Upper-Division

PSYC 100 Research Methods in Psychology

An introduction to research methods used to investigate human psychology. Course emphasizes critical thinking, designing and conducting research, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing a professional research report.

Credits

7

Instructor

Courtney Bonham, Ben Storm, Rebecca Covarrubias

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; AM 3 or AM 6, or MATH 3 or higher level Mathematics course (MATH 4, MATH 11A, or AM 11A/ECON 11A), or mathematics placement (MP) score of 300 or higher, or AP Calculus AB exam score of 3 or higher; and PSYC 2, or STAT 5, or STAT 7 and STAT 7L.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

PSYC 101 Topics in Developmental Psychology

These topics, offered at different times by different instructors, examine selected topics in developmental psychology.

Credits

5

PSYC 102 Adolescent Development: Adolescence into Young Adulthood

Focuses on individual and relational development from early adolescence into emergin adulthood. Emphasis on the mutual influences of family relationships and adolescent development, and on the interface of family, peer group, and school experience in cultural contexts.

Credits

5

Instructor

Margarita Azmitia

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 103 Adult Development and Aging

Overview of the cultural, societal, biological, interpersonal, and cognitive processes of adult development and aging. Class discusses how each of these contexts and processes promotes stability and change as adults experience adulthood, reflect on their lives, and prepare for death.

Credits

5

Instructor

Margarita Azmitia, Andrew Takimoto

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

PSYC 104 Development in Infancy

Focuses on psychological development in infancy. Presents research on perceptual, cognitive, and social-emotional development during the first two years of life.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nameera Akhtar

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 105 Children's Thinking

Cognition in children from infancy through adolescence. Basic and current research on children's understanding of the social and physical world. Focus on major theoretical perspectives: especially Piaget's constructivist approach and sociocultural approach.

Credits

5

Instructor

Maureen Callanan

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 106 Social and Emotional Development

An examination of contemporary theory and research on social and emotional development from infancy through childhood.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 107 Gender and Development

Examines the developmental psychology of gender in childhood and adolescence.

Credits

5

Instructor

Campbell Leaper

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 108 Educational Psychology

An overview of psychological theories and principles applied to formal and informal educational settings. Topics include: learning, motivation, cultural diversity, individual differences, and assessment. Students complete a research project.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 109 Stress and Well-Being throughout Development

Emphasizes bi-directional relationship between psychobiological systems, stress, and well-being throughout the lifespan. Considers how associations differ across cultural contexts. Major topics include stress response systems (HPA-axis, autonomic nervous system, immune system, neural threat response), positive well-being (emotion, psychological resources, prosocial behavior), and health behaviors (sleep, substance use, eating).

Credits

5

Instructor

Danny Rahal

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and 100.

Quarter offered

Fall, Spring

PSYC 111 The origins of social biases

Engages students with fundamental theories and research in developmental psychology to better understand the social nature of human beings and how social biases emerge. Discussions include research and questions central to how social biases form with a focus on research from infancy and early childhood. Asks questions such as: What sets us up to be social? How do we learn about power and status? When and how do kids start to learn about race? Educates students to have foundational knowledge in developmental psychology and critically assess research.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hyesung Hwang

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1, PSYC 10, and PSYC 100.

PSYC 112 Moral Development

How and why do children develop into moral beings? This course covers key theories and empirical research about the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of moral development, including psychoanalytic, behaviorist, constructivist, nativist, and evolutionary approaches.

Credits

5

Instructor

Audun Dahl

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 114 Human Development as a Cultural Process

Examines interdisciplinary theory, research, and methods of studying the cultural basis of human development, and variations and similarities in human lives and practices in the United States and worldwide cultural communities.

Credits

5

Instructor

Barbara Rogoff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 115 Lifespan Developmental Psychopathology

Examines theory and research on developmental psychopathology. Emphasizes the origin and longitudinal course of disordered behavior. Explores the processes underlying continuity and change in patterns of adaptation and age-related changes in manifestations of disorders.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kimberly Cardilla

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 116 Communication Technologies, Culture, and Human Development

What is the role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in human development and sociocultural change? Offers insights into how human cultures are changing with the proliferation of ICTs by examining how ICTs are incorporated into cognitive, social, and identity development in late childhood through adulthood.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adriana Manago

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 118A Children and War

Examines the development and behavioral ecology of children affected by war. Discusses refugee children, displaced children, abandoned children, orphaned children, children living in protracted conflict, and child soldiers. Reviews child protection strategies and psychosocial intervention for war-affected children.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 118B Children in Extreme Circumstances

Reviews child survival in life-threatening contexts. Examines the lives of street children, institutionalized children, orphans, children in extreme poverty, enslaved children, war-affected children, abandoned children, and children whose parents have HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100.

PSYC 118C Theory of Mind

Reviews recent research on how children come to understand the human mind, such as desire, belief, goals, and intention. Also discusses the implications of this research on typically and atypically developing children.

Credits

5

Instructor

Su-Hua Wang

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology majors.

