Spring 2015 Psychology Course Descriptions

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1 1 Spring 2015 Psychology Course Descriptions PSYC : Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Dodson Meeting Time: MW 2:00-3:15 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If this course is full through SIS: Please use the online wait list. Do not the professor. Description: Overview of psychology from both the natural science and social science perspectives. Topics include biological bases of behavior, sensory and perceptual processes, learning, motivation, thought, maturational and developmental changes, individual differences, personality, social behavior, and abnormal psychology. PSYC Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Smyth Meeting Time: TuTh 9:30 10:45 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If this course is full through SIS: Please use the online wait list. Do not the professor. Description: Overview of psychology from both the natural science and social science perspectives. Topics include biological bases of behavior, sensory and perceptual processes, learning, motivation, thought, maturational and developmental changes, individual differences, personality, social behavior, and abnormal psychology. PSYC 2150 Introduction to Cognition Instructor: Jaswal Meeting Time: TuTh 11:00-12:15 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If this course is full through SIS: Please use the online wait list. Do not the professor.

2 2 Description: Cognition is the activity of knowing: the acquisition, organization, and use of knowledge. Emphasizing fundamental issues, this course introduces such basic content areas in cognitive psychology as perception, attention, memory, and language. PSYC 2210 Animal Behavior Instructor: Meliza Meeting Time: TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM Prerequisites: none Enrollment Restrictions: none Description: How animals perceive their environment, find food, select mates, form social groups, communicate, and learn complex tasks. Theory and methods from comparative psychology, behavioral ecology, neuroethology, and animal cognition. PSYC 2200 A Survey of the Neural Basis of Behavior Instructor: Brunjes Meeting Time: MoWeFr 10:00-10:50 Prerequisites: none Enrollment Restrictions: none Description: After an overview of brain organization and function, the course examines what we know about the physiological bases of several behaviors including sensation and perception, learning, memory, sleep development, hunger, thirst, and emotions. An optional weekly review session is offered for those who wish to attend. PSYC 2400 Introduction to Personality Psychology Instructor: TBA Meeting Time: TuTh 12:30-1:45 Prerequisites: none Enrollment Restrictions: none

3 3 Description: Personality psychology tries to describe the psychological functioning of whole individuals. This course surveys the many methods and theoretical approaches used for the study of personality and includes discussion of the psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, humanistic, biological, cultural, behavioral, social, and cognitive systems of thought. Relevant research from these perspectives is presented. PSYC 2600 Introduction to Social Psychology Instructor: T. Wilson Meeting Time: TuTh 3:30-4:45 (One credit optional Discussion Section. Discussion sections meet starting the first full week of classes and must be taken concurrently with the lecture.) Prerequisites: none Enrollment Restrictions: none Description: Surveys major topics in social psychology, including personal perception and social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, interpersonal influence, interpersonal attraction, and helping relationships. Considers research theory and applications of social psychology. Three lecture hours plus optional discussion sections. PSYC 2700 Introduction to Child Psychology Instructor: Lillard Meeting Time: TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM (One credit optional Discussion Section. Discussion sections meet starting the first full week of classes and must be taken concurrently with the lecture.) Prerequisites: none Enrollment Restrictions: none Description: Introduces the biological, cognitive and social development of the child. Topics include the child's emotional, perceptual, and intellectual development; and the development of personality and socialization. Students can

4 4 participate in an optional discussion section. An optional weekly review session is offered for those who wish to attend. PSYC 3005 Research Methods and Data Analysis I Instructor: Smyth Meeting Time: TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM Credits: 4 (required lab section) Prerequisites: students must have completed 1 of the following math courses with a grade of C- or higher: MATH 1190, 1210, 1220, 1310, 1320, APMA 1090 or APMA 1110 or equivalent from transfer credit or AP. Enrollment Restrictions: Registration is required for the both the lecture and a lab section to be officially enrolled in the class. Otherwise you will be dropped from the class. Description: Introduces research methods in psychology, including computercontrolled experimentation, integrated with computer-based exploratory data analysis, and elementary statistical analysis. This course is required for majors and minors and is the first part of a two-part series ( ). PSYC Research Methods and Data Analysis II Instructor: Schmidt Meeting Time: MoWeFr 9:00-9:50 Credits: 4 (required lab section) Prerequisites: PSYC 3005 with a grade of C or higher; may not be taken concurrently with PSYC Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology Major/Minor or Cognitive Science Major. Registration is required for the both the lecture and a lab section to be officially enrolled in the class. Otherwise you will be dropped from the class. Description: A continuation of discussion of research methods in psychology, including computer-controlled experimentation, integrated with computer-based exploratory data analysis, and elementary statistical analysis. Note: there is an optional Review Session for this lecture.

