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Course ID Title Offered
PSYCH1102 Introduction to Cognitive Science
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind.  Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical intities like brains.  To address this issue, cognitive science integrates work from at least five disciplines: Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy.  This course introduces students to the insights these disciplines offer into the workings of the mind by exploring visual perception, attention, memory, learning, problem solving, language, and consciousness. 

Full details for PSYCH 1102 - Introduction to Cognitive Science

Spring, summer (six-week session).
PSYCH1104 WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. 

Full details for PSYCH 1104 - WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science

Spring.
PSYCH1120 FWS:Personality & Social Psychology
PSYCH1140 FWS: Perception, Cognition & Development
PSYCH1500 Introduction to Environmental Psychology
Environmental Psychology is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban and natural settings affect human health and well-being. Students also examine how human attitudes and behaviors affect environmental quality. Issues of environmental justice and culture are included throughout. Hands-on projects plus exams. Lecture and discussion sections. DEA 1501  - Writing in the major (WIM) option also is available (by instructor permission) for 4 credits.

Full details for PSYCH 1500 - Introduction to Environmental Psychology

Spring, Summer.
PSYCH1501 Introduction to Environmental Psychology - Writing in the Major
Human-Environment Relations is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban and natural settings affect human health and well-being. Students also examine how human attitudes and behaviors affect environmental quality. Issues of environmental justice and culture are included throughout. Hands-on projects plus exams. Lecture and discussion sections. WIM section attend a regular lecture but also meets weekly with a graduate writing tutor. The two principal objectives of WIM section:

Full details for PSYCH 1501 - Introduction to Environmental Psychology - Writing in the Major

Spring.
PSYCH2090 Developmental Psychology
One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches topics from both psychobiological and cognitive perspectives. We will use a comparative approach to assess principles of development change. The course focuses on the development of perception, action, cognition, language, and social understanding in infancy and early childhood.

Full details for PSYCH 2090 - Developmental Psychology

Spring.
PSYCH2091 WIM: Developmental Psychology
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. 

Full details for PSYCH 2091 - WIM: Developmental Psychology

Spring.
PSYCH2150 Psychology of Language
Provides an introduction to the psychology of language. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena. Covers a broad range of topics from psycholinguistics, including the origin of language, the different components of language (phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), processes involved in reading, computational modeling of language processes, the acquisition of language (both under normal and special circumstances), and the brain bases of language.

Full details for PSYCH 2150 - Psychology of Language

Spring.
PSYCH2940 Better Decisions for Life, Love and Money
Effective judgments and decisions are critical to success in every avenue of life. This course will explore research on the principles of sound judgment and decision making, and on the ways in which people's judgments and decisions are prone to bias and error. The course aims to improve students' critical thinking skills and to enable them to make better judgments and decisions in an increasingly complicated world. The course is taught by a team of psychologists and economists who draw on recent research in psychology and behavioral economics that can benefit the lives of students.

Full details for PSYCH 2940 - Better Decisions for Life, Love and Money

Spring.
PSYCH3140 Computational Psychology
This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools for thinking about cognitive information processing, including statistical learning from experience and the use of patterns distilled from past experience in guiding future actions. They learn to apply these tools to gain understanding of perception, memory, motor control, language, action planning, problem solving, decision making, reasoning, intelligence, and creativity.

Full details for PSYCH 3140 - Computational Psychology

Spring.
PSYCH3150 Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight
Multidisciplinary discussion of the causes, effects, and treatments of human obesity. Topics include the biopsychology of eating behavior, the genetics of obesity, the role of activity and energy metabolism, the psychosocial determinants of obesity, anorexia nervosa, therapy and its effectiveness, and social discrimination.

Full details for PSYCH 3150 - Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight

Spring, Summer (offered even-numbered years only, with the exception of Spring 2019).
PSYCH3250 Adult Psychopathology
A theoretical and empirical approach to the biological, psychological, and social (including cultural and historical) aspects of adult psychopathology. Readings range from Freud to topics in psychopharmacology. The major mental illnesses are covered, including schizophrenia as well as mood, anxiety, and personality disorders. Childhood disorders are not covered.

Full details for PSYCH 3250 - Adult Psychopathology

Spring.
PSYCH3280 Field Practicum II
Continues the field practicum experience from PSYCH 3270.

