Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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PSYCH 3140 - Computational Psychology (crosslisted)
(also COGST 3140 , INFO 3140 ) (KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: one course each in psychology and statistics, or permission of instructor. Co-meets with COGST 6140 /INFO 6140 /PSYCH 6140 . Limited to 100 students.
S. Edelman.
This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools for thinking about cognitive information processing, including statistical learning from experience and the use of patterns distilled from past experience in guiding future actions. They learn to apply these tools to gain understanding of perception, memory, motor control, language, action planning, problem solving, decision making, reasoning, intelligence, and creativity.
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PSYCH 3150 - Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight (crosslisted)
(also NS 3150 )
Spring. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: NS 1150 , PSYCH 1101 . Offered alternate even years. Enrollment limited to: junior or senior students.
D. Levitsky.
For description and learning outcomes, see NS 3150 .
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PSYCH 3160 - Auditory Perception: The Music Lab
(KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1102 , PSYCH 2050 , or PSYCH 2090 (or any course related to sound and hearing). Co-meets with PSYCH 7160 . Limited to 15 students.
C. L. Krumhansl.
Lab course designed to introduce students to experimental methods in auditory perception and cognition. Students complete a short computer-based course on experimental design and statistical analysis. Each student conducts an independent research project. This includes a review of the relevant literature, the collection and analysis of data, and a presentation of the findings. The projects are most frequently on a topic related to music but may also be related to speech or enviornmetnal sounds.
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PSYCH 3220 - Hormones and Behavior (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 3220 ) (PBS)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite (any one of the following): PSYCH 2230 , BIONB 2210 or BIONB 2220 , or one year introductory biology plus psychology course. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. Co-meets with PSYCH 7220 . Two lec plus sec in which students read and discuss original papers in the field, give an oral presentation, and write a term paper.
E. Adkins-Regan.
Covers comparative and evolutionary approaches to the study of the relationship between reproductive hormones and sexual behavior in vertebrates, including humans. Also hormonal contributions to other social behavior (parental behavior, aggression, mating systems), stress, learning and memory, and biological rhythms.
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PSYCH 3240 - [Biopsychology Laboratory] (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 3240 ) (PBS)
4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2230 or BIONB 2210 or BIONB 2220 . Course fee: Lab fee $50. Next offered 2014-2015. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. Limited to 20 students.
Staff.
Experiments designed to provide experience in animal behavior (including learning) and its neural and hormonal mechanisms. A variety of techniques, animal species, and behavior patterns are included.
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PSYCH 3250 - Adult Psychopathology (crosslisted)
(also HD 3700 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: any one course in psychology or human development. Limited to: sophomores, juniors, seniors.
H. Segal.
A theoretical and empirical approach to the biological, psychological, and social (including cultural and historical) aspects of adult psychopathology. Readings range from Freud to topics in psychopharmacology. The major mental illnesses are covered, including schizophrenia as well as mood, anxiety, and personality disorders. Childhood disorders are not covered.
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PSYCH 3260 - Evolution of Human Behavior
(PBS Supplementary List)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2230 , or introductory biology, or introductory anthropology.
R. Johnston.
Broad comparative approach to the behavior of animals and humans with special emphasis on the evolution of human behavior. Topics vary but include some of the following: human evolution, evolutionary and sociobiological theory, animal communication, nonverbal communication, language, cognitive capacities, social behavior and organization, cooperation and altruism, sexual behavior, mating and marriage systems, aggression, and warfare.
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PSYCH 3270 - [Field Practicum I] (crosslisted)
(also HD 3270 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3250 . Students must commit to taking PSYCH 3280 in spring semester. Next offered 2014-2015. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited.
H. Segal.
Composed of three components that form an intensive undergraduate field practicum. First, students spend three to six hours a week at local mental health agencies, schools, or nursing facilities working directly with children, adolescents, or adults; supervision is provided by host agency staff. Second, the instructor provides additional weekly individual, clinical supervision for each student. Third, seminar meetings cover issues of adult and developmental psychopathology, clinical technique, case studies, and current research issues. Students write one short paper, two final take-home exams, and present an account of their field experience in class.
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PSYCH 3280 - [Field Practicum II] (crosslisted)
(also HD 3280 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 3270 . Next offered 2014-2015. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited.
H. Segal.
Continues the field practicum experience from PSYCH 3270 .
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PSYCH 3300 - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 3300 , BME 3300 , COGST 3300 ) (PBS)
Spring. 3-4 credits, variable.
Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 or permission of instructor. Four credit option includes lab providing additional computer simulation exercises.
C. Linster.
For description and learning outcomes, see BIONB 3300 .
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PSYCH 3320 - Biopsychology of Learning and Memory (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 3280 ) (PBS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: one year of biology and either a biopsychology course or BIONB 2220 . Enrollment limited to: 60 students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6320 .
T. J. DeVoogd.
Surveys the approaches that have been or are currently being used in order to understand the biological bases for learning and memory. Topics include invertebrate, “simple system” approaches, avian song learning, hippocampal and cerebellar function, research using MRI in humans. Many of the readings are from primary literature.