PSYC 119A Development as a Sociocultural Process

Examines theory and research in sociocultural approaches to how people (especially children) learn and develop through participating in activities of their communities with other people. Emphasizes the organization of social interactions and learning opportunities, especially in communities in the Americas where schooling has not historically been prevalent. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Katie Silva, Barbara Rogoff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing, Composition requirements; PSYC 100, or ANTH 1 or ANTH 2, or EDUC 92A, or EDUC 92B, or EDUC 92C, or LALS 1, or SOCY 1. Enrollment is restricted to seniors or by permission.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

PSYC 119D Cultural Perspectives on Adolescent Development

Examines cultural influences on adolescence from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic communities from the perspective of current interdisciplinary theories and research. Topics include: identity development; changes from early adolescence to adulthood; links among family, school, peer, and community experiences; programs for youth; and implications of bridging research, social policy, and community practice. Includes research practicum. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Adriana Manago

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors or permission of instructor.

PSYC 119E The World of Babies

Focuses on how infants learn about intuitive physics, naive psychology, and shared culture. Also discusses how cultural communities shape infants' learning. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Su-Hua Wang

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 119F Language Development

An introduction to language developmentin young children. Explores current theory and research in language development; and focuses on the preschool years. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nameera Akhtar

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 119H Children, Research, and Policy

Explores ways that research in developmental psychology can be used to address real-world problems facing children. With an analytical focus on evidence and generalizability, we will investigate research-policy connections in topics of popular interest (e.g., child custody, poverty). Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement (Formerly Developmental Psychology Research and Real World Problems)

Credits

5

Instructor

Maureen Callanan

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 119I Special Topics in Narrative Development

Examines a special topic of current interest in developmental psychology centering on the features of self-identity that develop in the context of telling stories of individual and/or shared experiences, such as self-defining memories or family stories. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100; Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors. PSYC 60 recommended.

PSYC 119K Emotional Development

Covers classic and contemporary work on the nature and development of human emotions. Both theoretical perspectives and empirical research are discussed. Major topics include: emotion-cognition interplay, the measurement of emotion, universality and cultural variability, and emotional communication. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Audun Dahl

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 119L The Development and Psychology of Cheating and Dishonesty

Cheating and dishonesty occur in most human activities: academic assignments, sports, and politics. Most people have cheated or acted dishonestly at some point, even if they are honest most of the time. Why do humans sometimes decide to cheat or be dishonest? And how do we develop this tendency? This class covers developmental, cognitive, and social psychological perspectives on cheating, dishonesty, and integrity. Course covers classic research from the past century, as well as contemporary work and real-life cases. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Audun Dahl

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 119M Identity Development in Social and Cultural Contexts

Senior seminar that focuses on identity development in adolescence and young adulthood. Discusses theory and research on the development of personal and social identities and the sociocultural contexts in which these personal and social identities are negotiated. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Margarita Azmitia

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100; PSYC 102 strongly recommended. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 119P Children and Technology

Covers current research and theory related to children and technology. Topics include: how children learn to use new technologies; how technology use impacts children's thinking; computer gaming and aggression; and how children's social relationships are influenced by technology. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Maureen Callanan

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1, PSYC 10 and PSYC 100; and satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 119Q Perspectives on Autism

Explores multiple perspectives on autism, highlighting those of autistic scholars, disability studies scholars, and philosophers. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nameera Akhtar

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10, PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 119R How to Combat Social Bias in Children

Engages students in current theories and research in developmental psychology that aim to better understand and ultimately eradicate social bias starting in early childhood. Course starts with foundational theories and methods in studying children's social biases and then considers different approaches to address social bias in children. Also educates students to critically assess research and to creatively think about new solutions to combat social bias in our society. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hyeseng Grace Hwang

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 119S The Developmental Psychology of Love

Drawing upon key theoretical and empirical findings from across psychology's subfields, this course explores how the experience and expression of love evolves across the life course and how the unique contributions of both partners to relationship dynamics contour relationship trajectories. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; satisfaction of entry-level writing and composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 119T Media Contexts of Adolescent and Young Adult Development

Focuses on the role of media in adolescents' and young adults' identity development, friendships, and peer relationships. Topics include: globalization; physical/body image; friendships and peer acceptance; and educational and career goals. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kimberly Cardilla

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. PSYC 102 is recommended. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 120 Visual and Spatial Cognition

Focuses on high-level perception and visual, spatial, and other sensorimotor representations as elements of human cognition. Topics include imagery, visual attention, mental models, spatial language, the body schema, near-body space, and brain organization for representing space.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to cognitive science and psychology majors.

PSYC 120D Deafness and Sign Language

Explores what we can learn about human cognition by studying sensory loss and language in a different sensory modality. Topics include brain organization, sensory compensation, working memory, visual cognition, and psycholinguistics.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1 or PSYC 20 or PSYC 20A, and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

PSYC 121 Perception

Introduces the study of human perception. Topics include: the structure and function of the human eye and early visual cortex, perception of motion, color, and objects; recognition of faces; and audition, sensory integration, and synesthesia.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nicolas Davidenko, Bryan Holbrook

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 20 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

PSYC 122 The Science of Learning

Academic success often entails managing and mastering multiple courses covering a variety of topics, each with their own unique requirements. However, what study methods are effective versus ineffective, and why? For example, is learning based on the amount of time a student spends studying? Is highlighting an effective method of learning? Is it better to study by reviewing notes or testing oneself? How will you know if a study tip you read on the internet will really help you learn? Course poses questions about studying and discuss the answers that have been uncovered through scientific research on human memory.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Hausman

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 20 or PSYC 129; and PSYC 100.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

PSYC 123 Cognitive Neuroscience

An examination of the physiological mechanisms of psychological processes, including sensory systems, motor systems, control systems, and memory and learning. Principles of nervous system organization are discussed at each level.