Full details for PSYCH 3280 - Field Practicum II

Spring.
PSYCH3820 Prejudice and Stereotyping
This course will familiarize you with the basic experimental social psychology research that investigates how our thoughts and beliefs (stereotypes), evaluative attitudes (prejudice), and behavioral responses (discrimination) toward individuals shift as a function of their group membership.  The ultimate aim is to enhance your ability to evaluate and analyze the scientific merit of this research and to apply this research to real world social issues.

Full details for PSYCH 3820 - Prejudice and Stereotyping

Spring.
PSYCH4180 Psychology of Music
Covers the major topics in the psychology of music treated from a scientific perspective. Presents recent developments in the cognitive science of music, including perception and memory for pitch and rhythm, performing music, the relationship between music and language, musical abilities in infants, emotional responses, and the cognitive neuroscience of music.

Full details for PSYCH 4180 - Psychology of Music

Fall.
PSYCH4230 Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?
Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory process. This seminar will examine the diverse functions attributed to the hippocampus with an eye toward integrating the differing viewpoints in the literature. After a brief historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the hippocampal role in spatial navigation, learning, and memory, and context processing.

Full details for PSYCH 4230 - Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?

Spring (offered alternate years).
PSYCH4320 Topics in Cognitive Science
A course examining the core disciplines of cognitive science using varied themes from semester to semester.

Full details for PSYCH 4320 - Topics in Cognitive Science

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH4420 Psych & Ethics of Tech 21st Century
PSYCH4470 Psychology of Imagination
Imagination is a core feature of human cognition, and the study of human imagination possibly one of the broadest and least unified topics in psychological science. This course, drawing on readings from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and philosophy, is for anyone interested in understanding the psychology of imagination as it functions in everyday thought and action. Topics covered: counterfactual and future thinking, mind-wandering, creativity, children's imaginary friends, pretense, and fantasy, imagination in clinical populations, and imaginations in social life (relationships, organizations, social identity).

Full details for PSYCH 4470 - Psychology of Imagination

PSYCH4700 Undergraduate Research in Psychology
Practice in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research.

Full details for PSYCH 4700 - Undergraduate Research in Psychology

Fall or Spring.
PSYCH4710 Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology
Advanced experience in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research. One, and preferably two, semesters of PSYCH 4700 is required. The research should be more independent and/or involve more demanding technical skills than that carried out in PSYCH 4700.

Full details for PSYCH 4710 - Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology

Fall or Spring.
PSYCH4760 Quantitative Methods 2
This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. No costs other than textbooks are incurred.

Full details for PSYCH 4760 - Quantitative Methods 2

Spring.
PSYCH6000 General Research Seminar
This course is designed to introduce first-year graduates to the Psychology Department faculty through a weekly series of presentations of current research.

Full details for PSYCH 6000 - General Research Seminar

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH6140 Computational Psychology
This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools for thinking about cognitive information processing, including statistical learning from experience and the use of patterns distilled from past experience in guiding future actions. They learn to apply these tools to gain understanding of perception, memory, motor control, language, action planning, problem solving, decision making, reasoning, intelligence, and creativity.

Full details for PSYCH 6140 - Computational Psychology

Spring.
PSYCH6210 Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Graduate seminar coupled with the Psychology Colloquium series. For 6-8 of the speakers, we read readings designated by the speaker in advance of their arrival, and meet with the speaker in the Thursday seminar. Intended for graduate students in the Field of Psychology who may register for this course without permission, all others please ask for permission from the instructor. Registration in both semesters is required.

Full details for PSYCH 6210 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH6230 Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?
Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory process. This seminar will examine the diverse functions attributed to the hippocampus with an eye toward integrating the differing viewpoints in the literature. After a brief historical overview, students will discuss cutting-edge literature on the hippocampal role in spatial navigation, learning, and memory, and context processing.

Full details for PSYCH 6230 - Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?

Spring (offered alternate years).
PSYCH6271 Topics in Biopsychology
Course explores current issues in Psychology.  Topics vary by section.