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PSYCH 3350 - The Psychology of Attention
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1101 , PSYCH 1102 or PSYCH 3500 . Co-meets with PSYCH 6350 .
K. Swallow.
This seminar will survey core topics on attention, exploring how it influences what people perceive, what they are aware of, what they remember, and how well they can perform tasks. Original articles presenting behavioral and neuroscientific research on attention will be discussed. In-class demonstrations and presentations will further provide students with a broad understanding of attention and the ability to critically apply attention concepts to their everyday lives.
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PSYCH 3420 - Human Perception: Application to Computer Graphics, Art, and Visual Display (crosslisted)
(also COGST 3420 , VISST 3342 ) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 3-4 credits, variable.
Highly recommended prerequisite: PSYCH 2050 . Co-meets with PSYCH 6420 . 4-credit option is by permission of instructor and involves a project or term paper.
D. J. Field.
Our present technology allows us to transmit and display information through a variety of media. To make the most of these media channels, it is important to consider the limitations and abilities of the human observer. The course considers a number of applied aspects of human perception with an emphasis on the display of visual information. Topics include “three-dimensional” display systems, color theory, spatial and temporal limitations of the visual systems, attempts at subliminal communication, and “visual” effects in film and television.
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PSYCH 3470 - [Psychology of Visual Communications]
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 1101 . Next offered 2014-2015. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: 15 students.
Staff.
Exploration of theories of education, communication, perception, attitude, and behavior change as they relate to the effectiveness of visually based communication systems. Emphasis is on the use of photography and computer graphics to deliver educational messages. A digital camera with manual control of f-stops and shutter speed is mandatory.
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PSYCH 3500 - Statistics and Research Design
(MQR)
Fall, summer. 3-4 credits, variable.
Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2100 , ENGRD 2700 , ILRST 2100 /STSCI 2100 , MATH 1710 , NTRES 3130 /BTRY 3010 /STSCI 2200 , PAM 2100 , PAM 2101 , PSYCH 3500, SOC 3010 , STSCI 2150 .
Calculus is not required. The 4-credit version includes instruction in the use of the statistical softward package R. Limited to 120 students.
T. Cleland.
In a complex environment with many sources of variability, how can one tell with confidence whether a particular observed effect is real? And how much confidence is appropriate? This course introduces the principles of statistical description and inference as strategies to answer these questions, with emphasis on methods of principal relevance to psychology and the behavioral and neural sciences.
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PSYCH 3800 - Social Cognition
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors.
M. Ferguson.
What are the causes and consequences of our own and other’s judgments, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors? This course introduces students to social cognition, which is a research perspective that uses both cognitive and social psychological theories and methodologies to explain such social phenomena.
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PSYCH 3850 - [The Psychology of Emotion]
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015.
D. Pizarro.
We’ve all been mad, sad, happy, and disgusted. Some of us get nostalgic at times, and some of us are easily embarrassed. We’ve been feeling these emotions nearly our whole lives, and this makes us all emotion experts of a sort. Nonetheless, these feelings can be mysterious. Where do they come from? Do people across all cultures experience similar emotions? How can we regulate our emotions? Do emotions make us less rational? Do they make us smarter? What triggers certain emotions? Are there gender differences in emotions? The science of emotion is fairly young, but there has been an enormous amount of progress in understanding emotional phenomena in the last few decades. In this course, we will tackle the aforementioned questions and more. By the end of the course you should be familiar with the most influential theories of emotion-from the evolutionary explanations of emotion to the developmental and social factors involved in making us emotional creatures. So while we are all intuitive experts on emotion, by the end of the course you will have a different kind of expertise-one grounded in the most recent scientific discoveries in this exciting field.
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PSYCH 4030 - Inequality, Power and Happiness
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: one course in psychology or sociology. Enrollment limited to: Sophomores. Co-meets with PSYCH 6030 .
S. Edelman.
Our present understanding of how the mind works and how minds evolve suggests that the pursuit of happiness is a basic human right: our capacity for emotional well-being and our ability to appreciate life as a whole are both rooted deep in the human nature. The human potential for happiness cannot, however, be realized if circumstances oppose it. In particular, widespread chronic financial hardship and insecurity and the inequality in power and wealth distribution are both detrimental to happiness. In this seminar, we shall read and discuss a selection of academic papers that examine the cognitive, social, and political psychology of the American polity, with a particular stress on understanding the dynamics of socioeconomic inequality and on identifying possible ways, if any, of bringing about change to the better.
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PSYCH 4050 - Judgment and Decision Making
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least one course in each of social and cognitive psychology. Priority given to: senior psychology majors. Limited to 18 students by application. Co-meets with PSYCH 7050 .
T. Gilovich.
Judgment pervades everyday experience. Can this person be trusted? Does this relationship have promise? Is the economy likely to flourish? This course examines how people answer such questions by examining-in depth- classic and contemporary scholarship on the subject. Readings are mostly primary sources.
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PSYCH 4101 - Undergraduate Seminar in Psychology
Fall, spring. 2 credits.
Priority given to psychology majors.
Staff.
Information on specific sections for each semester, including instructor, prerequisites, and time and place, may be obtained from the Department of Psychology office, 211 Uris Hall.
