Principles of Behavior

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the principles of classical and operant conditioning that can be applied to clinical, counseling, child, sports, and organizational psychology. Examination of these principles and their role in substance abuse, behavioral addictions, autism, phobias, sexual behavior, developmental disabilities, behavioral medicine, animal training, and everyday life will be included. Students will participate in hands-on exercises with rodents to illustrate operant conditioning principles of behavior. Must be Junior or Senior standing. Lab fee.