Full details for PSYCH 6271 - Topics in Biopsychology

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH6421 Psych & Ethics of Tech 21st Century
PSYCH6480 Psychology of Imagination
Imagination and Cognition: Imagination serves important functions in everyday thought and action. We will read some classic and some recent studies highlighting the cognitive and neural basis of imagination, how it relates to memory, planning, and decision making. Imagination in Childhood: Research on imagination in childhood is characterized by a paradox: children are generally viewed as imaginative and creative. They're also more likely than adults to engage with imaginary friends, pretend play, and elaborate "worlds" of fantasy. Yet children, unlike adults, are poor at episodic memory, future thinking, planning, and creative problem solving. Is this evidence for one use of imagination receding in favor of another? Applications to life: Here we can choose topics based on class interest. Some ideas (and readings) below on imagination in social life, in clinical research, in creativity, in self-understanding, and in the behavior and functioning of organizations.  

Full details for PSYCH 6480 - Psychology of Imagination

Spring.
PSYCH6760 Quantitative Methods 2
This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. No costs other than textbooks are incurred.

Full details for PSYCH 6760 - Quantitative Methods 2

Spring.
PSYCH7000 Research in Biopsychology
A graduate research seminar in biopsychology.

Full details for PSYCH 7000 - Research in Biopsychology

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH7090 Developmental Psychology
One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches problems from both psychobiological and cognitive perspectives. We will use a comparative approach to assess principles of development change. The course focuses on the development of perception, action, cognition, language, and social understanding in infancy and early childhood.

Full details for PSYCH 7090 - Developmental Psychology

Spring.
PSYCH7100 Research in Human Experimental Psychology
A graduate research seminar in human experimental psychology.

Full details for PSYCH 7100 - Research in Human Experimental Psychology

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH7200 Research in Social Psychology and Personality
A graduate research seminar in social psychology and personality.

Full details for PSYCH 7200 - Research in Social Psychology and Personality

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH7760 Proseminar in Social Psychology II
Second semester of a year-long discussion-seminar course intended to give graduate students an in-depth understanding of current research and theory in social psychology. Emphasizes social cognition, but other topics, such as group dynamics, social influence, the social psychology of language, and emotional experience are covered.

Full details for PSYCH 7760 - Proseminar in Social Psychology II

Spring.
PSYCH9000 Doctoral Thesis Research in Biopsychology
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in biopsychology.

Full details for PSYCH 9000 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Biopsychology

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH9100 Doctoral Thesis Research in Human Experimental Psychology
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in human experimental psychology.

Full details for PSYCH 9100 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Human Experimental Psychology

Fall, Spring.
PSYCH9200 Doctoral Thesis Research in Social Psychology and Personality
A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in social psychology and personality.

Full details for PSYCH 9200 - Doctoral Thesis Research in Social Psychology and Personality

Fall, Spring.
HD1170 Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Broad overview of theories, research, and issues in the study of human development during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Focuses on the major biological, cognitive, and social changes during adolescence; the psychosocial issues of adolescence, including identity, autonomy, intimacy, sexuality, achievement, and problems; and the contexts in which adolescent development occurs, particularly families, peer groups, schools, work, and popular culture. Discusses empirical research, theories, case studies of the lives of real adolescents, and, to a lesser degree, public policies.

Full details for HD 1170 - Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Spring.
HD2800 Cultural Psychology
This course focuses on the cutting-edge research from the recently emerged, exciting field of cultural psychology. We discuss major theories and findings that integrate cultural perspectives into psychology, and consider methodological issues unique for studying the role of culture in psychological processes and functioning. Drawing on recent work in social psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, and cultural anthropology, we consider a variety of topics (e.g., cognition, conceptual systems, the self, morality, emotion, epistemologies, environmental thought) from cultural perspectives.

Full details for HD 2800 - Cultural Psychology

Spring.
HD3110 Educational Psychology
Educational psychology is the application of psychological concepts to educational settings. This course examines the dynamic interaction between people as teachers and learners, schools as social and learning environments, and the sociocultural contexts that influence learning. The focus is on those interactions in cognitive, epistemic, social, moral, and personal domains in educational contexts.

Full details for HD 3110 - Educational Psychology

Fall, Spring.
HD3250 Neurochemistry of Human Behavior
This course will focus on the complex interactions between neurochemicals and their receptors (pharmacodynamics) that drive human behavior. It will provide an overview of the principles of neurotransmission of chemicals as well as how alterations in their normal function can manifest in pathological behavior/mind processes.

Full details for HD 3250 - Neurochemistry of Human Behavior

Spring.
HD3280 Field Practicum II
Continues the field practicum experience from PSYCH 3270.