5 5 PSYC Research Methods and Data Analysis II Instructor: von Oertzen Meeting Time: TuTh 9:30 10:45 Credits: 4 (required lab section) Prerequisites: PSYC 3005 with a grade of C or higher; may not be taken concurrently with PSYC Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology Major/Minor or Cognitive Science Major. Registration is required for the both the lecture and a lab section to be officially enrolled in the class. Otherwise you will be dropped from the class. Description: A continuation of discussion of research methods in psychology, including computer-controlled experimentation, integrated with computer-based exploratory data analysis, and elementary statistical analysis. There is an optional Review Session for this lecture. PSYC 3410 Abnormal Psychology Instructor: TBA Meeting Time: TuTh 12:30-1:45 Prerequisites: Six credits of psychology, including preferably PSYC 1010 Enrollment Restrictions: Department consent required. Psychology majors/minors have priority registration. Description: Introduces psychopathology with a focus on specific forms of abnormal behavior: depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and personality disorders. PSYC 3435 Educational Psychology Instructor: Willingham Meeting Time: TuTh 9:30-10:45 Prerequisites: Psyc 2150 and 2700 Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology major/minor or Cognitive Science majors receive priority registration

6 6 Description: Psychologists have studied the processes of learning and thinking for over 100 years, and theoreticians have attempted to apply that knowledge to K-12 education for almost that long. This course will use information from cognitive psychology to examine: major steams of thought in pedagogy; data patterns in student achievement and in teacher effectiveness; subject-specific teaching strategies, and proposed reforms for American education. PSYC 3440 Child Psychopathology Instructor: Emery Meeting Time: TuTh 3:30-4:45 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: Description: This course is an overview of the nature, cause, and treatment of various psychological disorders of childhood and adolescence. The class takes a scientist practitioner perspective and integrates research, theory, and clinical perspectives. PSYC 3445 Introduction to Clinical Psychology Instructor: Hurd Meeting Time: TuTh 2:00-3:15 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology majors only Description: This course is designed to provide an overview of the academic and clinical activities within the field of clinical psychology. Theories, research, psychotherapeutic approaches, and critical professional issues will be explored. PSYC 3970 Research on Affective Forecasting Instructor: T. Wilson Meeting Time: Mo 3:30-6:00 Prerequisites:

7 7 Enrollment Restrictions: Instructor permission required Description: This is a hands-on course in which students participate in ongoing research on affective forecasting, or the way in which people make predictions about their emotional reactions to future events. Students will serve as research assistants to the faculty member & graduate students to help with all phases of the research: design experiments, research its theoretical underpinnings, collect data, analyze the data, attend lab meetings. PSYC 4110 Psycholinguistics Instructor: Loncke Meeting Time: MoWe 9:00-11:30 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology major/minor, Cognitive Science major. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. If this course is full through SIS: Use the permission list in SIS. Do not Description: This course focuses on the psychological processes that underlie the acquisition and the use of language. There is an emphasis on the interaction between linguistic skills and other cognitive skills. Topics include learnability, micro-genesis of speech, bilingualism and variation, and a psycholinguistic approach to breakdowns (i.e., language pathology). PSYC 4112 Psychology and Deaf People Instructor: Hanumantha Meeting Time: TBA Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology major/minor. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. If this course is full through SIS: Use the permission list in SIS. Do not Description: This course will consider the psychological development and psychosocial issues of deaf people. Topics covered will include cognition,

