| PSYC 120-01 |
Introduction to Health Psychology
Instructor: Supriya Dixit
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the interdisciplinary field of health psychology, which uses scientific research methods to study the bi-directional relationship between psychology and health. We will discuss psychological states such as stress and how they affect the body, and mental processes such as finding meaning that are associated with effective coping and positive health outcomes. We will also study health behaviors such as exercise, sleep, eating, and substance use. Finally, we will explore how psychological concepts and research can be applied to health promotion and illness prevention. Course content will be especially relevant to students considering careers in health care or public health.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 125-01 |
Brain and Behavior w/Lab
Instructor: Anthony Rauhut
Course Description:
This course will introduce the structure and function of the brain as it influences human behavior. Findings from neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and endocrinology will be considered in their relation to a number of behavioral processes such as perception, memory, and social behavior. In the laboratory, students will engage in hands-on activities to explore brain anatomy and brain-behavior relationships. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 207
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
JAMESR 1206 |
| PSYC 125-02 |
Brain and Behavior w/Lab
Instructor: Ben Basile
Course Description:
This course will introduce the structure and function of the brain as it influences human behavior. Findings from neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and endocrinology will be considered in their relation to a number of behavioral processes such as perception, memory, and social behavior. In the laboratory, students will engage in hands-on activities to explore brain anatomy and brain-behavior relationships. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
JAMESR 1206
12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
KAUF 178 |
| PSYC 140-01 |
Social Psychology
Instructor: Marie Helweg-Larsen
Course Description:
Humans are the social animal because our beliefs, our brains, and our physical environments are profoundly shaped by our social context, often without us realizing it. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the field of social psychology - the scientific study of how our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other people. We will discuss topics such as the self, conformity and obedience, social cognition and information processing, attitudes and persuasion, prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination, social influence, romantic relationships, and helping behavior. You will learn how research in social psychology can explain everyday events in your own lives and around the world and how it can help to better human existence.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 145-01 |
Psychology of Human Sexuality
Instructor: Michele Ford
Course Description:
This course is a study of human sexuality emphasizing psychological aspects. We will cover sexual development from childhood to adulthood, sexual orientations, biological influences, sexual attitudes and behavior, gender, sex therapy, sexual coercion and abuse, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health, and the development of sexual relationships. The study of human sexuality is inherently interdisciplinary in nature (drawing from such varied disciplines as sociology, women's studies, biology, anthropology, history, and others). Although we will cover some material from these disciplines, we will take an explicitly social psychological perspective, focusing on individual, personal, and social aspects of sexual behaviors, attitudes and beliefs.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 150-01 |
Culture and Psychology
Instructor: Rui Zhang
Course Description:
The vast amount of what we know in psychology is based on observations from a thin sliver of the humanity pie, an unreliable foundation for generalizing knowledge across time and place. This course starts with the position that a psychological science of Homo sapiens requires examining the various cultural and historical contexts that shape human behavior. Throughout this survey course, we will consider human universals and cultural diversity across a wide array of content areas including self, cognition, motivation, emotion, interpersonal and social behaviors, and health, with emphasis on the implications of such a cultural perspective for understanding what unites and divides us in the contemporary world.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 150-02 |
Culture and Psychology
Instructor: Rui Zhang
Course Description:
The vast amount of what we know in psychology is based on observations from a thin sliver of the humanity pie, an unreliable foundation for generalizing knowledge across time and place. This course starts with the position that a psychological science of Homo sapiens requires examining the various cultural and historical contexts that shape human behavior. Throughout this survey course, we will consider human universals and cultural diversity across a wide array of content areas including self, cognition, motivation, emotion, interpersonal and social behaviors, and health, with emphasis on the implications of such a cultural perspective for understanding what unites and divides us in the contemporary world.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 155-01 |
Human Development: Conception through Childhood
Instructor: Paula Yust
Course Description:
This course will provide an introduction to the principles, theories, and research methods of lifespan developmental psychology from prenatal development and birth through childhood (0 - 12 years old). It will focus on how individuals develop physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally at each stage of the early part of the lifespan infancy and childhood and the role of context (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, culture, family, peers, schools, neighborhoods) in shaping development. Finally, we will explore how developmental psychology can contribute toward improving lives and inform solutions to social problems.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
KAUF 179 |
| PSYC 165-01 |
Psychopathology
Instructor: Nancy Farber
Course Description:
An introduction to various psychological disorders and techniques of diagnosis and treatment. Relevant for students who anticipate careers in medicine, law, and the social or psychological services. This course is a Health Studies elective.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
BOSLER 208 |
| PSYC 165-02 |
Psychopathology
Instructor: Nancy Farber
Course Description:
An introduction to various psychological disorders and techniques of diagnosis and treatment. Relevant for students who anticipate careers in medicine, law, and the social or psychological services. This course is a Health Studies elective.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
BOSLER 208 |
| PSYC 210-01 |
Analysis of Psychological Data
Instructor: Megan Yost