Full details for HD 3280 - Field Practicum II

Spring.
HD3290 Self-regulation Across the Life Span
Covers the science of self-regulation and its development over the human life span. After providing an overview of historical perspectives, the class will focus on contemporary research including homeostasis in bodily systems, self-control and regulation, goal setting, economic perspectives, as well as the role of emotions and personality. 

Full details for HD 3290 - Self-regulation Across the Life Span

Spring.
HD3320 Gender and Psychopathology
This course examines the ways in which sex and gender impact the expression of severe psychopathology. We will study biological, psychological, and cultural factors associated with sex and gender as they influence the epidemiology, phenomenology, etiology, diagnosis, and course of illness in major forms of psychopathology: specifically, schizophrenia, major affective illness, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and personality disorders. We will also examine the complicated roles of race, class, sexuality, and gender identity as they relate to these conditions. These topics will be examined through the frameworks of psychological science and feminism in an attempt to understand the effects that gender and science have on one another and the ways in which they influence the understanding of mental illness.

Full details for HD 3320 - Gender and Psychopathology

Spring.
HD3460 Serious Fun! The Role of Play Throughout Development
The course examines the role of play in promoting the learning and socio-emotional development of children. Through class discussions, hands-on activities, observations, videos, and discussion of recent empirical findings, the course uniquely combines critical thinking and creativity to facilitate exploring and understanding how play functions to promote development from infancy to adulthood.

Full details for HD 3460 - Serious Fun! The Role of Play Throughout Development

Spring.
HD3530 Risk and Opportunity Factors in Childhood and Adolescence
HD3620 Human Bonding
Covers the science of interpersonal relationships. Examines the basic nature of human affectional bonds, including their functions and dynamics. Covers such topics as interpersonal attraction and mate selection, intimacy and commitment, love and sex, jealousy and loneliness, the neurobiology of affiliation and attachment, and the role of relationships in physical and psychological health.

Full details for HD 3620 - Human Bonding

Spring.
HD3660 Affective and Social Neuroscience
Focuses on networks of brain regions that are organized around the integration of processes related to emotion and motivation. The course first explores brain pathways for processing visual, auditory, body and face movements, and tactile stimuli that comprise the raw material used to judge the emotional significance of external events. Next, brain regions involved in the (1) emotional evaluation of that sensory input, and (2) emotional expression once a significant event is identified are described. Then, brain processes underlying the special nature of human emotional experience (subjective feelings) are explored. All of these basic emotional processes are extended by placing them within widespread brain networks that modulate emotional behavior. There is an emphasis on social contexts and the development of social emotions, including social bonding and social rejection. The manner in which emotional stress influences learning and memory, with implications for PTSD, concludes the course.

Full details for HD 3660 - Affective and Social Neuroscience

Spring.
HD3700 Adult Psychopathology
A theoretical and empirical approach to the biological, psychological, and social (including cultural and historical) aspects of adult psychopathology. Readings range from Freud to topics in psychopharmacology. The major mental illnesses are covered, including schizophrenia as well as mood, anxiety, and personality disorders. Childhood disorders are not covered.

Full details for HD 3700 - Adult Psychopathology

Spring.
HD4030 Teaching Assistantship
For study that includes assisting faculty with instruction.

Full details for HD 4030 - Teaching Assistantship

Fall, Spring.
HD4230 Research in Children's Testimony: Exploring Social and Cognitive Mechanisms
Laboratory-based research that exposes students to the research process in the area of children's testimonial competence.  Students attend a weekly lab meeting for 1.5 hours per week, read pertinent papers, write reaction responses, and work 7 hours per week in the laboratory completing tasks that contribute to ongoing research studies.

Full details for HD 4230 - Research in Children's Testimony: Exploring Social and Cognitive Mechanisms

Spring.
HD4240 Stress, Emotion, and Health
Reviews theory and research on stress, emotions, and health. This course offers opportunities for students to develop new ways to integrate theory and research on stress and health with the advances in the science of affect and emotion. In this course, undergraduate students attend a weekly lab meeting for 1.5 hours per week, read pertinent papers, write reaction responses, and work 10.5 hours per week in the laboratory completing tasks that contribute to ongoing research studies.

Full details for HD 4240 - Stress, Emotion, and Health

Spring.
HD4340 Current Topics in Cognitive Development
Discussion of current research in the area of cognitive development.