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PSYCH 4120 - Laboratory in Cognition and Perception (crosslisted)
(also COGST 4120 ) (KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: statistics and one course in cognition or perception recommended. Co-meets with PSYCH 6121 . Limited to 15 students.
D. J. Field.
Laboratory course designed to introduce students to experimental methods in perception and cognitive psychology. Students take part in a number of classic experiments and develop at least one independent project. Computers are available and used in many of the experiments although programming skills are not required. Projects are selected from the areas of visual perception, pattern recognition, memory, language and concept learning.
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PSYCH 4180 - Psychology of Music (crosslisted)
(also MUSIC 4181 ) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 3-4 credits, variable.
Prerequisite: A psychology course on perception or cognition and MUSIC 2101 or equivalent. Co-meets with PSYCH 6180 . Credit varies depending on whether student elects to do independent project.
C. L. Krumhansl.
Covers the major topics in the psychology of music treated from a scientific perspective. Presents recent developments in the cognitive science of music, including perception and memory for pitch and rhythm, performing music, the relationship between music and language, musical abilities in infants, emotional responses, and the cognitive neuroscience of music.
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PSYCH 4200 - Advanced Neurobiology Learning and Memory
(KCM-AS)
Spring. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2230 or HD 2200 and BIONB 2220 . Co-meets with PSYCH 6200 .
D. Smith.
This seminar will examine the neural mediation of learning and memory processes, broadly defined to include simple and complex forms of learning in humans and animals. After a historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the brain mechanisms of learning and memory. Topics will be decided upon by the participants and may include the cellular mechanisms of plasticity (e.g., LTP), neural circuits involved in Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental learning, spatial memory, emotional memory, working memory, and episodic and semantic memory.
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PSYCH 4230 - [Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?]
(SBA-AS)
Spring. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6230 .
D. Smith.
Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory process. This seminar will examine the diverse functions attributed to the hippocampus with an eye toward integrating the differing viewpoints in the literature. After a brief historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the hippocampal role in spatial navigation, learning, and memory, and context processing.
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PSYCH 4240 - [Neuroethology: A Comparative Approach to Neural Circuits and Behavior] (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 4240 ) (PBS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 or equivalent with permission of instructor. Next offered 2014-2015. (Offered alternate years) Enrollment limited to: 25 students. Required disc section.
C. D. Hopkins.
For description and learning outcomes, see BIONB 4240 .
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PSYCH 4250 - Cognitive Neuroscience (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 4230 ) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: 2 majors-level biology courses or biopsychology or neurobiology (e.g., PSYCH 2230 or BIONB 2210 , BIONB 2220 ); and introductory course in perception, cognition, or language (e.g., PSYCH 1102 , PSYCH 2090 , PSYCH 3140 , or PSYCH 2150 essential). Offered alternate years. Enrollment limited to: 20 students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6250 . One lab in sheep brain dissection.
B. L. Finlay.
Studies the relationship between structure and function in the central nervous system, stressing the importance of evolutionary and mechanistic approaches for understanding the human behavior and cognition.
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PSYCH 4270 - [Evolution of Language] (crosslisted)
(also COGST 4270 )
Fall. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: any one course in psychology or human development. Next offered 2014-2015. Enrollment limited to: juniors or seniors. Co-meets with PSYCH 6270 .
M. Christiansen.
Seminar surveying a cross-section of modern theories, methods, and research pertaining to the origin and evolution of language. Considers evidence from psychology, the cognitive neurosciences, comparative psychology, and computational modeling of evolutionary processes. Topics for discussion may include: What does the fossil record tell us about language evolution? What can we learn from comparative perspectives on neurobiology and behavior? Can apes really learn language? Did language come about through natural selection? What were the potential preadaptations for language? What is the relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny?
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PSYCH 4280 - [Computational Psycholinguistics] (crosslisted)
(also COGST 4280 , LING 4428 )
Fall. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Enrollment limited to: seniors or permission of instructor. Co-meets with LING 6628 /PSYCH 6280 .
M. Christiansen.
Computational methods have become increasingly important to the study of the psychology of language as a way of gaining insights into the psychological processes involved in language acquisition, processing and evolution. They provide rigorous tools for testing and exploring specific hypotheses about the nature of language and its psychological underpinnings. In this course, we survey the state of the art in computational psycholinguistics, ranging from corpus analyses of child-directed speech and politicians’ speeches, to Bayesian and connectionist models of language.
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PSYCH 4300 - [Moral Reasoning]
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Enrollment limited to: junior and senior psychology majors and to graduate students; open to others by permission of instructor. Co-meets with PSYCH 6300 .
D. Pizarro.
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the science of morality. Recently, scientists across a wide range of disciplines have made discoveries that bear on the question of how and why humans have a sense of morality. The goals of this course are to offer an introduction to the science behind our moral sense. To achieve this goal, we will read articles on almost every area of scientific psychology. By the end of the course students should be well versed in the primary issues and debates involved in the scientific study of morality.
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PSYCH 4330 - [Neural Views on Mental Illness] (crosslisted)
(also BIONB 4360 ) (PBS)
Fall. 3 credits.
