University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

PSYC-5131 (3) Affective Science

Core graduate course on affective science and fulfills APA Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Behavior Requirement. Introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of human emotion. Evolutionary theories of emotions; cognitive and behavioral aspects of emotion; neurobiological mechanisms; development of emotion; and psychopathology and emotion. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) graduate students only.