Spring 2008 Course OfferingsNote about meeting times and locations:The meeting times and locations of the courses listed here can be found on the Course Offering Directory. Be sure to consult the COD for the most updated information regarding schedules and rooms.
Instructor: Dodson Time and Place: TR 2:00-3:15, Gilmer 130 Includes Optional Review Session T 6-7 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed.Do not email professor. Description of course contents: This course will introduce the student to a wide range of topics in contemporary psychology Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: Four 1-hour tests and a final exam Papers or projects: None
Instructor: Haidt Time and Place: TR 3:30- 4:45, Gilmer 130 Includes optional review : R 5-6 Gilmer 130 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email the Professor. Description of course contents: If you never picked up the owners's manual for your mind, this course is the next best thing. The course gives an overview of the major areas of contemporary psychology: psychobiology, cognition, child development, social psychology and clinical psychology. Cross-cutting themes include the ways that evolution and culture work together to create the human mind, and how to use psychology to improve your own life. Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: Two 1-hour tests and a final exam Papers or projects: None
Instructor: Willingham Time and Place: TR 9:30-10:45 Gilmer 130 Includes Optional Review: R 6-7 Gilmer 130 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online wait list. Do not email professor. Description of course contents: Cognition is the Activity of knowing: and use of knowledge. Emphasizing fundamental issues, this course introduced such basic content areas in cognitive psychology and perception, attention, memory and language Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: Papers or projects:
Instructor: Brunjes Time and Place: MWF 10-10:50 Gilmer 130 Includes Optional Review Session M 6:00-7:00 Gilmer 130 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email the Professor. Description of course contents: One approach to understanding human behavior is to consider ourselves from a biological perspective. This course attempts to do so by examining how the brain guides behavior. The first portion is an overview of the structure and function of the central nervous system. With this knowledge, we then examine how the brain controls a variety of higher behaviors, including learning and memory, sex, emotions and sleeping. Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: 4 multiple choice exams and one multiple choice final Papers or projects: None
Instructor: Turkheimer Time and Place: TR 12:30-1:45 Gilmer 130 Optional Review Session: T 7-8 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online wait list. Do not email the Professor. Description of course contents:Personality psychology tries to describe the psychological funtioning of whole individuals. This course surveys the many methods and theoretical approached used for the study of personality and includes discussion of the psychoanalytic, social and cognitive systems of thought. Relevant reserch from the perspectives are presented. Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: 3 tests and a cumulative final exam, multiple choice. Papers or projects: None
Instructor: Patterson Time and Place: MW 2:00- 3:15 Gilmer 130 Includes Optional Review Session R 7-8 Credits:3 ( optional 1 credit discussion section) Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email the Professor. Description of course contents: This course provides an introduction to psychological development from birth through adolescence. The nature of changes during infancy, childhood, and adolescence, as well as the methods of study and theorizing about development are discussed. Format: Lecture, discussion No. and type of exams: 3, combination of objective and short answer Papers or projects: One hands-on project (4-5 page paper)
Instructor: Oishi Time and Place: TR 11:00- 12:15 Gilmer 130 Credits: 3 (1 credit discussion section is optional) Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: None If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email the Professor. Description of course contents: A survey of the major topics in social psychology, including social perception, social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, confromity, helping relationships, and stereotyping and prejudice. Research, theory and applications of social psychology are considered. Format: Lecture/discussion No. and type of exams: Three multiple-choice exams Papers or projects: Two short papers are assigned in discussion sections
Instructor: Spellman Time and Place: MW 2:00-3:15 Gilmer 190 Review Session W 6-7 Credits: 4 (Required lab section) Prerequisites: PSYC 101 or any 200-level PSYC course 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. Instructions on how to add the lecture, lab, or change lab sections will be given during the first lecture. If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email professor. Description of course contents: Introduction to research methods in psychology, integrating statistical analysis. Emphasis on descriptive statistics and non-experimental research methods. Use of computers for data analysis, experimentation, and report writing. This course is required for majors and is the first part of a two-part series (305-306). Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: 3 or 4 exams and final; short answer, problems Papers or projects: Lab includes papers/projects