Prerequisites: PSYCH 2230 or BIONB 2220 . Next offered 2014-2015.
T. DeVoogd.
Human mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, and autism are diagnosed based on behaviors. They are generally treated with drugs in addition to or in place of behavioral approaches. Often those who know most about brain organization and function know little about how the conditions are treated in real life. Those who understand the actions of the drugs are not familiar with the full behavioral and psychological dimensions of these conditions or with possibilities and limitations of psychotherapy. Often, too, therapists are not familiar with what is known of the brain systems involved in the aberrant behaviors or with the cellular bases of action of the drugs. This course will examine several of the behavioral conditions above from these varying perspectives. Cortical anatomy and connectivity will be reviewed. The biochemistry of neurotransmitter receptors will be discussed, focusing on receptors that are targeted by the drugs used for these disorders. Additional issues to be considered include the extent to which psychotherapy can lead to changes in brain functioning, mechanisms whereby genetic or early developmental influences can precipitate the conditions, and why drugs used for treatment have side effects. Students will write weekly papers, make a presentation during the term, and write a term paper.
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PSYCH 4350 - Olfaction, Pheromones, and Behavior
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: introductory biology and course in neurobiology and behavior or biopsychology or 3000-level course in biopsychology or permission of instructor.
R. Johnston.
Covers chemical signals, olfaction, and behavior in vertebrates (including humans), as well as the neurobiology of olfaction and odor-mediated behaviors. Behavioral topics may vary from year to year but include evaluation of and advertisement for mates, aggression and territorial behavior, parental-young interactions, social recognition (species, sex, individual, kin reproductive state, status), memory for odors, odor and endocrine interactions, imprinting, and homing and navigation. Basic aspects of the structure and function of the olfactory system are also covered, including the molecular biology of chemo-reception, olfactory coding, and higher-order processing in the central nervous system. The format includes lectures, discussions, and student presentations.
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PSYCH 4360 - Language Development (crosslisted)
(also COGST 3370 , HD 3370 , LING 4436 ) (KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least one course in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, cognitive development, or linguistics. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Supplemental lab course available COGST 4500 /LING 4450 /HD 4370 /PSYCH 4370 . Graduate students also should enroll in HD 6370 .
B. Lust.
For description, see HD 3370 .
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PSYCH 4380 - [Social Neuroscience]
Fall. (Offered alternate years) 4 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2230 , PSYCH 3220 , PSYCH 3320 , or PSYCH 3260 . Next offered 2014-2015.
B. Johnston.
Comparative approach to the neural and endocrine mechanisms of social behavior in animals and humans.
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PSYCH 4400 - [To Sleep, Dream, and Remember]
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least PSYCH 2230 or BIONB 2210 . Recommended prerequisite: additional course in biology, biopsychology, or neurobiology. Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 6400 .
Staff.
What brain events instigate, maintain, and switch the states of sleep? How does the brain construct a dream? What brain events produce and sustain a night terror? Does the sleeping brain work for memory or against it? These questions will be considered as problems in cognitive neuroscience. Students must be conversant with brain anatomy and brain physiology.
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PSYCH 4410 - [Laboratory in Sleep Research]
Spring. 4 credits.
Course fee: Lab fee $50. Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 6441 .
Staff.
Emphasizing the neurobiology of sleep state, this course introduces students to the laboratory study of human sleep and its psychological correlates. Serving as both experimenter and subject, each student learns the physical rationale and techniques of electroencephalography and other bioelectric measures of behavioral state. Analyzing data they have collected themselves, students work in small groups to complete a collaborative term project. Overnight sleep recording sessions are required.
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PSYCH 4650 - Topics in High Level Vision (crosslisted)
(also COGST 4650 ) (KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 6650 .
Staff.
High-level vision is a field of study concerned with functions such as visual object recognition and categorization, scene understanding, and reasoning about visual structure. It is an essentially cross-disciplinary endeavor, drawing on concepts and methods from neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, cognitive psychology, applied mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. This course concentrates on a critical examination of a collection of research publications, linked by a common thread, from the diverse perspectives offered by the different disciplines. Students write biweekly commentaries on the assigned papers and a term paper integrating the material covered in class.
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PSYCH 4700 - Undergraduate Research in Psychology
Fall or spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Written permission from staff member who will supervise the work and assign grade must be included with course enrollment material. Students should enroll in section listed for that staff member; section list available from Department of Psychology.
Staff.
Practice in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research.
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PSYCH 4710 - Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology
Fall or spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Written permission of staff member who will supervise work and assign grade must be included with course enrollment material. Students should enroll in sec listed for that staff member; sec list available from Department of Psychology.
Staff.
Advanced experience in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research. One, and preferably two, semesters of PSYCH 4700 is required. The research should be more independent and/or involve more demanding technical skills than that carried out in PSYCH 4700 .
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PSYCH 4750 - Quantitative Methods 1 (crosslisted)
(also HD 4750 )
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
F. Thoemmes.
For description see, HD 4750 .
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PSYCH 4760 - Quantitative Methods 2 (crosslisted)
(also HD 4760 )
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
F. Thoemmes.
For description, see HD 4760 .
