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The objectives of the Department of Psychology are to enrich your understanding of the behavior of humans and other animals; to have you adopt a rational, objective, experiential understanding of behavioral and psychological processes; and to develop the critical thinking abilities that will permit you to distinguish between scientific and nonscientific explanations of behavior.
The department adopts a biosocial view, one that explains behavior as a function of both organismic and environmental conditions. You will be introduced to the current body of knowledge in psychology; its data, methods, and theoretical formulations in the principle fields.
The subject matter of psychology, mind and behavior, is extremely complex, and the variety of problems and methods which psychology has developed bring it into close proximity with other disciplines. Physiological Psychology (physiology), Comparative Psychology (biology), Social Psychology (sociology), and Learning Psychology (education) provide obvious examples.
This diversity in psychology is exceeded only by the diversity of potential applications to the problems of society. You should think seriously about your career goals, and discuss them with your advisors, while you explore areas in other disciplines that can supplement our program and better prepare you for your chosen career.
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