Instructor: Freeman Time and Place: TR 2:00-3:15 Gilmer 190 Review Session M 7-8 Credits: 4 (Required lab section) Prerequisites: PSYC 305 (with C- or better, C if class of 2010) Enrollment Restrictions: Psyc Majors/Minors, Cog- Sci Majors 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. Instructions on how to add the lecture, lab, or change lab sections will be given during the first lecture. If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email professor. Description of course contents: Second part of a two-part series required for psychology majors. Emphasis on inferential statistics (t-tests and ANOVA) and issues in experimentation. **Course May Meet Second Writing Requirement** Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: 3 or 4 exams and final; short answer, problems Papers or projects: Lab includes papers/projects
Instructor: Schmidt Time and Place: MWF 9:00-9:50 Maury 209 Includes Optional Review Session T 6-7 Gilmer 190 Credits: 4 (Required lab section) Prerequisites: PSYC 305 (with C- or better, C if class of 2010) Enrollment Restrictions: Psyc Majors/Minors, Cog- Sci Majors 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. Instructions on how to add the lecture, lab, or change lab sections will be given during the first lecture. If course is full through ISIS: An online waitlist may be started if needed. Do not email professor. Description of course contents: Second part of a two-part series required for psychology majors. Emphasis on inferential statistics (t-tests and ANOVA) and issues in experimentation. **Course May Meet Second Writing Requirement** Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: 4 exams and final: short-answer, multiple-choice, problems Papers or projects: Lab includes projects/papers
Instructor: Aaron Time and Place: TR 8:00-9:15 Gilmer 190 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: 6 credits in psychology Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology majors/minors have priority registration If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This is an introductory course in psychopathology, or the scientific study of mental disorders. It will focus on the description of specific forms of abnormal behavior and the ways in which they are studied. Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: Papers or projects:
Instructor: Salthouse Time and Place: TR 9:30-10:45 Gilmer 190 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: Psyc major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Survey of research on adult age differences in psychological characteristics. Topics will include demography, biological changes, cognitive changes, effects of aging on personality and social relationships, death and dying, successful aging and more. Format: Lecture No. and type of exams: multiple choice Papers or projects: None, but several brief "press releases"required in which findings form at least two research articles are described.
Instructor: DeLoache Time and Place: MW 2:00-3:15 Gilmer 141 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: PSYC 250 recommended Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology majors/minors have priority registration If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waitlist. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This is a broad survey course of psychological research on infant development Format: Lecture with frequent class discussions No. and type of exams: 3 exams - mixed objective and written Papers or projects:TBA ___________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Jackson Time and Place: F 9:00-11:30 Room Gilmer B001 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: 4th Year Psychology majors/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This course will address family violence
as it is manifested across the lifespan. Specifically, we will discuss
child maltreatment, intimate partner violence (including the effects on
children of witnessing intimate partner violence and the frequency of
co-occurring child maltreatment and intimate partner violence), and
elder abuse within the family. Throughout the course, we will consider Format: Lectures, Discussion and class presentations No. and type of exams: Papers or projects: 2 papers
Instructor: Bonvillian Time and Place: TR 9:30-10:45 Gilmer B001 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology majors/minors, linguistics or cog-sci or by permission of instructor. You may not take this course of you have taken Psyc 555 Psycholinguistics with Dr. Bonvillian. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This course will focus on language and cognitive development in persons with disabilities. Among the populations examined will be children with autistic disorder, children with Williams syndrome, deaf children, developmentally dysphasic children, adults with aphasia, and children with severe mental retardation. In addition to spoken language development, the course will examine the acquisition of sign communication skills. Format: Lectures, Discussion and class presentations No. and type of exams: One Papers or projects: One
Instructor: Coan Time and Place: R 3:30-6:00 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Undergraduates, Psych 305 and 306 (Psych 220 recommended), preference given to 4th year students; Graduate Students have no prerequisite requirements (Psych 531 recommended). Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology majors/minors, Neuroscience, Cog-Sci, GSAS If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waitlist. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Affective neuroscience is the study of the neural bases of emotion. The main goals of this course are: a) to provide an introduction to the major contemporary theories of emotion; b) to provide an introduction to theory and research into the neuroanatomical and neurochemical correlates and substrates of emotion and affective psychopathology; and c) to provide an introduction to the practical, methodological and inferential challenges facing affective neuroscience as a discipline. The course will involve a combination of lecture, discussion, and, where possible, demonstrations. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are welcome. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: 2 Papers or projects: 1
Instructor: Jaswal Time and Place: MW 2:00-3:15 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: PSYC 305 and 306 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology Major/ minors, cognitive science, linguisitics majors. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This seminar will focus on how children learn the meanings of words. We will consider various theoretical debates, such as whether children acquire words through domain-general learning mechanisms or by mechanisms more specialized for word learning. We will also consider the extent to which word learning requires an ability to analyze other people’s goals, intentions, and interests, and whether this helps to explain why language is specific to humans. Throughout, we will pay close attention to how children’s early word learning interacts with and is influenced by their developing cognitive abilities. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams:1-2 Papers or projects: Research Papers, Research Proposal, student presentations
Instructor: Salthouse Time and Place: M 9:00-11:30 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Psyc 215 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors Cognitive Science If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Survey of topics related to the effects of aging on cognition, including historical background, methodological issues, the role of health, disuse, and environmental change, and neurobiological factors. Format: Short lectures followed by interactive class discussion of the assigned topics. No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: Two discussion questions on the assigned readings should be submitted prior to each class, and an original theoretical or review paper is required which will be briefly summarized in class.
Instructor: Krueger Time and Place: R 9:00-11:30 Cau 134 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: 4th Year Psychology major/minors, Cog-Sci majors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This is a seminar devoted to learning about different memory impairments through the use of case studies. The case studies will be used as a means both to introduce you to different memory impairments and to make you think critically about the structure of memory. Throughout the course you will find that memory comes in many forms; while one type of memory may be affected in an individual, other forms of memory may still be intact. Using case studies, researchers would like to gain insight into what areas support a particular cognitive process. While learning about the structure of memory primarily through case reports, this course will often include neuroimaging evidence and behavioral research as Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: TBA Papers or projects: Short weekly response papers and a term paper
Instructor: Ranganath Time and Place: TR 2:00-3:15 Cau 134 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: PSYC 305 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psyc majors/minors, Cog-sci majors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: While our conscious experience provides us with a good story about why we think and behave in the ways that we do, much of our mental processing occurs outside of consciousness. In this course we will examine psychological research on those influences in our social lives that exist without our awareness or control. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: 1 Mid-term exam Papers or projects: One final paper and several smaller papers throughout the semester. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Wood Time and Place: TR 11:00-12:15 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Any Linguistics course or Psyc 555 or Psyc 530 or Psyc 411 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. Cognitive science and linguistics students as well as speech and hearing/communication disorders majors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: We will examine the emergence of language in humans from linguistic and cognitive perspectives. Gesture, newly-developed sign languages, home sign systems, and creolization will be studied to understand the evolutionary path of language. We will also discuss the literature in research regarding the origin and emergence/evolution of language in humans. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: Papers or projects: 2 papers, 1 short and one final ___________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Doyle Time and Place: W 9:00-11:30 CAU 112 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This seminar will examine the phenomenon of recovery from substance abuse and addiction, including alcoholism and other drug addiction. We will review the basics of addiction and focus on how addiction treatment as currently delivered and other interventions (such as self-help/mutual-help, spirituality, alternative methods) are effective with various populations. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: One midterm. Papers or projects: Two small papers, one class presentation, one final project/paper ___________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Loncke Time and Place: M 2:00-4:30 CAB 210 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. Cog-Sci, Speech Path, Linguistics If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This course will discuss how linguistic models help us to understand the psychology of language. We will focus on the emergence of language in children, acquisition and development of language, language disorders and neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and bilingualism. Format: The classes will consist of (1) lecture, (2) video demonstrations, (3) debate and discussion No. and type of exams: There will be three exams (two in-terms and one final) Papers or projects: Each student will be expected to do TWO of the following: (1) read and write a discussion paper on a psycholinguistics-related article in a recent journal, (2) give a twenty-minute class presentation and lead a class debate on a psycholinguistics-related hot issue, (3) participate in a psycholinguistics experiment.
Instructor: TBA Time and Place:TR 2:00-3:15 Gilmer B001 Credits: 4 Prerequisites: PSYC 220 or PSYC 222 or permission of instructor Enrollment Restrictions: Psychology, Cognitive Science, Biology and Neuroscience majors/minors. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting. Do not email the professor. If you have special circumstances or alternates for prerequisites, please include a note for the professor while you sign up on ISIS waitlist. Description of course contents: Lectures and discussion on molecular and cellular aspects of neural mechanisms as they relate to behavior. Topics will include neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurotransmitters and receptors, neuropharmacology, cortical organization and function, plasticity and neurodegenerative diseases. Format: Lectures, discussions and hands-on demonstration. Weekly lectures will be supplemented by practicum sessions on the same topics. No. and type of exams: Two midterms and one final exam, in multiple-choice and essay formats. Weekly quizzes or take-home assignments based n Practicums Papers or projects: Optional term paper
Instructor: Williams Time and Place: TR 11:00-12:15 Gilmer B001 Credits: 3 Prerequisites:Psyc 220, or Psyc 420 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th Psychology, Neuroscience majors/minors CogSci majors, GSAS If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: The seminar will examine historical and current experimental findings that describe the contribution of neuroanatomical structures in regulating memory formation. An extensive review of the literature will be covered to understand how separate brain regions interact to modify our capacity to learn and remember new information. The literature reviews will also assist in identifying how specific neurotransmitter systems modulate activity in these brain regions during memory storage. Students will learn how to conduct comprehensive literature searchers, organize large volumes of information, improve public speaking skills, be introduced to a broad spectrum of neuroscience techniques and gain a better understanding of the interactions that occur between brain structures and neurotransmitter systems to enable new memories to be formed. Students who enjoy learning from non-traditional sources such as journal articles, archives, annual reviews etc. and are enthusiastic about discussing this information in a public forum are well-suited for this type of seminar. Format: Lecture, presentations and discussion No. and type of exams: I midterm exam Papers or projects: 2-3 (15-20 min) oral presentations and a final 15 page term paper. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor:Lillard Time and Place: M 9:00-11:30 Gilmer 081 Credits:3 Prerequisites: PSYC 250, 306 Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology Major/minors, 5th year Curry Students If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: In this class we will examine classroom practices in traditional and nontraditional schools today, based on actual observation and reading of research reports, and examine how they measure up to what we know about children's learning and development based on psychology experiments. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: One final paper, frequent oral and written short reports
Instructor: Spellman Time and Place: TR 2:00-3:15 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Psyc 215 or 260; Psyc 305/3-6 or other course in empirical research methods Enrollment Restrictions: 4th-year Psychology majors/minors, Cog-Sci majors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Examines Issues for which cognitive and social psychology may be able to inform the legal system. Topics include eyewitness testimony, recovered memories, line-ups, expert testimony, jury selection, trial tactics, jury instructions and the use of statistics in the courtroom. Format: Seminar. Lots of class participation in expected No. and type of exams: 2 exams Papers or projects: Students participate in "moot court" -- where they pick an issue to argue against other students in the class. Paper = one "legal brief" outlining the argument. Also, students act as judges for one other moot court proceeding. Paper = one short "judge's opinion" rendering a decision.
Instructor: M. Wilson Time and Place: M 9:00-11:30 Gilmer B001 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Examines the current state of research on minority families, focusing on the black family. Emphasizes comparing “deficit” and “strength” research paradigms. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: TBA Papers or projects: TBA
Instructor: Clore Time and Place: T 3:3006:00 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Enrollment Restrictions: 4th year Psychology majors/minors. Cognitive Science, GSAS If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: The cognition-emotion seminar covers the connection between thinking and feeling in two ways. The first part asks about the causes of emotion, and the second asks about the consequences of emotion. Part 1 concerns the nature and definition of emotion and the role of cognitive appraisals in their elicitation and intensity. Distinctions will be made among concepts such as affect, emotion, mood, and temperament. Part 2 concerns the consequences of emotion for cognition, experience, and behavior. Of interest will be such topics as the effects on judgment and decision-making, processing and performance, and memory and attention, and the role of culture. Format: Lecture, discussion, and presentations No. and type of exams: One exam Papers or projects: Class presentations, weekly brief thought papers and a term paper on a research project
Instructor:Erisir Time and Place: W 9:00-11:30 Gilmer B001 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Psyc 420 or equivalent. Contact instructor for equivalents. Enrollment Restrictions: 4th-year Psychology, Biology, Neuroscience majors/minors, Cog-Sci Majors, GSAS. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This is a seminar course aiming to review principles of psychopharmacology, drug action, drug use and affective disorders. Format: The format will be lectures by the instructor, student presentations and class discussions. Background reviews from a course book will be supplemented by weekly readings of experimental papers and review manuscripts.
Instructor: Haidt Time and Place: W 3:30-6:00 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology majors/minors. If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: Moral motives are all around us, but they are often hard to see because of our own moralism: we dismiss actions and people we disagree with as evil or misguided. The first part of this course will be a primer on moral psychology, including the evolutionary basis of human morality and its cultural diversity. Then we'll move on to politics, partisanship, and the culture war; then finally, to terrorism. We'll read books from across the social sciences. A central theme of the course is that politics, religion, terrorism, and racism cannot be understood without a full understanding of moral psychology. Format:Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: Two small papers, one large final paper, and several ungraded projects.
Instructor: Lillard Time and Place: R 2:00-4:30 Millmont Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Graduate Student or Psyc 306 Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This course begins by examining the long-held view that functions are localized in particular places in the brain, fixed by adulthood. After reviewing the history of these ideas we will examine the tide of research challenging that view: how imagination and virtual reality might change thinking; how memory can be enhanced; correction of language disabilities with training; how sensory deprivation might be corrected through other senses; phantom limbs; how culture can modify a perceptual system; rehabilitation of stroke victims; etc. Students interested in all areas of psychology should find much of interest in this course. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: One Term Paper
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Instructor: Patterson Time and Place: T 9:00-11:30 Gilmer 225 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: An examination of sexual orientation and family issues, including concerns relevant to families of origin, couples, and family formation across the lifespan. Through reading and discussion of primary source materials, students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ways in which sexual orientation influences and is in turn influenced by family\ relationships. Emphasis in Spring 2008 will be on international perspectives. Format: Seminat No. and type of exams: TBA Papers or projects:TBA
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Instructor:Teachman Time and Place: T 2:00-4:30 Gilmer 081 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Graduate Student or Psyc 306 Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: The course will focus on the etiology of anxiety problems, phenomenology of the primary anxiety disorders, and evidence-based treatments. The course will investigate the nature of fear and anxiety on a continuum from normal to abnormal, as well as the description and identification of specific features of anxiety disorders. In addition, class projects and discussion will emphasize how to investigate and evaluate controversial issues in the scientific study of anxiety disorders and their treatment. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: 2 paper/projects __________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Oishi Time and Place: R 2:00-4:30 Gilmer 081 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: This course explores the processes in which individuals and society “make up” each other. Specifically, the course explores the way in which socio-ecological factors such as residential mobility, density, and geography affect individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and actions, and the way in which individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and actions help create particular socio-ecological conditions. Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: Weekly 1 page reaction/reflection papers and 3 short papers. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Instructor: Ritterband Time and Place: M 9:00- 11:30 Cau 134 Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Psyc 305 Enrollment Restrictions: GSAS and 4th year Psychology major/minors If course is full through ISIS: Please use the online waiting list. Do not email the professor. Description of course contents: The seminar, Psychology and the Internet, will focus on the integration Format: Seminar No. and type of exams: None Papers or projects: Weekly assignments/readings, heavy use of web 2.0 technology, a mid-term paper, and a final presentation.
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