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PSYCH 4770 - Advanced Developmental Seminar
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisites: PSYCH 2090 or HD 1150 . Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with PSYCH 6770 .
M. Goldstein.
This seminar will focus on cutting-edge research pertaining to current topics and controversies in developmental psychology. The specific topic will change each year. We will emphasize a comparative approach where appropriate and will seek to understand developmental mechanisms and influences across multiple levels of organization, from genes to social groups. Students will be expected to present research and lead discussion 2-3 times during the semester.
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PSYCH 4780 - [Parenting and Child Development]
(KCM-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Intended for seniors and graduate students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6780 .
M. Goldstein.
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PSYCH 4810 - Advanced Social Psychology
Fall. 4 credits.
Priority given to senior psychology majors. Co-meets with PSYCH 6810 .
D. T. Regan.
The focus is on discussion and critical analysis of selected articles from very recent issues of the best social psychological journals. Readings are chosen for their importance, their readability, and the likelihood that they will generate stimulating discussion. Students write brief “thought papers” before each class in which they offer suggestions for class discussion based on their close reading of the day’s assigned articles. They also write a term paper on a social psychological topic of their own choosing. No exams.
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PSYCH 4820 - [Automaticity] (crosslisted)
(also PSYCH 6820 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2800 ; at least one course in cognitive psychology or permission of instructor. Next offered 2014-2015.
M. Ferguson.
Critical review of research showing that classic social psychological phenomena can occur without one’s awareness, intention, effort, or control.
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PSYCH 4840 - Goals, Needs, and Desires
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Enrollment limited to: 15 students, by application. Co-meets with PSYCH 6840 .
M. Ferguson.
Covers recent social psychological research on human goals and desires. We will examine the meaning and similarity of the constructs of goals, motivation, desires, wants, and needs. Our discussion will extend to the relevant topics of self-control, free will, nonconscious goal pursuit, liking versus wanting, motivation in nonhuman animals, and the development of goals. We will focus on the social psychological literature, but also will consider recent work in cognitive, social neuroscience, and developmental psychology.
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PSYCH 4850 - [The Self]
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 2750 or PSYCH 2800 or permission of instructor. Next offered 2014-2015. Enrollment priority given to: seniors and graduate students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6850 .
D. Dunning.
An enduring task in psychological inquiry has been to survey the ways in which a person’s self-image influences emotion, thought, and action. What is self-esteem, and is it a good or a bad thing? How do concerns over self-image motivate people? Do people really know themselves accurately? How does a person’s sense of self develop, and does it differ across cultures? Students will be introduced to these and other topics by reading original research articles, and should expect to take part in class discussions of the issues raised.
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PSYCH 4910 - Research Methods in Psychology (crosslisted)
(also COGST 4910 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with COGST 6910 /PSYCH 6910 .
V. Zayas.
Research methods are the tools that allow psychologists to test the validity of hypotheses. This course provides a survey of the methods used by scientists in personality and social psychology as well as related behavioral sciences to empirically test hypotheses. Specifically, this course will discuss the following topics: (1) philosophy of science; (2) research designs and methods; (3) data collection, analysis, and validity; (4) report writing; and (5) recurrent and emerging trends and issues in the field of research methods and quantitative analysis. Students concentrate on completing a small research project in which they conduct an experiment, interpret its data, and write up the results.
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PSYCH 6000 - General Research Seminar
Fall, spring. No credit.
Limited to first-year graduate students in psychology.
Staff.
This course is designed to introduce first-year graduates to the Psychology Department faculty through a weekly series of presentations of current research.
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PSYCH 6030 - Inequality, Power and Happiness
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with PSYCH 4030 . Enrollment limited to: 15 students.
S. Edelman.
Our present understanding of how the mind works and how minds evolve suggests that the pursuit of happiness is a basic human right: our capacity for emotional well-being and our ability to appreciate life as a whole are both rooted deep in the human nature. The human potential for happiness cannot, however, be realized if circumstances oppose it. In particular, widespread chronic financial hardship and insecurity and the inequality in power and wealth distribution are both detrimental to happiness. In this seminar, we shall read and discuss a selection of academic papers that examine the cognitive, social, and political psychology of the American polity, with a particular stress on understanding the dynamics of socioeconomic inequality and on identifying possible ways, if any, of bringing about change to the better.
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PSYCH 6050 - Perception
Fall. 4 credits.
Co-meets with PSYCH 2050 .
J. E. Cutting.
Basic perceptual concepts and phenomena are discussed with emphasis on stimulus variables and sensory mechanisms. All sensory modalities are considered, vision is discussed in detail.
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PSYCH 6110 - Perception
Credit TBA.
Staff.
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PSYCH 6120 - Perception Lunch Seminar
Fall, spring. No credit.
J. Cutting.
A reading and discussion seminar for graduate students and faculty.
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PSYCH 6121 - Laboratory in Cognition and Perception
Spring. 4 credits.
Co-meets with COGST 4120 /PSYCH 4120 .
D. J. Field.
Laboratory course designed to introduce students to experimental methods in perception and cognitive psychology. Students take part in a number of classic experiments and develop at least one independent project. Computers are available and used in many of the experiments although programming skills are not required. Projects are selected from the areas of visual perception, pattern recognition, memory, language and concept learning.