Credits

5

Instructor

Megan Boudewyn

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 124 Psychology of Reading

Focuses on the cognitive processes that underlie reading in adults. Additional topics include different writing systems, learning to read, and reading deficits. Recommended for upper-division students.

Credits

5

Instructor

Alan Kawamoto

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

PSYC 125 The Psychology of Language

An analysis of human communication as a function of psychological, linguistic, and social factors. Focuses on language comprehension and production, including the processing of sounds, words, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and dialogue.

Credits

5

Instructor

Liv Hoversten, Jean E. Fox Tree

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

PSYC 126 Conversations

Explores how conversations work and how speakers accomplish their goals in an interaction. Topics include conversational structure, turn-taking, politeness, and the functions and use of collateral signals, among others. Collateral signals include pauses in speech, words like um, uh, you know, and like, and processes, such as how words and utterances are produced. (Formerly PSYC 139G.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Jean Fox Tree

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 129 Human Learning and Memory

Examines basic theories, models, methods, and research findings in human memory. Both traditional and nontraditional topics are covered.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Hausman, Jeremy Yamashiro, Mercedes Oliva

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 130 Deception, Brain, and Behavior

Focuses on behavioral and brain manifestations of deception. Topics include developmental changes that allow us to understand and to use deception, physical implications of lying expressed in the face, voice, posture, and brain activity. Also covers mechanical or behavioral techniques used in deceptive behavior, whether in the form of overt behavior or brain activity.

Credits

5

Instructor

Travis Seymour

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; and PSYC 20 or any upper-division cognitive course. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors and minors.

PSYC 130D Evolutionary Psychology

Introduction to how evolutionary principles can help us understand origins of the human mind. Covers evolutionary approaches to cognitive, social, and developmental psychology with emphasis on how cognition has been shaped by natural selection.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 133 Bilingualism from a Cognitive Perspective

Provides in-depth discussion of bilingualism from a cognitive perspective. Psycholinguistic researchers who study bilingualism are interested in questions such as how to measure bilingualism, how the brain acquires more than one language, how bilinguals organize and manage two (or more) languages in one brain, and the consequences of the bilingual experience on cognition. Students are introduced to current research that investigates these topics as well as current controversies in the literature that are yet unresolved.

Credits

5

Instructor

Liv Hoversten

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 138 Computer Programming for the Cognitive Sciences

Offers a practical introduction to computer programming for psychology and cognitive science students. Students learn simple and effective techniques for collecting, parsing, and analyzing behavioral data from behavioral experiments. Students create programs to present visual stimuli, collect keyboard responses, and then write response time and accuracy to datafiles on disk. Students then write new programs to extract information from the datafiles, perform statistical analysis, and present summaries of the findings. Students learn to use the Python programming language for cross-platform application development. No previous programming experience is necessary.

Credits

5

Instructor

Travis Seymour

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1 or PSYC 20A or PSYC 20B, and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 138M Introduction to Matlab Programming for the Cognitive Sciences

Matlab is a powerful and widely used programming language to design stimuli, collect behavioral data, conduct statistical analyses, and visualize results. This course provides students with basic tools to use Matlab in a range of cognitive science applications. The course includes in-class coding, weekly assignments, and a term project in which students write a program to analyze, collect, or visualize a dataset or model a cognitive phenomenon. No previous programming experience is required. Topics include modeling of cognitive and neural processes and principal components analysis.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jason Samaha, Nicolas Davidenko

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 20 and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 139B Consciousness

Provides a psychological study of human consciousness. Aim is to explore the following questions: What is consciousness? Where does consciousness come from? What functions does consciousness have in everyday cognition? How do we best scientifically study consciousness? These issues are examined from the perspective of contemporary research in cognitive science. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 139C The Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

Introduction to current debates in the scientific study of consciousness. The focus is on empirical results regarding the neural correlates and behavioral functions of consciousness, but topics also include the metaphysical status of consciousness and methodological issues within consciousness science. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jason Samaha

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 20, PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 139D Modeling Human Performance

Hands-on experience using computational modeling to understand human cognitive-task performance by comparing simulated and human data. Satisfies senior seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement. Enrollment restricted to senior psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and computer engineering majors, or by permission of instructor. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Travis Seymour

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; PSYC 100, and at least one of the following: PSYC 121, PSYC 123, PSYC 128, PSYC 129, PSYC 132, PSYC 138; or CSE 5J, CSE 11, CSE 14, CSE 103, CSE 140.

