, neuropathology of schizophrenia, object recognition, hemispheric specialization, motor control and psychoneuroimmunology.

PSYCH 680 Special Topics in Child Behaviour and Development (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010591
1 Peer-to-peer Conversation
2 Family Conflict
4 Res Meth Communicative Develop
5 DCS Internship/Practicum I
7 DCS Internship/Practicum II
9 DCS Internship/Practicum III
11 Child Clinical Practicum I
12 Child Clinical Practicum II
13 Child Clinical Practicum III
14 Adv. Assess/Intervent I

PSYCH 690 Special Topics in Social and Personality (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010592
1 Current Topics in Social Psych
2 Autobiographical Memory &Self
3 Close Relationships
4 Psychology of Attitudes
5 The Self
6 Sterotyping & Prejudice
7 Self-Regulation & Motivation
8 Cultural & Ethnic Conflict
9 Psych of Justice & Legitimacy
10 Psych Lgtmcy & Systm Jstfctn
11 Conflict and Reconciliation
12 Personality in Social Context
13 Social Cognition

PSYCH 700s


PSYCH 701 Developmental Internship (0.50) FLDCourse ID: 002716
Optional supervised field work training, full-time in an approved applied setting. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis

PSYCH 702 Conceptual Development (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012844
The course will cover children's development and representation of concepts. Recent experimental findings and contemporary theories will be emphasized.

PSYCH 703 Language Development (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002717
Examines the acquisition by children of a first language. Issues to be considered include the following: (1) the cognitive prerequisites for language learning; (2) the acquisition of phonology, semantics syntax and pragmatics; (3) the implications of semantic and grammatical development for cognitive development; (4) the question of whether language eventually mediates thought and problem solving; (5) metalinguistic awareness. Research and theory germane to these and related issues will be considered.

PSYCH 704A Social Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002719
Seminars dealing with theoretical issues and research findings in the area of social psychology.

PSYCH 704B Social Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002720
Seminars dealing with theorectical issues and research findings in the area of soical psychology.

PSYCH 705 Cognitive Development (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002721
A critical review of selected areas in cognitive development. Special emphasis will be placed on the theories of Piaget and Bruner and on the application of cognitive theories to education.

PSYCH 707A Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002722
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA or PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All first-year students are required to take this course.

PSYCH 707B Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002723
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA and PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All first-year students are required to take this course.
Prereq: PSYCH 707A

PSYCH 709 Reasoning about Beliefs and Desires (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012223
The ability to reason about what others think (believe) and want (desire) is crucial to social interaction, and when making sense of what we and others do. For example, in explaining why someone goes to a certain store we might say the she DESIRES to buy a hammer, and BELIEVES the store sells them. The ability to reason about beliefs, desires, and other mental states is often called "theory of mind." How this ability develops in childhood, has been grealty debated over the past 20 years, and remains mysterious (e.g. how can we learn that people have mental states when we cannot see mental states, but only infer them by observing people's behaviour). This course will mainly concern the development of theory of mind in childhood, and we will discuss the major empirical discoveries and theorectial positions in this area of investigation.

PSYCH 710 Current Issues in Developmental Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010595

PSYCH 711 Seminar In Personality (1.00) LECCourse ID: 010596
Systematic review of personality theories and related research.

PSYCH 712 Social Development (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002741
The course will cover a number of currently active areas of research in early social development in some depth. The treatment of the various topics will emphasize methodological as well as substantive issues.

PSYCH 713 Theories of Pretence (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010597
From early in development (18 months, if not earlier) children engage in and recognize pretence. For example, children can pretend that a banana is a telephone, that their juice is in an empty cup, or that a clean teddybear is dirty. Although pretence is often taken for granted, and perhaps considered childish, it is mysterious: How do children pretend, and purposely represent the world as different than it really is? And how are children able to recognize what others pretend? Are children behaviourists about pretend play? Or does successful pretence signal that your children engage in mental state reasoning ('theory of mind')? Theories of children's (and adults') pretence have sought to provide answers to the questions. These theroies are still actively debated, and are the main topic of this course. Relevant experimental work will also be discussed.