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PSYCH 6140 - Computational Psychology (crosslisted)
(also COGST 6140 , INFO 6140 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Co-meets with COGST 3140 /INFO 3140 /PSYCH 3140 .
S. Edelman.
This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools for thinking about cognitive information processing, including statistical learning from experience and the use of patterns distilled from past experience in guiding future actions. They learn to apply these tools to gain understanding of perception, memory, motor control, language, action planning, problem solving, decision making, reasoning, intelligence, and creativity.
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PSYCH 6180 - Psychology of Music
Fall. 4 credits.
Co-meets with MUSIC 4181 /PSYCH 4180 .
C. Krumhansl.
Covers the major topics in the psychology of music treated from a scientific perspective. Presents recent developments in the cognitive science of music, including perception and memory for pitch and rhythm, performing music, the relationship between music and language, musical abilities in infants, emotional responses, and the cognitive neuroscience of music.
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PSYCH 6181 - Topics in Psycholinguistics
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
A graduate research seminar on topics in psycholinguistics.
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PSYCH 6200 - Advanced Neurobiology Learning and Memory
Spring. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Co-meets with PSYCH 4200 .
D. Smith.
This seminar will examine the neural mediation of learning and memory processes, broadly defined to include simple and complex forms of learning in humans and animals. After a historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the brain mechanisms of learning and memory. Topics will be decided upon by the participants and may include the cellular mechanisms of plasticity (e.g., LTP), neural circuits involved in Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental learning, spatial memory, emotional memory, working memory, and episodic and semantic memory.
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PSYCH 6210 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
B. Finlay.
Graduate seminar coupled with the Psychology Colloquium series. For 6-8 of the speakers, we read readings designated by the speaker in advance of their arrival, and meet with the speaker in the Thursday seminar. Intended for graduate students in the Field of Psychology who may register for this course without permission, all others please ask for permission from the instructor. Registration in both semesters is required.
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PSYCH 6230 - [Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?]
Spring. (Offered alternate years) 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4230 .
D. Smith.
Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory process. This seminar will examine the diverse functions attributed to the hippocampus with an eye toward integrating the differing viewpoints in the literature. After a brief historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the hippocampal role in spatial navigation, learning, and memory, and context processing.
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PSYCH 6250 - Cognitive Neuroscience
Fall. (Offered alternate years) 4 credits.
Co-meets with BIONB 4230 /PSYCH 4250 .
B. L. Finlay.
Studies the relationship between structure and function in the central nervous system, stressing the importance of evolutionary and mechanistic approaches for understanding the human behavior and cognition.
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PSYCH 6270 - [Evolution of Language]
Fall. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with COGST 4270 /PSYCH 4270 .
M. Christiansen.
Seminar surveying a cross-section of modern theories, methods, and research pertaining to the origin and evolution of language. Considers evidence from psychology, the cognitive neurosciences, comparative psychology, and computational modeling of evolutionary processes. Topics for discussion may include: What does the fossil record tell us about language evolution? What can we learn from comparative perspectives on neurobiology and behavior? Can apes really learn language? Did language come about through natural selection? What were the potential preadaptations for language? What is the relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny?
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PSYCH 6271 - Topics in Biopsychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
Topic: Behavioral, Systems, and Computational Neuroscience
Neural systems underlie sensory perception, learning, memory, cognition, and other complex phenomena. Using primary sources from the current neuroscience literature, this seminar course studies neural systems from the joint perspective of physiological processes, behavioral performance, and the computational architecture of the nervous system.
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PSYCH 6280 - [Computational Psycholinguistics] (crosslisted)
(also LING 6628 )
Fall. (Offered alternate years) 3 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with COGST 4280 /LING 4428 /PSYCH 4280 .
M. Christiansen.
Computational methods have become increasingly important to the study of the psychology of language as a way of gaining insights into the psychological processes involved in language acquisition, processing and evolution. They provide rigorous tools for testing and exploring specific hypotheses about the nature of language and its psychological underpinnings. In this course, we survey the state of the art in computational psycholinguistics, ranging from corpus analyses of child-directed speech and politicians’ speeches, to Bayesian and connectionist models of language.
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PSYCH 6300 - [Moral Reasoning]
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4300 .
D. Pizarro.
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the science of morality. Recently, scientists across a wide range of disciplines have made discoveries that bear on the question of how and why humans have a sense of morality. The goals of this course are to offer an introduction to the science behind our moral sense. To achieve this goal, we will read articles on almost every area of scientific psychology. By the end of the course students should be well versed in the primary issues and debates involved in the scientific study of morality.
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PSYCH 6320 - Biopsychology of Learning and Memory
Spring. 4 credits.
Co-meets with BIONB 3280 /PSYCH 3320 .
T. J. DeVoogd.
Surveys the approaches that have been or are currently being used to understand the biological bases for learning and memory. Topics include invertebrate, “simple system” approaches, avian song learning, hippocampal and cerebellar function, human memroy pathologies like Alzheimer’s, and research using fMRI to study working and episodic memory in humans. Many of the readings are from primary literature. Graduate students will do a term paper on a contemporary issue in the neurobiology of learning.