PSYC 139G Eye-tracking: A Window into Cognition

Examines eye-tracking as a valuable research method to study cognition. Research using this method has established that eye movements are closely linked to ongoing cognitive processes in the human brain. Course covers the use of this technique in research on reading, language comprehension, scene perception, visual search, infant cognition, and other areas of cognitive science. Students read and review journal articles, participate in class discussions, and analyze publicly available eye movement data for a final report due at the end of the quarter. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Liv Hoversten

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 20, PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 139H Weird Science

Explores the relationship between science and pseudoscience from a cognitive psychological perspective, including discussion of collection and selection of data, statistical assessment of data, cognitive illusions, memory distortions, reasoning, and decision-making. Also highlights the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jean Fox Tree

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 139J Forgetting

Explores forgetting as an essential and adaptive process in human memory. Topics include: intentional and unintentional forms of forgetting; the (re)constructive nature of memory; and cases of extreme remembering. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Benjamin Storm

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 139K Face Recognition

To navigate our social world, we need to extract a wealth of information from faces, including identity, expression, gaze, age, and gender. This seminar reviews current topics in face-recognition research, from cognitive, neuroscience, developmental, social, and computational perspectives. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nicolas Davidenko

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 1 or PSYC 20 or PSYC 20A; and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior cognitive science, neuroscience, and psychology majors.

PSYC 139L Illusions

Illusions arise when our perception differs from reality. In this course, students investigate the mechanisms of visual, auditory, and proprioceptive illusions as an approach to understand the capacities and limitations of our perceptual system. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nicolas Davidenko

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 139N Diversity in Cognitive Psychology

Lists of influential contributors to cognitive psychology insufficiently represent the influence of more diverse, non-traditional scientists. This course profiles the life and work of women and minority scientists who've made well-documented contributions to cognitive psychology, as well as those who've received less recognition. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Travis Seymour

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1 and PSYC 100, and PSYC 20A or PSYC 20B or PSYC 105; and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior cognitive science or psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 139P Natural and Artificial Intelligence

Introduces one approach used in artificial intelligence: deep learning. This approach is inspired by the architecture and processing of real neural networks. Students learn about the algorithms developed and their applications in simulating intelligence. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Alan Kawamoto

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, and PSYC 20, and PSYC 100, and either PSYC 121 or PSYC 123. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 139Q Analogy and Transfer

Examines the cognitive processes involved in analogical reasoning (understanding one example, object, problem, or event in terms of another better-understood one) and the transfer of knowledge (applying knowledge from one situation to another). Although discussion includes analogical reasoning and transfer in "genius" or exceptionally creative moments, students primarily focus on all the ways in which the same cognitive processes of analogy and transfer support day-to-day learning, thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Hausman

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 139R Social Frames of Memory

Remembering is an activity that we often do with others, and shared representations of the past bind us to one another as couples, families, and nations. Remembering is a fundamentally social process. Topics include extended cognitive systems, conversational remembering, family reminiscence, how social networks shape how and what we remember, cognitive content biases supporting collective convergence, and the psychology of collective memory. This includes social representations of history and their biases, cultural tools for thought, intergenerational transmission, and collective future thought. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Jeremy Yamashiro

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. PSYC 129 recommended. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 139S Brain Waves and Cognition

Provides an overview of the study of brain waves and cognition, also known as human electrophysiology (EEG). Explores how this approach can be used to study major topics in cognitive psychology research. The course prioritizes the development of scientific reasoning and writing skills. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

Megan Boudewyn

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 139T Memory, Metacognition, and Education

Academic success often entails managing and mastering multiple courses covering a variety of topics, each with their own unique requirements. However, what study methods are effective versus ineffective, and why? For example, is learning based on the amount of time a student spends studying? Is highlighting an effective method of learning? Is it better to study by reviewing notes or testing oneself? How will you know if a study tip you read on the internet will really help you learn? Course poses questions about studying and discusses the answers that have been uncovered through scientific research on human memory. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Hausman

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 140B African American Psychology

Incorporates historical and conceptual foundations; issues of social psychology; individual and developmental processes; and adjustment and clinical issues. Readings expose students to attributes of African American culture that have an impact on the psychology of African Americans as well as methodological issues relevant to key psychological topics.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 140F Mind, Society, and Culture

Introduces how social, cultural, and historical contexts shape psychological experiences, including self-concept, perception, emotion, health, and behavior. Draws from theories and research in psychology, sociology, and anthropology to highlight cultural variations in national populations (e.g., North Americans, East Asians) and multicultural populations within the United States (e.g., working-class Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans).

Credits

5

Instructor

Ibette Valle

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 140G Women's Lives in Context

Examines gender as a psychological and social factor that influences women's experiences in different contexts. Cuts across other areas of psychology by taking a women-centered approach. Emphasis also placed on understanding how intersections between gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., impact women's psychological well-being.

Credits

5

Instructor

Shelly Grabe

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, or SOCY 3A. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior psychology and sociology majors.

PSYC 140H Sexual Identity and Society

Addresses sexual and gender identity diversity in social, historical, and political context. Highlights current social justice issues and cultural ideologies related to sexual and gender identity diversity. Discusses social and scientific activism for sexual liberation; gay and lesbian identities and communities; sexuality beyond binaries and categories (e.g., bisexuality, pansexuality); asexuality; kink/fetish; transgender identities and sexualities; sexual fluidity and heteroflexibility; and queer sexual ethics and politics.

