Surveys major topics in psychology: perceptions, development, personality, learning and memory, and biological bases of behavior. Students may participate as subjects for several hours in ongoing research. Meets MAPS requirement for social science: general.
Surveys biological bases of learning, motivation, emotion, sensory processes and perception, movement,comparative animal behavior, sexual and reproductive activity, instinctual behavior, neurobiology of language and thought, and neurophysiology and neuroanatomy in relation to behavior. Recommended prereq., PSYC 1001. Approved for GT-SC2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in neuroscience. The goal of this first course is to provide a strong foundation in neurobiology-cell biology, physiology of the neuronal membrane, interneuronal communication, neurotransmission, gross anatomy, and how the brain develops. Students will also learn principles of sensory systems functions. Recitation will reinforce lecture concepts through discussion of current research. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MCDB 1150 or EBIO 1210 (minimum grade C-).
Provides students with the opportunity to focus on a specific area of Neuroscience in depth. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Instructor consent required.
Three hours of lecture and one two-hour lab per week. Introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and their roles in psychological research. Topics include correlation, regression, T-test, analysis of variance, and selected nonparametric statistics. Course is similar to PSYC 2101. Formerly PSYC 3101. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MATH 1011 or MATH 1071 or MATH 1081 or MATH 1150 or MATH 1300 (minimum grade C-).
Introduces the study of human cognitive processes and covers perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and decision making. Focuses on basic research and theory in cognitive psychology but also considers their implications for everyday applications such as effective learning and retention, multitasking, and eyewitness testimony. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 (minimum grade C-).
Introduces students to many basic and essential laboratory skills in neuroscience research. Students will learn experimental methods and perform experiments depicting principles in neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and the fundamentals of neuroimaging techniques. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of NRSC 2100 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Neuroscience (NRSC) majors only.
Covers general psychological principles underlying social behavior. Analyzes major social psychological theories, methods, and topics, including attitudes, conformity, aggression, attraction, social perception, helping behavior, and group relations. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 (minimum grade C-).
Examines psychological research on gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class and other social categories. Points of emphasis include differences in cognition, attitudes, personality and social behavior. Conceptual themes include research methodologies, implicit and explicit attitudes, stigma and stereotypes. These elucidate such areas as close relationships, leadership, career success and mental health and happiness. Same as WMST 2700. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 or WMST 2000 (minimum grade C-).
Focuses on research design. Each student prepares an original, detailed research proposal, which can become the honors thesis. Open only to students who have been accepted into the psychology departmental honors program. Instructor consent required.
Provides an introductory survey of influential models, theoretical approaches, and methods of cognitive science. Emphasizes and explains the convergence by work in multiple fields - including psychology and neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy - on the idea that mental activity is a form of computation. Students from diverse backgrounds are introduced to a wide range of methods and approaches, including behavioral and neuroimaging experimental approaches, computational modeling, and philosophical work. Department enforced prereqs., two of the following: PSYC 2145, LING 2000, CSCI 1300 and PHIL 2440. Same as LING 3005, PHIL 3310, and CSCI 3702.
Introduces the basic principles of genetics, covers how these principles can be used in the study of behavior, and evaluates the evidence for genetic influences on behavioral characteristics. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 2111 (minimum grade C-).
Provides an introduction to the use of experimental procedures in psychology. Students learn about the logic and design of experiments, the meaning of psychological data, how to analyze and interpret data, and the role of theory in psychology. Recommended prereq., PSYC 2145. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 1001 and PSYC 2111 (minimum grade C-).
Provides a foundation in research methodology to give students the ability to design, conduct, analyze, and present (both verbally and in writing) an empirical study in psychology. Allows students to be effective producers and consumers of research. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 1001 and PSYC 2111 (minimum grade C-).
Follows PSYC 3102, Behavior Genetics, and surveys recent developments in behavior genetics, including recent genotyping and sequencing technologies, statistical approaches, and epigenetics. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 3102 (minimum grade C-).
Introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of human emotion. Evolutionary theories of anger, love, and disgust; emotion and morality; cultural and gender differences; emotion and the brain; relation between emotion and thinking; development of emotion; and abnormal emotions in mental illness. Recommended prereq., PSYC 1001. Requisites: Restricted to students with a minimum of 45 units.
Examines etiological, theoretical, clinical,diagnostic, and experimental perspectives of major mental health disorders, with an emphasis on the main symptoms and diagnostic criteria associated with these disorders. Credit not granted for both PSYC 3303 and PSYC 3313. Formerly PSYC 4303. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 (minimum grade C-).
Offers a psychological study of structure, organization, and development of the person as a whole. Analysis of major theories, methods, and research, including topics such as emotion, motivation, temperament, inner experience, identity and the self, personality change, and the influence of sociocultural context. Formerly PSYC 4456. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 1001 and PSYC 2606 and PSYC 2111 or PSYC 3111 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Includes outline of development of psychological theories since the Greek philosophers, the story of experimental psychology and its problems, and schools of psychological thinking. Students read original sources in English and English translations. Formerly PSYC 4511. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
In-depth consideration of human developmental processes across the life span. Includes coverage of the major topics in human development, such as physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development. Recommended prereqs., PSYC 1001 and either PSYC 2111 or PSYC 3111. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Surveys contemporary issues, explores current controversies, and examines in detail selected topics in psychology. Open to juniors and seniors pursuing departmental honors.
Critically reviews topics in neuroscience research, scholarly analysis of a major neuroscience issue, and/or empirical research project. See the neuroscience director for further information.
Critically reviews some aspect of psychological literature, scholarly analysis of a major psychological issue, and/or empirical research project. See the psychology honors director for further information.
Experiencing and learning from affect--emotional value--is a fundamental part of the human experience. When people started thinking of brains as computers, research on emotion fell by the wayside. Recently however, this has changed, and there is an explosion of work on the brain mechanisms of affective value. We will cover recent advances in understanding the emotional brain. NRSC 4015 and 5015 are the same course. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 2012 or NRSC 2100 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