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PSYCH 6350 - The Psychology of Attention
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with PSYCH 3350 .
K. Swallow.
This seminar will survey core topics on attention, exploring how it influences what people perceive, what they are aware of, what they remember, and how well they can perform tasks. Original articles presenting behavioral and neuroscientific research on attention will be discussed. In-class demonstrations and presentations will further provide students with a broad understanding of attention and the ability to critically apply attention concepts to their everyday lives.
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PSYCH 6400 - [To Sleep, Dream, and Remember]
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4400 .
Staff.
What brain events instigate, maintain, and switch the states of sleep? How does the brain construct a dream? What brain events produce and sustain a night terror? Does the sleeping brain work for memory or against it? These questions will be considered as problems in cognitive neuroscience. Students must be conversant with brain anatomy and brain physiology.
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PSYCH 6420 - Human Perception: Applications to Computer Graphics, Art, and Visual Display
Fall. 4 credits.
Co-meets with COGST 3420 /PSYCH 3420 /VISST 3342 .
D. J. Field.
Our present technology allows us to transmit and display information through a variety of media. To make the most of these media channels, it is important to consider the limitations and abilities of the human observer. The course considers a number of applied aspects of human perception with an emphasis on the display of visual information. Topics include “three-dimensional” display systems, color theory, spatial and temporal limitations of the visual systems, attempts at subliminal communication, and “visual” effects in film and television.
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PSYCH 6441 - [Laboratory in Sleep Research]
Spring. 4 credits.
Course fee: Lab fee $50. Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4410 .
Staff.
Emphasizing the neurobiology of sleep state, this course introduces students to the laboratory study of human sleep and its psychological correlates. Serving as both experimenter and subject, each student learns the physical rationale and techniques of electroencephalography and other bioelectric measures of behavioral state. Analyzing data they have collected themselves, students work in small groups to complete a collaborative term project. Overnight sleep recording sessions are required.
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PSYCH 6650 - [Topics in High Level Vision]
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with COGST 4650 /PSYCH 4650 .
S. Edelman.
High-level vision is a field of study concerned with functions such as visual object recognition and categorization, scene understanding, and reasoning about visual structure. It is an essentially cross-disciplinary endeavor, drawing on concepts and methods from neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, cognitive psychology, applied mathematics, computer science, and philosophy. This course concentrates on a critical examination of a collection of research publications, linked by a common thread, from the diverse perspectives offered by the different disciplines. Students write biweekly commentaries on the assigned papers and a term paper integrating the material covered in class.
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PSYCH 6740 - Quantitative Methods 3 (crosslisted)
(also HD 6770 )
Spring. 2 credits.
Prerequisite: at least 2 courses in graduate statistics. Permission of instructor required.
F. Thoemmes.
For description, see HD 6770 .
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PSYCH 6750 - Quantitative Methods 1 (crosslisted)
(also HD 6750 )
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
F. Thoemmes.
For description, see HD 6750 .
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PSYCH 6760 - Quantitative Methods 2 (crosslisted)
(also HD 6760 )
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
F. Thoemmes.
For description, see HD 6760 .
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PSYCH 6770 - Advanced Developmental Seminar
Fall. 4 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with PSYCH 4770 .
M. Goldstein.
This seminar will focus on cutting-edge research pertaining to current topics and controversies in developmental psychology. The specific topic will change each year. We will emphasize a comparative approach where appropriate and will seek to understand developmental mechanisms and influences across multiple levels of organization, from genes to social groups. Students will be expected to present research and lead discussion 2-3 times during the semester.
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PSYCH 6780 - [Parenting and Child Development]
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4780 .
M. Goldstein.
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PSYCH 6800 - Experimental Social Psychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate seminar in experimental social psychology.
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PSYCH 6810 - Advanced Social Psychology
Fall. 4 credits.
Co-meets with PSYCH 4810 .
D. T. Regan.
The focus is on discussion and critical analysis of selected articles from very recent issues of the best social psychological journals. Readings are chosen for their importance, their readability, and the likelihood that they will generate stimulating discussion. Students write brief “thought papers” before each class in which they offer suggestions for class discussion based on their close reading of the day’s assigned articles. They also write a term paper on a social psychological topic of their own choosing. No exams.
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PSYCH 6820 - [Automaticity] (crosslisted)
(also PSYCH 4820 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015.
M. Ferguson.
Critical review of research showing that classic social psychological phenomena can occur without one’s awareness, intention, effort, or control.
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PSYCH 6840 - Goals, Needs, and Desires
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students, by application. Co-meets with PSYCH 4840 .
M. Ferguson.
Covers recent social psychological research on human goals and desires. We will examine the meaning and similarity of the constructs of goals, motivation, desires, wants, and needs. Our discussion will extend to the relevant topics of self-control, free will, nonconscious goal pursuit, liking versus wanting, motivation in nonhuman animals, and the development of goals. We will focus on the social psychological literature, but also will consider recent work in cognitive, social neuroscience, and developmental psychology.