8 8 education, hearing and speech perception, impact of family interaction and communication approaches, influence of etiology/genetics, language development, literacy, mental health, social and personality development, interpersonal behavior, and current trends. PSYC 4120 Psychology of Reading Instructor: Adams Meeting Time: We 3:30-6:00 Prerequisites: PSYC 3005 or instructor permission. Enrollment Restrictions: 4 th years: Psychology major/minor, Cognitive Science majors, Linguistics majors / minors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: Analyzes the critical psychological experiments which have influenced the way that psychologists consider topics in reading, such as text comprehension, parsing, and sentence processing. PSYC 4290 Memory Distortions Instructor: Dodson Meeting Time: Th 3:30-6:00 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology major/minor or Cognitive Science major. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: Although memory is generally accurate, some illusions and distortions in remembering are unavoidable. We will review both neuroscience and cognitive research on a variety of different memory problems, ranging from relatively benign tip-of-the-tongue experiences to untrustworthy eye-witness testimony. Our ultimate goal will be to understand the neural basis and cognitive processes that contribute to these constructive memory phenomena. PSYC Behavioral Epigenetics

9 9 Instructor: Connelly Meeting Time: TuTh 11:00-12:15 Prerequisites: PSYC 2200 or BIOL 3170 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology major/minor, Cognitive Science majors, Neuroscience majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: We will discuss basic concepts in epigenetics and the role this molecular modification plays in development, behavior, and disorder. Emphasis will be placed on landmark papers and the emerging role for the interaction of nature and nurture. PSYC The Relationship Between Music and Language Instructor: Getz Meeting Time: TuTh 9:30 10:45 Prerequisites: Students must have taken either PSYC 2150 or 2300; all students must have had PSYC Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: Language and music are two uniquely human skills that help us to communicate to others about the world around us and about our emotional experiences. In this course, we will explore the ways these two skills are similar and ways that they are different, focusing on the topics of sound, rhythm, melody, syntax, meaning and emotion, and evolution and development. PSYC Social Psychology, Cognition, and Law Instructor: Gilbert Meeting Time: MoWe 2:00 3:15 Prerequisites: PSYC 2600 or 2150 or equivalent, and PSYC 3005 or equivalent. Should there be a permission list, preference will be given to students who have also completed PSYC 3006.

10 10 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: The legal system is designed by people in order to serve people by, for instance, deterring bad behavior, incentivizing good behavior, and providing a sense of order and justice. But does it always do a good job at serving these purposes? Can cognitive and social psychology inform the system to better serve its goals? Topics include traditional psychology and law issues (e.g., eyewitness memory, jury decision making) as well as research relevant to much less studied areas in psychology and law (e.g., causal reasoning, the psychology of contracts and property). PSYC Social Psychology in the Public Interest Instructor: Trawalter Meeting Time: Th 9:00-11:30 Prerequisites: Psyc 2600 preferred Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course Description: This course is an undergraduate seminar in applied social psychology. In this course, we will focus on using social psychological theory and methods to understand and improve social and organizational problems (e.g., poverty, achievement gaps, healthcare disparities, crime, political disengagement). PSYC 4606 Cognitive Biases in Anxiety and Related Disorders Instructor: Teachman Meeting Time: Tu 2:00-4:30 Prerequisites: Psyc 3410 Enrollment Restrictions: 4 th years: Psychology major/minor, Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. If this course is full through SIS: Please use the permission list. Do not

11 11 Description: This course examines cognitive processing biases in anxiety and related disorders. To understand, for example, why a person with social anxiety sees only the one scowling face in a room full of smiles, we consider automatic processing of emotional information. The course critiques cutting-edge research on how these processes contribute to anxiety and related problems, and if it is important to change the processes to reduce psychopathology. PSYC 4755 Social Neuroscience Instructor: Morris Meeting Time: TuTh 2:00-3:15 Prerequisites: PSYC 2200 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors and Cognitive Science Majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. Description: A broad perspective on the expanding field of social neuroscience. Topics include but are not limited to social perception, social cognition, person perception, theory of mind, attitudes, and interpersonal processes. Emphasis on understanding the reciprocal interaction between brain function and everyday social behaviors. PSYC 5265 Functional Neuroanatomy Instructor: Brunjes Meeting Time: TuTh 9:30-10:45 Prerequisites: PSYC 4200 or BIOL 3170 or graduate standing Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science Majors, and Neuroscience majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS Description: An overview of the structure of the vertebrate nervous system with an emphasis on the mammalian brain. PSYC 5310 Developmental Psycholinguistics