Full details for HD 4340 - Current Topics in Cognitive Development

Spring.
HD4470 Psychology of Imagination
Imagination is a core feature of human cognition, and the study of human imagination possibly one of the broadest and least unified topics in psychological science. This course, drawing on readings from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and philosophy, is for anyone interested in understanding the psychology of imagination as it functions in everyday thought and action. Topics covered: counterfactual and future thinking, mind-wandering, creativity, children's imaginary friends, pretense, and fantasy, imagination in clinical populations, and imaginations in social life (relationships, organizations, social identity).

Full details for HD 4470 - Psychology of Imagination

Spring.
HD4500 Social Networks
A course on human social networks, what they look like offline, and how they matter in everyday life. The course will cover published research on social networks, focusing on health and well-being, and will introduce methods to represent and study networks quantitatively. Students will evaluate past studies and propose original research.

Full details for HD 4500 - Social Networks

Spring.
HD4630 Introduction to Functional MRI Analysis for Human Neuroimaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively new method of observing relationships between in-vivo neural activity and behavior. This method is a truly interdisciplinary feat combining engineering, physics, and biology, but is at times reduced in popular media as "pretty brain pictures." In this course, students will learn the promises and limitations of fMRI methods and becomes educated consumers and skeptics of both popular and scientific literature. In addition, students will have hands on experience in analyzing fMRI data from preprocessing to higher-level techniques using univariate and multivariate analyses. The final project will include submitting a fMRI study proposal complete with a literature review and analysis plan.

Full details for HD 4630 - Introduction to Functional MRI Analysis for Human Neuroimaging

Spring (not offered every year).
HD4720 Current Research in Emotion, Cognition, and Brain
The course will cover advanced topics in research on the emotions from central neural and peripheral physiological perspectives, with an emphasis with how emotions shape different aspects of cognition and behavior.

Full details for HD 4720 - Current Research in Emotion, Cognition, and Brain

Spring.
HD4760 Quantitative Methods 2
This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. No costs other than textbooks are incurred.

Full details for HD 4760 - Quantitative Methods 2

Spring.
HD4770 Psychopathology in Great Works of Literature
This course will explore psychopathology by pairing literary descriptions of common disorders with psychological research. By examining mental illness through the lens of popular writing, we will explore the shifting cultural understanding and interpretations for disorders. We will also explore how writers' accounts of mental illness adhere (purposely or not) to DSM diagnostic criteria and empirically validated research. Authors include William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath, William Styron, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Eugene O'Neill, and John Updike.

Full details for HD 4770 - Psychopathology in Great Works of Literature

Spring.
HD4790 Contemporary Perspectives on Human Bonding
Provides students who have taken and excelled in HD 3620 Human Bonding, an opportunity to explore the topics/theories/issues in greater depth and share their insights and discoveries with students currently enrolled in HD 3620. Specifically, students enrolled in HD 4790 will conduct searches of the latest scientific literatures and popular press writings with the goal of developing a presentation and leading discussions.

Full details for HD 4790 - Contemporary Perspectives on Human Bonding

Spring.
HD4850 Professional Development in Translational Research
As a supplement to their immersive learning experience working on faculty research projects, students in this course will engage with actors and ideas from across the youth development research and practice communities, learn about research methods and dissemination to various audiences, and begin to see the world from a translational research perspective.

Full details for HD 4850 - Professional Development in Translational Research

Fall, Spring.
HD4860 Nearest Neighbor
As a supplement to their immersive learning experience working on translational research projects led by CHE faculty, and building on their experience in HD4850 (Professional Development in Translational Research), this course will provide opportunities for students to put their learning into practice by proposing and implementing a translational research project in collaboration with community partners.

Full details for HD 4860 - Nearest Neighbor

Fall, Spring.
HD4980 Senior Honors Seminar
In this weekly seminar, students are guided through the process of completing an honors thesis in human development. The course focuses on developing students' writing abilities, reviewing statistics and how to present research findings in a manuscript, and receiving feedback on drafts of their thesis, as well as practice presenting the results of their thesis in poster and oral presentations.

Full details for HD 4980 - Senior Honors Seminar

Fall, Spring.
HD4990 Senior Honors Thesis Fall, Spring.
HD6200 First-Year Proseminar in Human Development
Designed as an orientation to the department and the university. Activities include attendance at research presentations, visits to departmental research laboratories, relevant informational sessions (e.g., Institutional Review Board for Human Participants, proposal writing), and guidance in preparing a public research presentation to be made at the end of spring semester.