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PSYCH 6850 - [The Self]
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with PSYCH 4850 .
D. Dunning.
An enduring task in psychological inquiry has been to survey the ways in which a person’s self-image influences emotion, thought, and action. What is self-esteem, and is it a good or a bad thing? How do concerns over self-image motivate people? Do people really know themselves accurately? How does a person’s sense of self develop, and does it differ across cultures? Students will be introduced to these and other topics by reading original research articles, and should expect to take part in class discussions of the issues raised.
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PSYCH 6910 - Research Methods in Psychology (crosslisted)
(also COGST 6910 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with COGST 4910 /PSYCH 4910 .
V. Zayas.
Research methods are the tools that allow psychologists to test the validity of hypotheses. This course provides a survey of the methods used by scientists in personality and social psychology as well as related behavioral sciences to empirically test hypotheses. Specifically, this course will discuss the following topics: (1) philosophy of science; (2) research designs and methods; (3) data collection, analysis, and validity; (4) report writing; and (5) recurrent and emerging trends and issues in the field of research methods and quantitative analysis. Students concentrate on completing a small research project in which they conduct an experiment, interpret its data, and write up the results.
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PSYCH 7000 - Research in Biopsychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate research seminar in biopsychology.
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PSYCH 7050 - Judgment and Decision Making
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: 18 students by application. Co-meets with PSYCH 4050 .
T. Gilovich.
Judgment pervades everyday experience. Can this person be trusted? Does this relationship have promise? Is the economy likely to flourish? This course examines how people answer such questions by examining-in-depth-classic and contemporary scholarship on the subject. Readings are mostly primary sources.
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PSYCH 7090 - Developmental Psychology
Spring. 4 credits.
Co-meets with PSYCH 2090 .
M. Goldstein.
One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches problems from both psychobiological and cognitive perspectives. We will use a comparative approach to assess principles of development change. The course focuses on the development of perception, action, cognition, language, and social understanding in infancy and early childhood.
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PSYCH 7100 - Research in Human Experimental Psychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate research seminar in human experimental psychology.
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PSYCH 7160 - Auditory Perception: The Music Lab
Spring. 4 credits.
Co-meets with PSYCH 3160 .
C. L. Krumhansl.
Lab course designed to introduce students to experimental methods in auditory perception and cognition. Students complete a short computer-based course on experimental design and statistical analysis. Each student conducts an independent research project. This includes a review of the relevant literature, the collection and analysis of data, and a presentation of the findings. The projects are most frequently on a topic related to music.
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PSYCH 7200 - Research in Social Psychology and Personality
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate research seminar in social psychology and personality.
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PSYCH 7220 - Hormones and Behavior
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with PSYCH 3220 .
E. Adkins-Regan.
Covers comparative and evolutionary approaches to the study of the relationship between reproductive hormones and sexual behavior in vertebrates, including humans. Also hormonal contributions to other social behavior (parental behavior, aggression, mating systems) stress, learning and memory, and biological rhythms.
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PSYCH 7750 - Proseminar in Social Psychology I
Fall. 2 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students in social psychology.
D. A. Dunning, M. Ferguson, T. D. Gilovich, D. Pizarro, D. T. Regan, V. Zayas.
First semester of a yearlong discussion-seminar course intended to give graduate students an in-depth understanding of current research and theory in social psychology. Emphasizes social cognition, but other topics, such as group dynamics, social influence, the social psychology of language, and emotional experience, are covered.
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PSYCH 7760 - Proseminar in Social Psychology II
Spring. 2 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students in social psychology.
D. A. Dunning, M. Ferguson, T. D. Gilovich, D. Pizarro, D. T. Regan, V. Zayas.
Second semester of a yearlong discussion-seminar course intended to give graduate students an in-depth understanding of current research and theory in social psychology. Emphasizes social cognition, but other topics, such as group dynamics, social influence, the social psychology of language, and emotional experience are covered.
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PSYCH 9000 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Biopsychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in biopsychology.
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PSYCH 9100 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Human Experimental Psychology
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in human experimental psychology.
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PSYCH 9200 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Social Psychology and Personality
Fall, spring. 4 credits.
Staff.
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in social psychology and personality.
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RELST 2204 - Introduction to Quranic Arabic (crosslisted)
(also ASRC 2204 , NES 2204 )(GB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: knowledge of Arabic alphabet.
M. Younes.
For description, see NES 2204 .
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RELST 2212 - Quran and Commentary (crosslisted)
(also NES 2212 )(GHB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
D. Powers.
For description, see NES 2212 .
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RELST 2250 - Introduction to Asian Religions (crosslisted)
(also ASIAN 2250 )(GHB) (HA-AS)
Winter, spring, summer. 3 credits.
D. Boucher.
For description, see ASIAN 2250 .
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RELST 2277 - [Meditation in Indian Culture] (crosslisted)
(also ASIAN 2277 )(GHB) (CA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Next offered 2015-2016.
D. Gold.
For description, see ASIAN 2277 .
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RELST 2299 - Buddhism (crosslisted)
(also ASIAN 2299 )(GHB) (CA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
D. Boucher.
For description, see ASIAN 2299 .
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