Course Description:
Completion of both PSYC 210 and PSYC 211 fulfills the WID Requirement. This course will introduce you to analytic methods commonly used to evaluate the results of psychological research, with an emphasis on the statistical analysis of quantitative data. You will gain a conceptual and practical understanding of the statistical building blocks needed to report and interpret research findings and practice APA-style writing and visualization of results. We will discuss the concepts and assumptions that underlie common statistical procedures and their limitations. To practice statistical analyses, you will be exposed to the formulae that underly statistical tests. You will become proficient in conducting analyses with the help of a data-processing software that is popular in both academic and non-academic institutions: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The course will cover, in-depth, descriptive statistics (which summarize numerical data obtained in quantitative research) and inferential statistics (which test hypotheses in quantitative research) and will introduce thematic analysis (a method of analyzing themes in qualitative research). We will also consider the ethical use of data in psychological research. Three hours classroom plus three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: any 100-level course. NOTE: Completion of both 210 and 211 fulfills the WID requirement.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
ALTHSE 204
01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 313 |
| PSYC 211-01 |
Design of Psychological Research
Instructor: Sharon Kingston
Course Description:
Completion of both PSYC 210 and PSYC 211 fulfills the WID Requirement. This course is an introduction to research methods in psychology. In this class, we will explore the major concepts in planning research studies, research design, and analysis. We will discuss the various strengths and limitations of each research approach (including quantitative and qualitative methods), as well as methods for assessing threats to validity and reliability of psychological measures. In class and lab, we will explore the relationship between data analysis and research design. In designing your own study, you will learn how to search and critically summarize and evaluate scientific research; design and conduct research projects ethically; collect, analyze and interpret data; and communicate the findings for a scientific audience in APA-style writing. Throughout the course, we will work on developing critical thinking skills and deepen our understanding of the field of psychology as a science. Three hours classroom plus three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 210. NOTE: Completion of both 210 and 211 fulfills the WID graduation requirement.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
KAUF 186
01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
KAUF 186 |
| PSYC 330-01 |
Autobiographical Memory Research Methods
Instructor: Azriel Grysman
Course Description:
Cognitive psychology is the study of how the mind processes information, including vision, attention, memory, and decision making, among others. In this course, students will learn about autobiographical memory, or memory for events in a persons life that are considered relevant to understanding a sense of self. Although cognitive psychologists use many different methodologies (including experimental methods, reaction time tasks, and even brain imaging), this course focuses on analyzing personal memory narratives to draw conclusions about memory and selfhood. In doing so, methods covered include reliability and validity, experimenter control when studying memory, correlational and quasi-experimental approaches to data, ethics, and real-world applications of research. This intensive lab course will include the design and implementation of an original research project in the area of autobiographical memory. Three hours classroom plus three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisites: 210 & 211; OR NRSC 200.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 303
09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 303 |
| PSYC 355-01 |
Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
Instructor: Paula Yust
Course Description:
Human development is progression through age-related changes that occur from conception until death and developmental psychology is the science that seeks to understand how and why people change and stay the same over time. This intensive course will provide students with an overview of research methods used in developmental psychology. It will focus on major concepts in research planning, design, analysis, and interpretation when seeking to answer questions about development. We will learn best practices and challenges in developmental research including topics on cross-sectional and longitudinal research, experimental methods, ethics, and applied developmental research. In lab, you will engage in hands-on activities, learning how to search and review scientific literature, design, and conduct research, collect, analyze, and interpret data, and communicate your findings to a scientific audience. Three hours classroom plus three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisites: 155 or 160, & 210 & 211.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 185
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 185 |
| PSYC 380-01 |
Research Methods in Comparative Psychology
Instructor: Emily Brown
Course Description:
Comparative psychology is the study of how different species think and behave, and how the cognitive processes of all species, including humans, have been shaped by evolutionary pressures. Considering the pressures that shaped cognition helps improve functional applications with working animals, the care for animals used in agriculture, the validity of animal models used in neuroscience, and human understanding about the evolution of minds. In this course, students will learn about observational and experimental research methods used in comparative psychology to answer a variety of cognitive and behavioral research questions on topics such as learning, attention, memory, and metacognition. Students will learn how best to design research methodologies that account for and capitalize upon species-typical behavior and sensory systems and discuss how techniques must be adjusted to account for different species of research subjects. We will discuss issues of validity, measurement, and research ethics as they pertain to the field. By the end of this intensive lab course, students will design and conduct a comparative psychology study, then analyze and interpret the resulting data.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
JAMESR 1206
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
JAMESR 1206 |
| PSYC 430-01 |
Human Memory
Instructor: Azriel Grysman
Course Description:
In this course, students will gain a deeper understanding of memory processes in the brain and mind. They will evaluate experimental data and consider its implications and applications outside the laboratory. The course will challenge students to think about when and why memory is accurate or inaccurate. One specific application that will be central in the course is considering how memory research can be applied to the eyewitness memory context. Using classroom methods such as ethical case studies, students will consider social and technological influences on memory and their implications for personal lives and legal contexts.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