PSYCH 714A Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002742
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA and PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All second-year students are required to take this course.

PSYCH 714B Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002743
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA and PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All second-year students are required to take this course.
Prereq: PSYCH 714A

PSYCH 727A Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar III (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002747
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA or PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All third-year students are required to take this course.

PSYCH 727B Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar III (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002748
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA or PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of members of the group. All third-year students are required to take this course.
Prereq: PSYCH 727A

PSYCH 731 Special Topics in Families and Relationships (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002749

PSYCH 747A Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar IV (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002754
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA or PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of memebers of the group. All fourth-year students are required to take this course.

PSYCH 747B Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar IV (0.50) LABCourse ID: 002755
This is a weekly seminar including both student and faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MA or PhD work. The format of the seminars may vary from term to term depending on the availability of invited speakers, topics of interest to students and faculty, and the research of memebers of the group. All fourth-year students are required to take this course.
Prereq: PSYCH 747A

PSYCH 769 Causal Reasoning (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012224
In this seminar a variety of issues dealing with causal thinking and reasoning will be covered. General topics will include associative learning, causal cue interactions (i.e. contiguity, covariation, mechanisms), categorization, naive physics, and scientific thinking. These topics will be discussed from a variety of methodological and theorectical perspectives including cross cultural analyses, developmental trajectories, evolutionary theory, and neuropsychological foundations.

PSYCH 770 Basic Issues in Cognition (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002758
A seminar in which major methods and theoretical arguments in contemporary cognitive psychology will be examined through the reading and evaluation of significant papers of the past several decades.

PSYCH 771 Basic Visual Processes (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002759
A seminar dealing with primary visual mechanisms. Such general topics as visual psychophysics, retinal photochemistry, brightness perception, colour mechanisms, binocular interactions, and physiological mechanisms of vision may be considered.

PSYCH 772 Auditory Processes and Speech Perception (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002760
A seminar dealing with primary auditory processes and the basics of speech perception. Topics may include cochlear mechanisms, loudness, pitch, auditory localization, central auditory mechanisms, the motor theory of speech, contemporary speech theory, and artificial speech.

PSYCH 773 Psychophysics and Measurement (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002761
A seminar covering classical psychophysics and more recent psychophysical scaling techniques. Topics include theory and methods of classical psychophysics (Weber, Fechner), direct and indirect scaling, multidimensional scaling, and signal detection theory. Contextual effects and sequential effects may be included.

PSYCH 774 Visual Cognition (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002762
A seminar dealing with various aspects of higher-order visual processes. Topics may include aspects of visual representation, object and pattern recognition, and mental transformations.

PSYCH 775 Consciousness and Cognition (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002763
Investigation of the methods and theories concerning the distinction between conscious and unconscious representation of knowledge.

PSYCH 776 Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision-Making (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002764
A seminar on the cognitive processes involved in problem solving, judgment and decision making. Representative topics include reasoning, traditional and artificial intelligence approaches to problem solving, heuristics and biases in judgment, and theories of choice behaviour.

PSYCH 777 Human Memory (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002765
A seminar considering various aspects of human memory. Topics may include long-term and short-term memory, memory codes, storage and retrieval processes, and theories of forgetting.

PSYCH 778 Attention (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002766
A seminar dealing with aspects of attention in humans. The processes involved in selective attention and the various theories of attention will be considered. Additional topics may include a consideration of preattentive processes and the analysis of nonattended sensory input.

PSYCH 779 Language and Reading (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002767
A seminar considering various aspects of psycholinguistics and reading. Possible topics include single-word identification, theories of reading, and various aspects of contemporary psycholinguistic theory.

PSYCH 779A Cognitive Neuropsychology I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002768
A seminar dealing with current research in human neuropsychology. Topics will include object agnosia, coloragnosia, prosopagnosia, and anosognosia, as well as other consequences of brain damage on human cognitive functions.

PSYCH 779B Cognitive Neuropsychology II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010601
A seminar dealing with current research in human neuropsychology. May include such topics as acquired dyslexia, aphasia, blindsight, frontal lobe function, memory dysfunction, visual neglect, and the neural correlates of human cognitive functions.