12 12 Instructor: Bonvillian Meeting Time: TuTh 2:00-3:15 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors and Cognitive Science majors and Linguistics majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS Description: Examines current research and theoretical models of children s language acquisition. Topics include typically developing children s acquisition of spoken language skills, and the development of communication skills in deaf, autistic, and other groups of children with language disabilities. PSYC 5325 Cognitive Neuroscience Instructor: Salthouse Meeting Time: W 9:00 11:30 Prerequisites: PSYC 2150, 2200 and 3006 required. Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors and Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS and graduate students in different colleges. If this course is full through SIS: Please use the permission list. Do not Description: Several approaches have been used to investigate relations between mind (or cognition) and brain. For example, the case study perspective focuses on cognitive deficits of patients with localized brain damage, and the cognitive neuroscience perspective attempts to determine the neurobiological substrates of cognitive processes in normal humans, usually by means of structural or functional neuroimaging. Both of these perspectives will be covered in this course, and one of the goals will be to attempt to integrate findings from different approaches to studying mind-brain relations. PSYC 5410 Juvenile Justice and Violence Instructor: Reppucci Meeting Time: Th 2:00-4:30

13 13 Prerequisites: PSYC 3460 (with a B+ or better). Undergraduates who have not taken PSYC 3460 will not be accepted under any circumstances. Enrollment Restrictions: (1) 4th year Psychology major/minor (or instructor permission); (2) Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course (or instructor permission). GSAS If course is full through SIS: Please use the permission list. Do not the professor. Description: Seminar focuses on the current state of juvenile justice and its treatment of violent and aggressive youth. Topics such as developmental maturity in culpability and competence to stand trial, transfer to adult court, and relevant topics in developmental, clinical, social and community psychology are emphasized. PSYC Science of Well-Being Instructor: Meeting Time: Th 3:30-6:00 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years Psychology majors/minors by instructor permission only. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS. Description: Course covers the research literature on the psychological science of well-being, focusing on subjective well-being (happiness, life satisfaction, and enjoyment). The seminar will emphasize recent scholarship. One component will be the development of research ideas. PSYC The Early Development of Social Brain Functions Instructor: Grossman Meeting Time: Mo 9:00-11:30 Prerequisites: Psyc 2200 and 2700 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years: Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS

14 14 Description: One fundamental question in psychology is what makes humans such intensely social beings. This course will deal with this question by looking at the developmental and brain origins of our social capacities. In particular, on the basis of a review of the recent literature, we will examine the development of social brain functions in infancy and identity the principles that underlie their development. Moreover, we will discuss how these principles interrelate and to what extent they are in fact specifically social in nature or share properties with more domain-general developmental principles. PSYC Bayesian Data Analysis Instructor: Tong Meeting Time: Tu Th 11:00-12:15 Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of probability and statistics Enrollment Restrictions: 4th years will be admitted by instructor permission only. Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science majors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS. The course is suitable for social sciences students with a strong interest in methods. Due to broad applications of Bayesian statistics, students in (Quantitative) Psychology, Sociology, Political Sciences, or Computer Sciences are equally welcome. Description: This course will provide a practical introduction to Bayesian statistics, with an emphasis on applications in social sciences. Classic and modern Bayesian methods will be introduced. Bayesian estimation for several widely used models in psychology will also be discussed. PSYC Moral Development Instructor: Vaish Meeting Time: MoWe 2:00-3:15 Prerequisites: Psyc 2700, 3005 and 3006 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS Description: Why and how do humans become moral beings? What does it mean to be moral? Why and how do people come to care that things be done a

15 15 certain way, even in situations that do not directly affect them? These questions will form the basis of this seminar. We will cover major theoretical perspectives including nativism, cognitive constructivism, social domain theory, socialization, and evolutionary and cultural accounts of moral development as well as empirical research on the development of moral behavior, cognition, and emotion. PSYC 5720 Fundamentals of Item Response Theory Instructor: Schmidt Meeting Time: Th 9:00-11:30 Prerequisites: Psyc 3005 and 3006 OR 4005 and 4006 at the undergraduate level, OR Psyc 7710 and/or 7720 at the graduate level or the equivalent, or instructor permission. Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year: Psychology majors/minors, Cognitive Science majors (3 rd years in the previous categories may be admitted by instructor permission). Cannot be enrolled in (or have taken) another PSYC course. GSAS Description: This course is designed to introduce you to the concepts of item response theory (IRT) models and their application to substantive psychological problems in measurement, such as test and scale design and analysis.