KAUF 187 |
| PSYC 435-01 |
Gender Identities and Sexualities
Instructor: Megan Yost
Course Description:
Cross-listed with WGSS 306-01. : In this seminar, we will discuss current psychological theory and research relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual practices. The course is designed to acquaint you with some of the key issues, questions, and findings in this field, as well as to allow you to develop some of the critical skills needed to evaluate research findings. We will discuss topics such as traditional and alternative gender identities; gender socialization in childhood; transgender and nonbinary identities; the development of heterosexual, and LGBTQ+ identities; the relationship between gender and sexual orientation; social pressures and compulsory heterosexuality, heterosexism, and sexual prejudice; and alternative sexual practices and communities. This discussion-based course is designed to encourage deep, thoughtful analysis of issues surrounding gender and sexuality.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 313 |
| PSYC 465-01 |
Seminar in Clinical Psychology: Disordered Eating
Instructor: Michele Ford
Course Description:
Disordered eating, whether undereating, overeating, or the use of compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, are influenced by varied biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. This course provides the advanced undergraduate student with exposure to clinical treatment methods and exploration of the scientific research on the individual, familial and cultural factors implicated in the development of the spectrum of disordered eating. Students will learn about the epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disordered eating. Additionally, ethical and pragmatic (e.g., gender, cultural, media) considerations associated with varied interventions will be addressed. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the major issues related to disordered eating, and their impact on people, families, and systems.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
KAUF 185 |
| PSYC 475-01 |
Seminar in Community Psychology
Instructor: Sharon Kingston
Course Description:
This course is an advanced seminar that focuses in depth on special topics in the field of community psychology. The practice of community psychology is typically directed toward the design and evaluation of strategies aimed at preventing psychological disorders, promoting self-help, mutual aid and empowerment for marginalized communities and promoting social justice and change. The goal is to optimize the well-being of individuals and communities with innovative and alternative interventions designed in collaboration with affected community members and with other related disciplines inside and outside of psychology. Topics may include substance abuse and addiction, serious mental illness, delinquency, stress and coping, prevention vs. intervention, and social support. This is service learning course. Students will develop their understanding of topical issues by reading and synthesizing primary and secondary sources, participating in class discussions and applied exercises, and participating in a service learning project in partnership with community service or advocacy agencies. Prerequisites: 210 & 211.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
KAUF 187 |
| PSYC 480-01 |
Advanced Forensic Psychology: Theory, Practice, and Application
Instructor: Howard Rosen
Course Description:
This advanced course delves into the intricate relationship between psychology and the legal system. Students will explore the theoretical foundations and practical applications of forensic psychology in civil and criminal jurisdictions, focusing primarily on the assessment of individuals that come before the court. Cases will examine issues of consent, competency, dependency and delinquency, risk of harm, custody, parental competency, termination of parental rights, determination of serious mental injury, decertification of juveniles from adult court, personal injury, intellectual property, and mitigating psychological factors in defense or sentencing decisions. Through case studies, simulations, field trips, interactive discussions, and writing exercises, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how psychological principles are applied in legal contexts. This course is designed for students with a foundational knowledge of psychology who are interested in pursuing careers in forensic psychology, applied psychology, clinical psychology, or related fields.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
TOME 227 |
| PSYC 500-01 |
SEL Research and Impact on School Age Children
Instructor: Sharon Kingston
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| PSYC 500-02 |
Neuro/Psycholinguistics and Development
Instructor: Ben Basile
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| PSYC 500-03 |
Psychological Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Indigenous Populations
Instructor: Sharon Kingston
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| PSYC 500-04 |
Sexuality in Women of Color: Exploring Sexual Repression and New Avenues of Sexual Expression
Instructor: Megan Yost
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| PSYC 500-05 |
Conceptualizations and Diagnostic Categorization of Eating Disorders
Instructor: Michele Ford
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| PSYC 500-06 |
Thriving, Wellbeing, and Post-Traumatic Growth
Instructor: Michele Ford
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| PSYC 550-01 |
Dynamic Norms and Professional Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors II
Instructor: Rui Zhang
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| PSYC 550-02 |
The Impact of Social Media on Attitudes Towards Clean Eating Symptoms of Orthorexia Nervosa
Instructor: Sharon Kingston
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| PSYC 550-03 |
Evoking Empathy Through Autobiographical Narratives and Artificial Intelligence
Instructor: Azriel Grysman
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| PSYC 550-04 |
Language Priming in Germans
Instructor: Rui Zhang
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| PSYC 550-05 |
Development of a Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use Scale
Instructor: Michele Ford
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| PSYC 560-01 |
Social Network Analysis
Instructor: Rui Zhang
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| PSYC 560-02 |
Memory Reconsolidation and Sensitization
Instructor: Anthony Rauhut
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| PSYC 560-03 |
Redemptive autobiographical narratives and well-being in immigrants and non-immigrants
Instructor: Azriel Grysman
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| PSYC 560-04 |
Memory and Addiction
Instructor: Anthony Rauhut
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