Credits

5

Instructor

Phillip Hammack

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

General Education Code

TA

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 140L Women's Bodies and Psychological Well-Being

Examines how women's bodily experiences (e.g., sexual objectification, violence, menarche, sexual health) are uniquely tied to their subordinate status and impacts their psychological well-being. Theories of gender inequality will address how social control directed at women's bodies through power relations embedded in societal institutions contributes to women's marginalized status. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology, sociology, feminist studies, and community studies majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

Shelly Grabe

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100, or SOCY 103B, or FMST 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology, sociology, feminist studies, and community studies majors.

PSYC 140M Legitimizing (In)Equality: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Social Policy

Drawing on research in social psychology, political psychology, and critical policy studies, course examines how beliefs legitimize inequality, influence intergroup relations, and inform policy attitudes. Both hierarchy-enhancing and hierarchy-attenuating beliefs are reviewed.

Credits

5

Instructor

Veronica Hamilton

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted psychology, community studies, legal studies, politics, and sociology students.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 140Q Social Psychology of Gender

Considers individual, interpersonal, and cultural influences on gender similarities and differences in thinking, motivation, and behavior. Emphasizes factors related to power and status inequalities between women and men.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 140T Psychology of Trauma

Overview of psychological theory and research on trauma and traumatic stress, including responses to childhood trauma (especially sexual abuse), combat, and natural disasters. Variety of theoretical frameworks presented, including developmental, cognitive, neuropsychological, clinical, and social/contextual.

Credits

5

Instructor

Eileen Zurbriggen

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 or permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 141 Privacy and Surveillance

Survey of theory and research on privacy and surveillance. Topics include: the functions of privacy; threats to privacy in multiple domains; the psychological impact of surveillance; historical and cultural differences in privacy and surveillance practices; and the relationship between privacy, surveillance, and social justice.

Credits

5

Instructor

Eileen Zurbriggen

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, or by permission of the instructor.

PSYC 142 Psychology of Oppression and Liberation

Provides theoretical frameworks for understanding interlocking systems of oppression from the perspective of the oppressed as well as the oppressor nationally and internationally. Goes beyond mainstream (traditional) psychology and emphasizes critical psychological perspectives that include micro- and macro-level theories of oppression; importance of ideology in oppressive systems; and theories of social change and liberation across contexts.

Credits

5

Instructor

Robert Majzler

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 or feminist studies, sociology, community studies, or politics majors

PSYC 144 Latinx Psychology

Offers an overview of psychological frameworks and interdisciplinary research for understanding Latinx populations, behaviors, identities, and values systems related to their mental health. Examines socio-cultural contexts, best research practices, and culturally responsive strategies for working with Latinx communities.

Credits

5

Instructor

Saskias Casanova

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 145 Social Influence

An advanced course for upper-division undergraduates interested in the study of the persuasion process. The course investigates common influence tactics and how those tactics are used in various settings.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 145D Social Psychology of Autocracy and Democracy

Humans are the only animal capable of living in both authoritarian and democratic regimes. Course explores the nature of these forms of social relationships with a goal of promoting democracy. Topics include: obedience to authority, conformity, self-justification, propaganda, power, and conflict resolution.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 146 The Social Context

A systematic analysis of the social and contextual determinants of human behavior, with special attention given to concepts of situational control, social comparison, role and attribution theories, as well as the macrodeterminants of behavior: cultural, historical, and sociopolitical context.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 147A Psychology and Law

Current and future relationships between law and psychology, paying special attention to gaps between legal fictions and psychological realities in the legal system. Topics include an introduction to social science and law, the nature of legal and criminal responsibility, the relationship between the social and legal concepts of discrimination, and the nature of legal punishment.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

LGST 147A

Instructor

Craig Haney

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; and PSYC 40 is highly recommended prior to taking this course. Enrollment is restricted to psychology, pre-psychology, cognitive science, and legal studies majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 147B Psychology and Law

Continuing discussion of current and future relationships between law and psychology and to contrasting psychological realities with legal fictions. Special attention is given to the criminal justice system including crime causation, the psychology of policing and interrogation, plea bargaining, jury selection and decision making, eyewitness identification, and the psychology of imprisonment.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

LGST 147B

Instructor

Craig Haney

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 147A.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 148 Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Racism

Introduction to and analysis of the social psychology of stereotyping, prejudice, and racism in the United States. Examines how individuals both perpetuate and experience these phenomena, through the lens of race as a system of privilege and disadvantage.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

Enrollment is restricted to declared Critical Race and Ethnic Studies majors and Black Studies minors.

Cross Listed Courses

CRES 148

Instructor

Courtney Bonam

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 149 Community Psychology: Transforming Communities

Introduces community psychology, a discipline that blends social psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Topics include levels of analysis, ecologies, prevention, intervention, feminisms, empowerment, sense of community, coalition building, and social justice and action.

Credits

5

Instructor

Regina Langhout

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 153 The Psychology of Poverty and Social Class

Examines how social class shapes attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Emphasis is placed on structural barriers and their impact on the well-being of low-income groups. Strategies for reducing classist discrimination, improving interclass relations, and strengthening social policy are discussed.

