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tion and interpretation of commonly used
objective standardized rating scales and
objective inventories. Instruments covered
will include the Hamilton and Zung Scales
for depression and Brief Psychiatric Rating
Scale, and MMPI, and the CPI.
771. Ethical Issues in Psychology. 15
hr. per semester; 1 cr. Prereq.: Students
must have completed or must be concur-
rently taking Psychology 795 or 796; or
permission of instructor. (This course can-
not be taken for credit in addition to U771,
which can be taken at the Graduate Cen-
ter.) This course examines ethical and
legal standards which apply to psycholo-
gists and others involved in the application
of psychological principles. Emphasis here
will be placed on ethical standards recog-
nized by and for professionals in applied
settings and on laws concerning profession-
al practice.
*774. Assessment of Intellectual Func-
tioning. 2 lec., 2 lab. hr. Prereq.: Permis-
sion of the M.A. Committee. (Permission
should be requested three months prior to
registration for this course.) Prereq. or
coreq.: Psychology 760. This course pro-
vides experience in the administration,
interpretation, and written presentation of
findings from a variety of measures of intel-
lectual functioning, e.g., the Wechsler tests.
Students will be trained to integrate clini-
cal observations, developmental theories,
theories of cognitive style, and neuropsy-
chological research in their test reports.
Students will also develop a familiarity and
working knowledge of a broad range of
additional assessment techniques, e.g., the
Stanford-Binet.
777. Practicum in Interviewing and
Personality Appraisal. 2 lec., 2 lab. hr.; 3
cr. A systematic examination of interview
techniques and methods of personality
assessment through direct communication.
Students carry on regular intake interviews
with clients and prepare appraisal reports.
780. Quantitative Methods in Psychol-
ogy. 2 lec. hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. Prereq.: Psy-
chology 705. Emphasis will be placed on
the mathematical procedures used in psy-
chological theories and in the theoretical
analysis of psychological data. Possible top-
ics are curve-fitting procedures for straight
lines, polynomials, and growth functions;
matrix methods and Markov processes;
and statistical decision theory and signal
detection theories.
788. Cooperative Education Place-
ment. Prereq.: Permission of department. 
Experiential learning through placement.
Opportunities to test and demonstrate aca-
demic learning in an organizational set-
ting. Students receive academic credit as
well as a stipend from the placement. No
more than 6 credits may be taken in Coop-
erative Education Placement.
788.1. 1 hr.; 1 cr.
788.2. 2 hr.; 2 cr.
788.3. 3 hr.; 3 cr.
788.4. 4 hr.; 4 cr.
788.5. 5 hr.; 5 cr.
788.6. 6 hr.; 6 cr.
789. Developmental Neuropsychology. 
2 lec. hr. plus conf.; 3 cr. This course pays
particular attention to the problems perti-
nent to the effects of neonatal brain
lesions, neonatal neural plasticity, and
genesis of neural structures and develop-
mental disorders in animal and man.†
791. Seminar in Selected Topics in
Psychology. Prereq.: Permission of
instructor. Content will be determined by
the special interest of students and the
instructor. The course may be repeated for
credit by permission of the department as
the topic changes.
791.1. 1 hr.; 1 cr.
791.2. 2 hr.; 2 cr.
791.3. 3 hr.; 3 cr.
791.4. 4 hr.; 4 cr.
794. Behavior Genetics. 3 hr.; 3 cr. Pre-
req.: An undergraduate course in statistics
and one in experimental psychology; an
undergraduate course in physiological psy-
chology, or comparative psychology, or biol-
ogy; two of the following undergraduate
courses: child psychology, abnormal psy-
chology, tests and measurements. Back-
ground material in Mendelian, molecular,
and population genetics, and genetic deter-
minants of abnormal behavior, learning,
and intelligence. The techniques and data
resulting from both human and animal
experimentation are equally emphasized.†
**795, 796, 797. Fieldwork (Extern-
ship). Each of the following three courses
is required of all students in the Clinical
Behavioral Applications in Mental Health
Settings M.A. Program. Total hours of
fieldwork for the three courses: 630 (i.e., 21
hours per week for 30 weeks). Total cred-
its: 9 (3 credits for each course). Prereq. for
each course: 1) Permission of the M.A.
Committee; 2) Full-time students in the
CBA Program normally start fieldwork in
their third semester after completing the
following courses: 748, 749, 760, 764,
730.01 (formerly 770.1), and 774. The work
for these fieldwork courses will often
extend beyond a given semester. In such
cases a provisional grade of “P” will be
given at the end of the semester, and a let-
ter grade will be given when the work of
the course is completed.
795. Fieldwork (Externship): Applied
Behavior Analysis. 3 hr.; 3 cr. Prereq.:
See above. This fieldwork placement will
be conducted at various state or private
mental health institutions and/or other
settings and will focus on developing
applied behavior analysis skills. Each stu-
dent will complete an applied behavior
analytic intervention and write a report
suitable for publication.
796. Fieldwork (Externship): Assess-
ment of Intelligence and Personality.
3 hr.; 3 cr. Prereq.: See above. This field-
work placement will be conducted at vari-
ous state or private mental health
institutions and/or other settings and will
focus on developing skills in the assess-
ment of intellectual and personality func-
tioning. Each student will administer 10
psychological test batteries and write 10
interpretive test reports.
797. Fieldwork (Externship): Profes-
sional Functioning in a Mental Health
Setting. 3 hr.; 3 cr. Prereq.: See above.
Externs will meet in a 2-hour on-campus
seminar (weekly for the fall semester or
biweekly for the academic year), focusing
on progressional functioning in a mental
health setting. Topics may include: con-
ducting an interview (including role play-
ing aimed at developing interview skills);
integrating information from diverse
sources in writing up an intake report
and/or results of a test battery; relating to
other staff members; confidentiality; pro-
fessional ethics, etc.
799. Research Practicum. 1 hr.; 1 cr.
This course may be repeated for credit for
a maximum of 4 semesters of participation.
Prereq.: Permission of instructor. Each stu-
dent must submit a proposal (approved by
his/her sponsor) with a detailed plan for
the practicum. This plan must specify what
the product of the semester’s work will be
(list of specific laboratory skills to be mas-
tered, or specific study to be carried out, or
report of research to be written up, etc.).
For continued practica, a progress report is
also required regarding product(s)
achieved in past practica. Approval of the
Head of the M.A. Program is required
before the start of the semester in which
the practicum is to take place. Students
will be provided with an internship in
research through practical experience in
the laboratory with a member of the
department. The actual number of hours
which the student will work in a given lab-
oratory will be mutually arranged with the
student’s laboratory mentor. Each
practicum will include both direct laborato-
ry experience and guided reading of perti-
nent secondary and primary literature.
Course in Reserve
712. Recording and Stimulational
Techniques in Physiological 
Psychology.
P S Y C H O L O G Y
*This course is open to all matriculated students
enrolled in either the Clinical Behavioral Applica-
tions in Mental Health Settings M.A. Program or the
CUNY Learning Processes Ph.D. Sub-Program.
Enrollment is limited. All other students must
obtain special permission from the Head of the M.A.
Program.
**Fieldwork courses are open to all matriculated
M.A. students in the CBA Program, for whom the
courses are required. Enrollment is limited. All
other students, including CUNY Ph.D. students,
must obtain special permission from the Head of the
M.A. Program.

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