HD 4310 - Mind, Self, and Emotion

(crosslisted)
(also AAS 4310, COGST 4350)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: HD 1150 or HD 1170 or PSYCH 1101; and permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Enrollment limited to: upper-class undergraduate or graduate standing. Limited to 20 students.

Q. Wang.

Offered to students who are currently conducting research or planning to do research in the near future on one of the three topics—memory, self, or emotion. The course examines current data and theories concerning the topics from a variety of perspectives and at multiple levels of analysis, particularly focusing on the interconnections among these fields of inquiry. The “scale of observation” is viewed as occurring within the person (brain mechanisms, including genetics), at the level of the person (content-goals, beliefs, desires, etc.), and between persons (relationships and group interaction— including culture).