Credits

5

Instructor

Heather Bullock

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, or anthropology, community studies, economics, legal studies, politics, sociology, or feminist studies majors.

PSYC 155 Social-Community Psychology in Practice

This service-learning course requires time in the classroom and the field. Students gain a deep understanding of social justice paradigms, community-based collaborative research, ethics, field-based research, reflexivity, and socio-cultural development modes. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3 or PSYC 100PSYC 149 and PSYC 182 are recommended prior to taking this course. Admission by application and interview only.

Credits

5

Instructor

Regina Langhout

General Education Code

PR-S

PSYC 159A Sexual Identity

Considers the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals from a psychological perspective. Reviews theory and research on compulsive heterosexuality, heterosexism and homophobia, culture and sexual-identity diversity, issues of history and community of LGBT individuals, and perspectives on sex, gender, and sexuality from queer theory. Satisfies the seminar requirements. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Phillip Hammack

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 159C Disability Justice and Psychology

Introduces students to the paradigm and legacies of disability justice and inquires how psychology as a discipline and practice can incorporate disability justice theory and practice. These histories of ableism within psychology are traced and examined over the past two centuries to the present with a critique of "abnormality" and "cure." Taking an intersectional perspective, the course presents ableism intersecting with other power systems like racism and sexism and includes perspectives from the emerging area of DisCrit (also called critical disability studies). Within the framework of disability justice alternative models of healing justice and harm reduction are elaborated upon. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Robert Majzler

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 159D Psychology of Sexual Aggression

An overview of psychological theory and research related to sexual aggression, focusing on both perpetration and victimization. Includes a discussion of the social construction of masculinity and femininity, media representations of sexual violence, and alternative (non-aggressive) visions of sexuality. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Eileen Zurbriggen

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology or feminist studies majors or permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 159E Peace Psychology

Is war inevitable? What is peace? Is it more than the absence of violence? Explore how psychology—the study of human behavior—can help to decrease violence and enhance cooperation at multiple levels including the personal, interpersonal, community, and international arenas. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Robert Majzler

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 159H Community-Based Interventions

Topics include: what makes a successful intervention; what happens before the formal intervention begins; the ethics involved with interventions; different methods for assessing interventions; and different praxis models. Satisfies the seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement. A service component is involved.

Credits

5

Instructor

Regina Langhout

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Spring

PSYC 159I Psychology of Immigration

Provides an overview of the social and cultural psychological study of immigrants in the United States. Examines the migration/immigration process; immigrants' social identities; schooling of immigrant youth; and impact of policy on the well-being of immigrants. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Saskias Casanova

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 159J Social Psychology of Social Justice

Why do some situations seem fair and others unfair? Are all people concerned with justice or are some scoundrels? This course looks at the principles of distributive, procedural, and retributive justice and at real world applications of theories. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Heather Bullock

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 159N Psychology of Mentoring

Looks at the psychological studies of mentoring. Examines empirical studies and connects those to lived experience. Critical inquiry is stressed. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 159P Race, Ethnicity, and Environmental Inequality

Examines racially and ethnically marginalized and dominant conceptions of the environment throughout U.S. history. Also explores events and policies revealing how human behavior shapes and is shaped by environmental inequality, and strategies for achieving environmental justice. Satisfies the seminar requirements. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Courtney Bonam

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 159R Achievement Disparities: A Social Psychological Perspective

In this interactive seminar, we draw on research and theories in social and cultural psychology to examine persisting disparities in education and achievement for varying social groups (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, social class) and to identify intervention strategies for reducing these disparities. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kylie Kenner

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 159S Queer Intimacies

Examines the science of relationship diversity through the lens of social psychology. Reviews popular and psychological literature on same-sex relationships, polyamory/consensual non-monogamy, kink/fetish/BDSM relationships, chosen families, asexuality, and transgender intimacy. Concludes with discussion of the impact of queer intimacies on heterosexuality. Satisfies the seminar requirements. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Phillip Hammack

Requirements

Prequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 159X Psychology of Social Activism

Covers social-psychological scholarship relevant to social justice activism that receives limited academic attention in conventional psychology. The seminar aims at understanding how knowledge gained in action-oriented research can be applied to social change. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Shelly Grabe

Requirements

Prequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements, and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 165 Systems of Psychotherapy

A review of the major methods of psychotherapy most currently practiced, including ethical standards and dilemmas, and client-therapist-system variables affecting efficacy.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; PSYC 60 or PSYC 170 recommended.

PSYC 166 Personality Assessment

How do we really know a person? Provides experience assessing such individual differences as intimacy motivation, dominance, creativity, and well-being. Students construct their own personality test and learn to evaluate the kinds of self-report, observational, projective, and interview techniques used in organizational and clinical contexts.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; PSYC 60 highly recommended as preparation.

PSYC 167 Clinical Psychology

Serves as an in-depth introduction to the field of clinical psychology. Covers issues of clinical assessment, interviewing, testing, and a range of therapeutic modalities.