PSYCH 781 Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Aging (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 002770
Memory is intimately involved in most, if not all, domains of human cognition, from the ability to temporarily remember a phone number to the acquisition of language, to defining who we are. This course will consider the cognitive and neural organization of memory, the basis of remembering and forgetting, and the nature of false memories, with an emphasis on the consequences of brain changes associated with normal and pathological aging. Throughout, cognitive theory and behavioural evidence will be integrated with data from neuropsychology and functional brain imaging.

PSYCH 782 Visual Neuroscience (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010602
In this seminar course we will examine the neural bases of visual processing with an emphasis on the domains of space and motion. Although we will review research dealing with a variety of different kinds of animals, we will focus on vision in primates, including humans.

PSYCH 783 Neuroimaging of Cognition (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 002772
Students will learn fundamental aspects of various neuroimaging techniques as they relate to broad areas of cognition including vision, attention, language, memory and executive control.

PSYCH 784 Human Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010603
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to basic aspects of anatomy and pathology in the human brain. After completing this course, students should expect to have mastered the location of major neuroanatomic landmarks, be able to identify these landmarks on both postmortem brains and neuroradiologic films (i.e., CT scan, MRI scan), understand rudimentary brain structure-function relations, outline the gross morphological and cellular consequences of major categories of neuropathology, understand fundamental neuropathologic mechanisms associated with various brain diseases, and describe the general impact of various neuropathologic processes on cognitive and behavioural functioning. (Offered in alternate years from PSYCH 785.)
Antirequisite: PSYCH 675C.

PSYCH 785 Clinical Neuropsychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010604
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of clinical neuropsychology and neuropsychological assessment. The course will cover three major content areas: (1) history and theory of brain-behaviour relations; (1) characteristics of major neuropsychological syndromes (e.g., aphasia, executive dysfunction); and, (3) the neuropsychological sequelae of major neurological and psychiatric disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia). This course is designed to complement the graduate seminar entitled Human Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology, which is not a formal prerequisite but is strongly recommended. This course will also touch on some of the technical aspects of neuropsychological assessment; however, a more detailed introduction to assessment is available through PSYCH 786. Students who do not have the necessary prerequisite must seek the consent of the Department.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 784

PSYCH 786 Neuropsychological Assessment Practicum (0.50) PRACourse ID: 010605
This course is designed to give students practical experience in neuropsychological evaluation. The seminar will emphasize the clinical and technical aspects of clinical interviewing, neuropsychological assessment, report writing, and patient/family education. Students will become familiar with several conventional neuropsychological tests such as the WMS-R/III, Halstead-Reitan Battery, Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test, Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Semantic Fluency Test, Ruff Figural Fluency Test, California Verbal Learning Test, Benton Visual-Spatial Tests, and the Grooved Pegboard Test. In addition, students will be required to evaluate a person referred to one of several university clinics secondary to neuropsychological complications. Enrollment is limited. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis. Students who do not have the necessary prerequisite must seek the consent of the Department.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 784 or PSYCH 831A, Corequisite: PSYCH 785, Antirequisite: PSYCH 679C.

PSYCH 787 Visual Perception (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 010606
This course focuses on both classic and contemporary studies of visual perception. The readings will involve studies of perception from a variety of perspectives including cognitive, cognitive neuroscience, Gestalt, phenomenological and ecological perspectives of vision. Studies of normal, unusual and disordered perception will be discussed. Students will be required to (a) facilitate a discussion in class based on the assigned research articles, (b) write commentaries on the articles covered each week, and (c) write a paper outlining a novel conceptual idea or a proposed experiment based on the studies discussed in class.

PSYCH 788 Epidemiologic Methods in Aging Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 012664
(Cross-listed with HSG 627)
This course introduces the application of epidemiologic methods to the study of older persons. The lecture/discussion course will present core epidemiologic concepts and methodologic issues in epidemiologic studies of older persons. We will then study predictors of health and three major health outcomes: longevity/mortality, functional status/disability, and disease. Students will critically evaluate epidemiologic studies in aging research and will investigate a specific topic in this field in depth.