Full details for HD 6200 - First-Year Proseminar in Human Development

Fall, Spring.
HD6240 Advanced Topics in Clinical Science
This course provides an overview to specialized and novel topics in clinical science.

Full details for HD 6240 - Advanced Topics in Clinical Science

Fall, Spring.
HD6470 Psychology of Imagination
Imagination and Cognition: Imagination serves important functions in everyday thought and action. We will read some classic and some recent studies highlighting the cognitive and neural basis of imagination, how it relates to memory, planning, and decision making. Imagination in Childhood: Research on imagination in childhood is characterized by a paradox: children are generally viewed as imaginative and creative. They're also more likely than adults to engage with imaginary friends, pretend play, and elaborate "worlds" of fantasy. Yet children, unlike adults, are poor at episodic memory, future thinking, planning, and creative problem solving. Is this evidence for one use of imagination receding in favor of another? Applications to life: Here we can choose topics based on class interest. Some ideas (and readings) below on imagination in social life, in clinical research, in creativity, in self-understanding, and in the behavior and functioning of organizations.  

Full details for HD 6470 - Psychology of Imagination

Spring.
HD6580 Translation of Research into Policy and Practice
This course will explore the principles and current state of the field known as translational research.  In short, translational research is concerned with the application of research-based knowledge or evidence to the development and dissemination of programs, practices, and policies.  This course is particularly focused on social and health-related programs and policies.

Full details for HD 6580 - Translation of Research into Policy and Practice

Spring.
HD6635 Introduction to python for functional MRI analysis in human neuroimaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively new method of observing relationships between in-vivo neural activity and behavior. This method is a truly interdisciplinary feat combining engineering, physics, and biology, but is at times reduced in popular media as "pretty brain pictures." In this course, students will learn the promises and limitations of fMRI methods and becomes educated consumers and skeptics of both popular and scientific literature. In addition, students will have hands on experience in analyzing fMRI data from preprocessing to higher-level techniques using univariate and multivariate analyses. Beyond this, graduate students will learn how to use scripting in Python to create neuroimaging paradigms, automate analyses, and create analyses pipelines suing Nipype. The final project will be an oral presentation and a written study proposal to include a literature review, an fMRI paradigm to be tested in the fMRI facility, and an analysis pipeline for a future study.

Full details for HD 6635 - Introduction to python for functional MRI analysis in human neuroimaging

Spring (not offered every year).
HD6690 The Nature and Function of Affectional Bonds
This course will examine human bonding primarily from a psychological perspective, drawing on empirical and theoretical work from the fields of developmental, clinical, evolutionary, cognitive, personality, and social psychology, and secondarily from ethology, anthropology, sociology, and neurobiology. The central goal of the course is to define and explain basic structure, functions, dynamics, and formation of human affectional bonds, especially those of the attachment and mating variety.

Full details for HD 6690 - The Nature and Function of Affectional Bonds

Spring.
HD6710 Graduate Seminar in Psychopathology
This course provides an overview to the etiology, manifestation, diagnosis, course, and treatment of the most commonly presented DSM-V psychological disorders.

Full details for HD 6710 - Graduate Seminar in Psychopathology

Spring.
HD6720 Current Research in Emotion, Cognition and Brain
The course will cover advanced topics in research on the emotions from central neural and peripheral physiological perspectives, with an emphasis with how emotions shape different aspects of cognition and behavior.

Full details for HD 6720 - Current Research in Emotion, Cognition and Brain

Spring.
HD6760 Quantitative Methods 2
This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. No costs other than textbooks are incurred.

Full details for HD 6760 - Quantitative Methods 2

Spring.
HD7000 Directed Readings
For study that predominantly involves library research and independent study.

Full details for HD 7000 - Directed Readings

Fall, Spring.
HD7010 Empirical Research
For study that predominantly involves collection and analysis of research data.

Full details for HD 7010 - Empirical Research

Fall, Spring.
HD7030 Teaching Assistantship
For students assisting faculty with instruction. Does not apply to work for which students receive financial compensation.

Full details for HD 7030 - Teaching Assistantship

Fall, Spring.
HD8990 Master's Thesis and Research Fall, Spring.
HD9990 Doctoral Thesis and Research Fall, Spring.
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