Credits

5

Instructor

Andrea Cook, Hannah Raila

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; previous or concurrent enrollment in PSYC 170. Enrollment is restricted to psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Fall, Spring

PSYC 168 The Study of Dreams

An overview of dream studies by several major theorists and researchers of the 20th century, including Freud, Jung, and Hall. An emphasis on studies that reveal cognitive conceptions and personal concerns through quantitative and qualitative analyses of sets of dreams from individuals and groups. Other topics covered more briefly include dream recall, children and dreams, and the role of dreams within cultures.

Credits

5

Instructor

George Domhoff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 169 Community Mental Health (CMH)

How can we improve mental health? Examines theory, method, and efficacy research of outreach, prevention, and intervention methods with various mental health populations in community settings (e.g., victims of sexual violence, new immigrants, those with severe mental illness, children in foster care). Presents characteristics of successful CMH agencies and programs and how to develope one's own agency or intervention model.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. PSYC 60 or PSYC 170 recommended.

PSYC 170 Psychopathology

Survey of theory, research, and intervention in human psychopathology. Covers psychological, biological, developmental, and socio-cultural approaches. (Formerly offered as Abnormal Psychology.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Andrea Cook, Hannah Raila

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; PSYC 60 highly recommended as preparation.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

PSYC 171 Childhood Psychopathology

A critical and intensive exploration of a wide variety of specific disorders within their biological, developmental, and social contexts. Concepts of psychopathology in childhood, major and minor diagnostic systems, and a variety of theories of etiology are explored. General intervention strategies and a wide range of specific psychotherapy systems for treatment are closely examined and demonstrated.

Credits

5

Instructor

Donald Saposnek

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10 and PSYC 100. PSYC 170 strongly recommended.

PSYC 172 Health Psychology

Course examines the psychological aspects of health, illness and healing. Focuses primarily on etiology, treatment and prevention; specific topics include stress and the immune response, social support, compliance, health beliefs, and the healing relationship. (Formerly course 140C.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Andrea Cook

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 175 Personality, Relationships, and Emotions

Explores the reciprocal development of personalities and emotions/emotion regulation in the context of close relationships.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kimberly Cardilla

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. PSYC 10 and PSYC 60 recommended as preparation.

PSYC 178 Nutritional Psychology

Explores the interactive relationship between nutrition and mental health. Includes a review of the research on the impact of different components of nutrition (e.g., protein, minerals, sugar) on the function of the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine (hormone) system, and how that translates into changes in mood and cognitive capacity. Also explores the psychological factors that influence food choice and eating behaviors in the context of cultural beliefs and pressures.

Credits

5

Instructor

Andrea Cook

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100; PSYC 170 is recommended as preparation. Enrollment is restricted to Psychology and Global and Community Health (B.A.) majors.

General Education Code

PE-H

PSYC 179A Theories of Moral Psychology

A seminar course with focus on theories of moral development from the psychoanalytic, social learning, cognitive-developmental, and humanistic perspectives. Students confront and discuss moral dilemmas from the four perspectives, working toward their own individual theories of pro-social behavior. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement. Prerequisite(s): essay required on a moral issue or dilemma relevant to the student's life.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 179D Psychological Interpretation

Seminar explores analytic, Jungian, and object-relations interpretive systems in-depth, using qualitative research methods on film, music, literature, and art, as well as psychological measures such as TAT, dream, and interview protocols. Interprets psyche of author, audience, and engendering culture. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100, and PSYC 60 or PSYC 165; satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 179E Psychology of Emotion

Our emotions influence nearly everything we do—from how we perceive the world to how we connect with other people. The scientific study of emotion, or affective science, investigates how emotions shape our lives. What purpose do emotions serve? How do we regulate them? How do they color cognitive processes like memory? Course considers emotions from several levels of analysis, including their evolutionary basis, their associated physiological responses, and the behaviors they motivate. Students gain a scientifically informed understanding of daily emotions and insight into how scientists study them. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Raila

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior cognitive science and psychology majors.

Quarter offered

Winter

PSYC 179F The Path to a Science of Dreaming

Focuses on the methods and empirical findings that led gradually to development of a neurocognitive theory of dreaming between 1953 and 2016. Emphasis is on the difficulties of adapting methods useful in studying waking thought to the study of dreaming, the counterintuitive nature of many of the findings, the importance of replicating new results, and the general lessons about the nature of science that can be drawn from this particular scientific odyssey. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

George Domhoff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 and satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

PSYC 179G Child, Youth, and Family Assistance in the Community

Allows students in psychology field study to conduct senior capstone projects on topics related to their service learning (field study). The seminar is devoted to creating projects related to community systems that address the needs of at-risk child, youth, and families. Students in the seminar should be pre-enrolled in PSYC 193. Satisfies the senior seminar requirement. Satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements and PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to senior psychology majors.

PSYC 181 Psychological Data Analysis

Intermediate statistical methods widely used in psychology (e.g., ANOVA, ANCOVA, multiple-comparisons, bivariate correlation, multiple regression, repeated-measures), corresponding SPSS or R programs, and elements of measurement theory.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kim Cardilla

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

Quarter offered

Fall

PSYC 182 Qualitative Research Methods

Designed to equip students with the ability to evaluate, conceive, and carry out psychological research. A variety of techniques (interpretive,phenomenological analysis, grounded theory and narrative inquiry) are examined and experienced. Students carry out research projects.