PSYCH 788 Epidemiologic Methods in Aging Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 012868
(Cross-listed with HSG 672)
This course introduces the application of epidemiologic methods to the study of older persons. This lecture/discussion will present core epidemiologic concepts and methodologic issues in epidemiologic students of older persons. We will then study predictors of health and three major health outcomes: longevity/mortality, functional status/disability, and disease. Students will critically evaluate epidemiologic studies in aging research and will investigate a specific topic in this field in depth.

PSYCH 800s


PSYCH 800 Psychometric Theory and Methods (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002774
The first part of the course introduces classical test theory and test construction principles, and addresses issues in interpreting test scores. The second part covers exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The last part of the course examines important measurement issues that arise in the analysis of experimental and nonexperimental data.

PSYCH 801 Design and Analysis of Psychological Measures (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002775
After briefly reviewing classical test theory and test construction principles, this course covers various alternative approaches to the design and analysis of psychological measures. Topics include facet theory, generalizability theory, meta-analysis (validity generalization), psychometric scaling methods, item response theory, and other data-analytic methods that address measurement issues in psychology.

PSYCH 803 Statistical Reasoning & Advanced Experimental Analysis (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010607
Strategies for decision making in planning and conducting statistical analyses: sample size, statistical power, violations of variance assumptions, error terms, and related issues. Focus on repeated/mixed versus multivariate analyses of variance for complex designs of experiments. The course provides experience for organizing data sets, interpreting printouts, and presenting data in ways that meet standards of journal publications.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 632.

PSYCH 804 Multi-Level Modeling Applications in Psychology (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012329
This course is designed to provide graduate students in Psychology with the background and skills to be able to interpret and conduct multi-level data analysis. Heirarchical linear modeling (HLM) software will be used for instruction and assignments. Conceptual issues with multi-level data and theory will also be addressed. Applications may involve data concerning work groups in organizations, romantic couples, individual change over time (as in learning growth curves), and event-level associations of mood states with other variables (as in "diary" studies). Extensions to 3-level models and to "non-linear" models (e.g., for count and rate data) will also be discussed.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 632

PSYCH 810 Directed Studies (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010608
1 Psych of Student Tobacco Use
2 Tobacco Industry Documents
3 Tobacco Use in China

PSYCH 820 DCS Practicum I: ECEC (0.50) LABCourse ID: 012229
The intern will be placed in the Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) 1 half day a week for the duration of the term. Interns will become familiar with the ECEC program, routines, children and staff by working 'in program' alongside the teachers and through readings related to educational approaches for Early Childhood Education. Interns will observe communicative interactions between children and note the various formats this can take. Recording these observations using audio tapes, video tapes, written format and photographs will assist the intern in preparing documentation of children's ongoing learning.

PSYCH 821 DCS Practicum II: ECEC (0.50) LABCourse ID: 012230
The intern will be placed in the Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) 1 half day a week for the duration of the term. Interns will become familiar with the ECEC program, routines, children and staff by working 'in program' alongside the teachers and through readings related to educational approaches for Early Childhood Education. Interns will observe communicative interations between children and note the various formats this can take. Recording these observations using audio tapes, video tapes, written format and photographs will assist the intern in preparing documentation of children's ongoing learning.

PSYCH 822 DCS Practicum III: ECEC (0.50) LABCourse ID: 012231
The intern will be placed in the Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) 1half day a week for the duration of the term. Interns will become familiar with the ECEC program, routines, children and staff by working 'in program' alongside the teachers and through readings related to educational approaches for Early Childhood Education. Interns will observe communicative interactions between children and note the various formats this can take. Recording these observations using audio tapes, video tapes, written format and photographs will assist the intern in preparing documentation of children's ongoing learning.

PSYCH 836A Advanced Practicum in Applied Psychology (0.50) PRACourse ID: 002790
Part-time supervised field work training in an applied setting.For on-campus students only. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis

PSYCH 844 Special Topics in Educational Psychology (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010609
1 Tutoring Practicum
2 Tutoring Practicum II
3 Psychoeducation Assess Pract I
4 Psychoeducation Assess PractII
5 Learning Disabilities
7 Psycheducation Assess Pract I
8 Child Assessment 1
9 Child Assessment II
10 Advcd Sem Psycholgcl Assessmnt

PSYCH 846 Special Topics in Applied Psychology (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010610
1 Intelligence Testing Practice
2 Current Res. in Health Psych.

PSYCH 851 Research Lab Internship I (0.50) LABCourse ID: 012232
The intern will be placed in one of the research labs of a Developmental division or affiliated program faculty member for a minimum of 15 hours a week. The student will complete one or more research projects with the goal to develop research skills related to empirical measurement of communication such as study design, data collection, statistical analysis and written preparation of research results.

PSYCH 852 Research Lab Internship II (0.50) LABCourse ID: 009412
The intern will be placed in one of the research labs of a Developmental division or affiliated program faculty memeber for a minimum of 15 hours a week. The student will complete one or more research projects with the goal to develop research skills related to empirical measurement of communication such as study design, data collection, statistical analysis and written preparation of research results.

PSYCH 853 Research Lab Internship III (0.50) LABCourse ID: 002862
The intern will be placed in one of the research labs of a Developmental division or affiliated program faculty memeber for a minimum of 15 hours a week. The student will complete one or more research projects with the goal to develop research skills related to empirical measurement of communication such as study design, data collection, statistical analysis and written preparation of research results.

PSYCH 870 Research Design & Methods (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012339
This course concerns research design and the operationalization of variables. Among the topics covered are these: research designs (experimental, correlational, and quasi-experimental), internal validity, external validity, construct validity, reliability, sources of bias and artifact, strategies for ruling out confounds, mediations, effect sizes, and ethical issues in research.

PSYCH 880 Industrial and Organizational Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002867
A general graduate seminar in significant areas of industrial and organizational psychology. Topics will include personnel selection, training and development, motivation, leadership, job satisfaction and performance appraisal.

PSYCH 881A Personnel Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002869
Basic personnel functions will be discussed, including job analysis, personnel selection, job evaluation, and criterion development, as well as the economics and legal environment in which these activities take place.

PSYCH 883 Organizational Development (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002872
An introduction to the theories and techniques for improving organizational effectiveness.

PSYCH 884 Special Topics in Industrial & Organizational Psychology (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010612
A number of workshops on topics of current interest in industrial psychology will be held throughout the year.
2 The Psychology of Justice
3 Organizational Psychology
4 Training
5 Adv. Topics in I/O Psychology
6 Org. Culture, Climate & Innov.
7 Job Satisfaction & Well-being
8 Leadership in Organizations
9 Organization Climate & Culture
10 Negotiation Theory & Practice
11 Interdependence in Work Groups

PSYCH 885 Research Seminar in Industrial & Organizational Psychology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010613
A seminar including both student an faculty presentations of current research and student proposals for MASc/MA or PhD work. The seminar is held weekly or biweekly depending on availability of speakers, and the format may vary, depending on the research topics of members of the group. Graded on a Cr/NCr basis

PSYCH 886 Psychology of Training (0.50) LECCourse ID: 002890
Examines major topics and issues regarding the psychology of training in work organizations. Areas typically covered include task analysis, training objectives, curriculum development, instructional techniques, and training evaluation.

PSYCH 887 Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 011831
Topics will include experimental and non-experimental research design; internal, external, and construct validity; psychometrics including reliability and factorial structure; statistical inference; and practical considerations in measurement and evaluation in I/O Psychology.

PSYCH 888 Negotiation: Theory and Practice (0.50) SEMCourse ID: 012845
Negotiation: Theory and Practice addresses planning, motivation, communication, information exchange, influence, relationships, emotion, and reaching objectives in the diverse array of interdependent decision-making contexts faced by managers. Topics include distributive and integrative negotiations, coalitions, negotiating on teams, dispute resolution, and multi-party negotiations. Mandatory first class attendance.
Department Consent Required