Credits

5

Instructor

Robert Majzler

Requirements

Prerequisite: PSYC 100.

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

PSYC 183 History and Systems of Psychology

An overview of the history of psychology. Examines issues of paradigm and philosophy of science. Reviews central paradigms in the history of the discipline. Assumes a critical-historical approach, linking scientific knowledge produced to prevailing societal beliefs about mind and behavior.

Credits

5

Instructor

Phillip Hammack

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100.

PSYC 192 Directed Student Teaching

Teaching of a lower-division seminar (PSYC 42) under faculty supervision. Available only to upper-division or graduate students. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 193 Field Study

Series designed to provide advanced psychology undergraduates the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to direct experience in a community agency. Students earn academic credit by working as interns at a variety of psychological settings where they are trained and supervised by a professional within the agency. Faculty also supervise the students' academic work by providing guidance and helping them integrate psychological theories with their hands-on intern experience. A two-quarter commitment. Applications due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

PSYC 193A Developmental Field Study

Work in a community-based setting while completing self-directed academic work focused in the developmental area under the guidance of a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency; applications due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3 or PSYC 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 193B Cognitive Field Study

Work in a community-based setting while completing self-directed academic work focused in the cognitive area under guidance of a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency; applications due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3 or PSYC 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 193C Social Field Study

Work in community-based setting while completing self-directed academic work focused in the social area under guidance of a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency; applications due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3 or PSYC 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 193D Clinical/Personality Field Study

Work in community-based setting while completing self-directed academic work focused in clinical or personality area under guidance of a faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency; applications due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 3 or PSYC 100. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 193I International Field Study

Designed to provide advanced psychology undergraduates the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to direct experience in a community agency abroad. Students earn academic credit by working as interns at a variety of psychological settings where they are trained and supervised by a professional within the agency. Faculty also supervise the students' academic work by providing guidance and helping them integrate psychological theories with their hands-on intern experience. Applications due two quarters in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office.

Credits

10

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior psychology and cognitive science majors.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

PSYC 194A Research Internship in Developmental Psychology

Provides students with intensive experience conducting current research in developmental psychology. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. (Formerly Advanced Developmental Research.)

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 194B Research Internship in Cognitive Psychology

Provides students with intensive experience conducting current research in cognitive psychology. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. (Formerly Advanced Cognitive Research.)

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 194C Research Internship in Social Psychology

Provides students with intensive experience conducting current research in social psychology. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. (Formerly Advanced Social Research.)

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 194D Research Internship Clinical Psychology

Provides students with intensive experience conducting current research in clinical psychology. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Instructor

Hannah Raila

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 195A Senior Thesis

Preparation of a senior thesis over one, two, or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. When taken as a multiple-term course extending over two or three quarters, the grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students contemplating a senior thesis should have a superior academic record and be well prepared with a suitable background of previous coursework or independent study for performing their proposed research. Students must file a petition with the Psychology Office the quarter in which they would like to begin the thesis. Senior thesis petitions are available in the Psychology Department Office. Check with office for enrollment conditions.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 195B Senior Thesis

Preparation of a senior thesis over one, two, or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. When taken as a multiple-term course extending over two or three quarters, the grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students contemplating a senior thesis should have a superior academic record and be well prepared with a suitable background of previous coursework or independent study for performing their proposed research. Students must file a petition with the Psychology Office the quarter in which they would like to begin the thesis. Senior thesis petitions are available in the Psychology Department Office. Check with office for enrollment conditions.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 195C Senior Thesis

Preparation of a senior thesis over one, two, or three quarters, beginning in any quarter. When taken as a multiple-term course extending over two or three quarters, the grade and evaluation submitted for the final quarter apply to each of the previous quarters. Students contemplating a senior thesis should have a superior academic record and be well prepared with a suitable background of previous coursework or independent study for performing their proposed research. Students must file a petition with the Psychology Office the quarter in which they would like to begin the thesis. Senior thesis petitions are available in the Psychology Department Office. Check with office for enrollment conditions.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 198 Independent Field Study

Provides psychology majors with the opportunity to apply what has been learned in the classroom to direct experience in a community agency outside the local community. Students earn academic credit by working as interns at a variety of psychological settings, where they are trained and supervised by a professional on site. Faculty also supervise the students' field study, providing guidance and help integrating psychological theories with their hands-on experience. Two-quarter commitment required. Admission requires completion of lower-division psychology major requirements; students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Applications are due one quarter in advance to the Psychology Field Study Office. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 199 Tutorial

Individual directed study for upper-division undergraduates. Students must file a petition with the Psychology Office the quarter in which they would like to take the tutorial. Petitions may be obtained in the Psychology Department Office.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 199F Tutorial

Specialized study with individual faculty as psychology peer advisors. May not be applied toward major requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Application and interview required during the previous quarter. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior psychology majors.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

PSYC 199G Tutorial

Specialized study with individual faculty. May not be applied toward major requirements. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

3

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring