PSYCH 1:
Introduction to Psychology
Human behavior and mental processes including the nervous system, consciousness, learning, memory, development, emotion, psychopathology, interpersonal process, society, and culture. Current research.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 7Q:
Language Understanding by Children and Adults
How do we first learn to find meaning in strings of speech sounds? Understanding spoken language requires the rapid integration of acoustic information with linguistic knowledge and with conceptual knowledge based on experience with how things happen in the world. Topics include research on early development of language understanding and laboratory methods of how young children make sense of speech. Observations of preschool children and visits to Stanford laboratories. Might be repeatable for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 3 units total)
PSYCH 8N:
The New Longevity
Adult development from the perspective of life-span theory -- a conceptual framework that views development as a series of adaptations to physical, societal and individual resources and constraints. Students will learn about demographic and medical changes, ways that individuals typically change socially, emotionally and cognitively as they move through adulthood. An understanding of the conceptual foundations of the life-span approach and place aging of young people today in historical context.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 10:
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (STATS 60, STATS 160)
Techniques for organizing data, computing, and interpreting measures of central tendency, variability, and association. Estimation, confidence intervals, tests of hypotheses, t-tests, correlation, and regression. Possible topics: analysis of variance and chi-square tests, computer statistical packages.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Math, WAY-AQR, WAY-FR
PSYCH 11N:
Origin of Mental Life
Preference to freshmen. Mental life in infancy; how thinking originates. How do babies construe the objects, events, people, and language that surround them? Recent advances in psychological theory, hypotheses, and evidence about how the infant human mind develops.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 12N:
Self Theories
Preference to freshmen. The impact of people's belief in a growing versus fixed self on their motivation and performance in school, business, sports, and relationships. How such theories develop and can be changed.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 12SC:
The Cultural Shaping of Emotion
A September Studies course, offered in a special session before Autumn Quarter. Students participating in this course will have it added to their Autumn study list in late November. Examination of how culture influences the socialization of emotion, perceptions of emotion, and the meaning of happiness. Implications of cultural differences in emotion for health and education. Discussion of popular books and memoirs as well as empirical research from psychology, anthropology, sociology, and psychiatry. Hands-on experience with different methods of conducting research on culture and emotion.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
PSYCH 13S:
Dynamical models of mental processes: Development, analysis, and simulation
Mathematical modeling has been a critical component in modern psychological and cognitive neuroscience research on the dynamics of mental processes. This course is designed to equip the new generation of such scientists with tailored mathematical knowledge to develop models of their own. I will use classical models and my own experience in modeling decision making as examples to demonstrate the process from vague ideas to the development, refinement, analysis and simulation of dynamical models. Along the way, systematic knowledge in differential equations, numerical methods, principle component analysis etc will be provided to facilitate the general ground for future models of students¿ choosing. Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2
PSYCH 25N:
Psychology, Inequality, and the American Dream
Despite legal prohibitions against discrimination and the fact that many people endorse egalitarian values, inequality persists in America. What role do psychological factors play in perpetuating inequality? How can psychologically "wise" reforms promote equal opportunity? Topics include prejudice and discrimination, school achievement, social class, and race/ethnicity.
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 26N:
Language Acquisition: Exploring the Minds of Children
Language is an extraordinary competence distinguishing humans from other species, yet there is debate about the role of biology in guiding language acquisition. Does language development follow an innate ¿bioprogram¿ or does it build on more general cognitive abilities, influenced by early experience? Topics include biological and experiential influences on the emergence of linguistic ability as children learn a first language. Discussions of theory and research, visits to Stanford laboratories and observations of very young language learners.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 28N:
The Cultural Shaping of Mental Health and Illness (CSRE 28N)
This seminar examines how our cultural ideas and practices shape our conceptions,nperceptions, experiences, and treatment of emotional wellness and distress. We will read and discuss empirical research and case studies from psychology, anthropology, sociology, and medicine. Course requirements include weekly reading and thought papers, weekly discussion, and a final research project and presentation.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
PSYCH 29N:
Growing Up in America (ENGLISH 64N)
Preference to freshmen. To what extent is it possible to describe an "American" experience? How are different people included in or excluded from the imagined community that is America? How do a person's race, class, gender and sexuality affect his or her experience of belonging to this country? These are just some of the questions we will consider as we familiarize ourselves with the great diversity of childhood and young adult experiences of people who have grown up in America. We will read and discuss narratives written by men and women, by urban, suburban, and rural Americans, and by Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Latina/os, and European Americans.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
PSYCH 30:
Introduction to Perception
Behavioral and neural aspects of perception focusing on visual and auditory perception. Topics include: scientific methods for studying perception, anatomy and physiology of the visual and auditiory systems, color vision, depth perception, motion perception, stereopsis, visual recognition, pitch and loudness perception, speech perception, and reorganization of the visual system in the blind.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SI, WAY-SMA
PSYCH 45:
Introduction to Learning and Memory
The literature on learning and memory including cognitive and neural organization of memory, mechanisms of remembering and forgetting, and why people sometimes falsely remember events that never happened. Cognitive theory and behavioral evidence integrated with data from patient studies and functional brain imaging. Recommended: 1.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 50:
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Survey of topics relating brain activity to cognitive processes and behavior. The course begins with an overview of neurophysiology and techniques to measure brain activity. We then discuss perceptual and motor processes before investigating neural responses related to attention, memory, and cognitive control. The course concludes with a discussion of brain processes related to reward, decision making, and social cognition.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SI, WAY-SMA
PSYCH 55:
Introduction to Cognition and the Brain
Major topics in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, including empirical approaches to perception, language, learning, memory, knowledge representation, problem solving, and reasoning.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 60:
Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Psychological development from birth to adulthood, emphasizing infancy and the early and middle childhood years. The nature of change during childhood and theories of development. Recommended: 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 60A:
Introduction to Developmental Psychology Section
Guided observation of children age 2-5 at Bing Nursery School. Corequisite: 60.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
PSYCH 70:
Introduction to Social Psychology
Topics related to the influence of other people on individuals' thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Factors that affect the way that we perceive ourselves and others; how people influence others; how persuasion happens; what causes us to like, love, help, or hurt others; and how social psychology helps to understand quesions about law, business, and health. Fulfills WIM requirement
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
PSYCH 75:
Introduction to Cultural Psychology
The cultural sources of diversity in thinking, emotion, motivation, self, personality, morality, development, and psychopathology.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
PSYCH 80:
Introduction to Personality and Affective Science
Current empirical and theoretical approaches to personality. How and why do people differ? Does personality change over time? Can people change their personalities? What makes people happy? What are the physical, mental, and social consequences of personalities? Prerequisite: 1.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 90:
Introduction to Clinical Psychology
History of clinical psychology, models and assessment of personality, behavior, cognition, psychopathology, and approaches to the treatment of abnormal behavior. Emphasis is on current theory, research, issues in, and the role of clinical psychology in contemporary society. Recommended: 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 95:
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Theories of and approaches to understanding the phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of psychological disorders among adults and children. Research findings and diagnostic issues. Recommended: PSYCH 1.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 101:
Community Health Psychology (HUMBIO 128)
Social ecological perspective on health emphasizing how individual health behavior is shaped by social forces. Topics include: biobehavioral factors in health; health behavior change; community health promotion; and psychological aspects of illness, patient care, and chronic disease management. Prerequisites: HUMBIO 3B or PSYCH 1, or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 102:
Longevity (HUMBIO 149L, NENS 202)
Interdisciplinary. Challenges to and solutions for the young from increased human life expectancy: health care, financial markets, families, work, and politics. Guest lectures from engineers, economists, geneticists, and physiologists.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 104S:
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Introduction to the neurobiology of mental processes and behaviors including the history of cognitive neuroscience, biology of nervous system, the neural basis for perception, attention, learning, memory, emotion, decision making and social behaviors. Introduction to different research techniques that are prevalent in current neuroscience studies including fMRI, EEG, TMS and single unit recording.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 105S:
General Psychology
In what ways does the scientific study of psychology increase our understanding of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors we observe and experience in everyday life? What are the main areas of psychology and the different questions they seek to answer? This course will give you an introduction to the field of psychology and its many different areas. You will learn about the central methods, findings, and unanswered questions of these areas, as well as how to interpret and critically evaluate research findings.
Last offered: Summer 2008
| Units: 3
PSYCH 108S:
Social Psychology
This course attempts to blend a comprehensive overview of social psychology with in-depth lectures exploring the history of the field, reviewing major findings and highlighting areas of current research. The course will focus on classic studies that have profoundly changed our understanding of human nature and social interaction, and, in turn, have triggered significant paradigm shifts within the field. Some of the topics covered in the class will include: individuals and groups, conformity and obedience, attraction, intergroup relations, and judgment and decision-making.
Last offered: Summer 2011
| Units: 3
PSYCH 109S:
Cognitive Psychology
How are you understanding this question as you read it? How are you perceiving these words? How do you remember what you just read? Together, we will discuss how these questions are addressed in the areas of memory, language, perception, reasoning, judgment and decision-making. This course will be divided into 3 sections, each devoted to one basic question of cognitive psychology: how do we perceive? How do we remember? How do we think? The goals of this course are to examine these questions and to introduce the theories and empirical findings in the field of cognitive psychology.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 111S:
Abnormal Psychology
This course will provide an introduction to abnormal psychology and psychological treatments for mental illness. We will begin by exploring the basic question, ¿What does it mean to be abnormal exactly?¿ We will then go onto discuss various mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive personality disorder, and schizophrenia. While covering each disorder, we will pay particular attention to discussing how emotion ¿ and emotion regulation ¿ processes break down. In the second part of the course, we will discuss various psychological treatments for mental disorders, including cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and more recent approaches such as cognitive bias modification and mindfulness meditation.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 113S:
Developmental Psychology
This class will introduce students to the basic principles of developmental psychology. As well as providing a more classic general overview, we will also look towards current methods and findings. Students will gain an appreciation of how developmental psychology as a science can be applied to their general understanding of children and the complicated process of growing into adults.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 115S:
Personality Psychology
This course will focus on current empirical and theoretical approaches to personality. Lectures will be organized around the following questions central to personality research: How and why do people differ? How do we measure individual differences? Does personality change over time? How does personality interact with sociocultural factors to influence behavior? What makes people happy? What are the physical, mental, and social consequences of personalities?
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 119S:
The Psychology of Stigma
What obese people, African Americans, people with physical disabilities, lesbians, and Muslims have in common: social stigma. The social and psychological experiences of individuals living with social stigmas. Classic and current theory and research. Topics include: function, nature, and types of stigma; how stigmatized individuals view their identities and cope; mental and cognitive consequences; and interactions between stigmatized and non-stigmatized. Literature employing research methods including neuroimaging and social interaction studies.
Last offered: Summer 2011
| Units: 3
PSYCH 120:
Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (BIO 153)
Neural interactions underlying behavior. Prerequisites: PSYCH 1 or basic biology.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
PSYCH 121:
Ion Transport and Intracellular Messengers (PSYCH 228)
(Graduate students register for 228.) Ion channels, carriers, ion pumps, and their regulation by intracellular messengers in a variety of cell types. Recommended: 120, introductory course in biology or human biology.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
PSYCH 124S:
Applying Psychology to Modern Life
A scientific examination of everyday modern life. Topics include: how research on attention and memory can be applied to improve study strategies; how advertisers persuade and how their techniques can be resisted; how interpersonal conflicts can be avoided through knowledge of common errors in judging other people; and how studies on attraction and love can improve close relationships.
Last offered: Summer 2011
| Units: 3
PSYCH 131:
Language and Thought (PSYCH 262)
The psychology of language including: production and understanding in utterances; from speech sounds to speaker's meaning; children's acquisition of the first language; and the psychological basis for language systems. Language functions in natural contexts and their relation to the processes by which language is produced, understood, and acquired. Prerequisite: 1 or LINGUIST 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 132:
Introduction to Cognitive and Information Sciences (LINGUIST 144, PHIL 190, SYMSYS 100)
The history, foundations, and accomplishments of the cognitive sciences, including presentations by leading Stanford researchers in artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. Overview of the issues addressed in the Symbolic Systems major.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR
PSYCH 133:
Human Cognitive Abilities (EDUC 369)
Psychological theory and research on human cognitive abilities; their nature, development, and measurement; and their importance in society. Persistent controversies and new areas of research, recent perspectives on the nature-nurture debate and the roles of genetics, health and education in shaping HCAs. Prerequisite: PSYCH 1 or equivalent. (PSE)
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 134:
Seminar on Language and Deception
Deceptive, exploitative, and other noncooperative uses of language. How is language used to deceive or exploit? Where are these techniques practiced and why? What are the personal, ethical, and social consequences of these practices? Prerequisite: 131, LINGUIST 1, or PHIL 181.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 138:
Wise Interventions (PSYCH 238)
Classic and contemporary psychological interventions; the role of psychological factors in social reforms for social problems involving healthcare, the workplace, education, intergroup, relations, and the law. Topics include theories of intervention, the role of laboratory research, evaluation, and social policy.
Last offered: Winter 2011
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 140S:
Sport Psychology
Focus is on research methods and findings and how to apply these findings to students' own performance. Topics include methods of performance enhancement, psychological characteristics of top performers, group dynamics and processes, effective leadership practices, the effects of stereotyping on sport participation and performance, and debates in the field. Emphasis will be on sports, although most topics can be applied to performance in general.
Last offered: Summer 2010
| Units: 3
PSYCH 141:
Cognitive Development
How children's thinking and mental abilities change from infancy on. The major theories and explanations of intellectual growth. Sources include classic findings and state-of-the-art research on cognitive development. Prerequisite: 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 141S:
Health Psychology
Why is it so difficult for people to stick to an exercise plan? Why don¿t people take their doctor¿s advice? Why aren¿t public health announcements more effective? This course addresses these questions by providing an overview of health psychology: the scientific study of behaviors and cognitive processes related to health states. In this course, we will discuss the mind/body connection, the influence of social/cultural and physical environments on our health, cognitive processing of health information, health belief models, and the link between emotion and health. Understanding the interactions between these biological, psychological, and social influences on individuals' health states is crucial for developing effective health communication and intervention programs. We will approach all course topics from both theory-driven and applied perspectives.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 142S:
The Psychology of Social Media
People interact with the world around them largely through mediated means ¿ internet, television, radio, etc. This course will survey current social media ¿ e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc ¿ and popular culture in order to highlight the psychological processes at play. Topics will include: social belonging, interpersonal attraction, identity, bias, and cyberbullying. Students will be expected to learn how to study social media and popular culture using psychological methods.
Last offered: Summer 2011
| Units: 3
PSYCH 143:
Developmental Anomalies
For advanced students. Developmental disorders and impairments. What the sparing of mental abilities in otherwise devastating disorders (or vice versa) tells about the mind and its development in the normal case. Examples of disorders and impairments: autism, congenital blindness, deafness, mental retardation, attachment disorder, and Williams syndrome. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 145:
Seminar on Infant Development
For students preparing honors research. Conceptual and methodological issues related to research on developmental psycholinguistics; training in experimental design; and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 146:
Observation of Children
Learning about children through guided observations at Bing Nursery School, Psychology's lab for research and training in child development. Physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and language development. Recommended: 60.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 147:
Development in Early Childhood
Supervised experience with young children at Bing Nursery School. 3 units require 4 hours per week in Bing classrooms throughout the quarter; 4 units require 7 hours per week; 5 units require 10.5 hours per week. Seminar on developmental issues in the Bing teaching/learning environment. Recommended: 60 or 146, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
PSYCH 150:
Race and Crime
The goal of this course is to examine social psychological perspectives on race, crime, and punishment in the United States. Readings will be drawn not only from psychology, but also from sociology, criminology, economics, and legal studies. We will consider the manner in which social psychological variables may operate at various points in the crimina justice system- from policing, to sentencing, to imprisonment, to re-entry. Conducted as a seminar.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 154:
Judgment and Decision-Making
Survey of research on how we make assessments and decisions particularly in situations involving uncertainty. Emphasis will be on instances where behavior deviates from optimality. Overview of recent works examining the neural basis of judgment and decision-making.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 155:
Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, SOC 146)
How different disciplines approach topics and issues central to the study of ethnic and race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. Lectures by senior faculty affiliated with CSRE. Discussions led by CSRE teaching fellows.
Last offered: Winter 2011
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
PSYCH 161:
Emotion (PSYCH 261)
(Graduate students register for 261.) The scientific study of emotion. Topics: models of emotion, emotion antecedents, emotional responses (facial, subjective, and physiological), functions of emotion, emotion regulation, individual differences, and health implications. Focus is on experimentally tractable ideas.
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 168:
Emotion Regulation (PSYCH 268)
(Graduate students register for 268.) The scientific study of emotion regulation. Topics: historical antecedents, conceptual foundations, autonomic and neural bases, individual differences, developmental and cultural aspects, implications for psychological and physical health. Focus is on experimentally tractable ideas.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 170:
The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America (COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 224L)
Focus is on how politicians and government learn what Americans want and how the public's preferences shape government action; how surveys measure beliefs, preferences, and experiences; how poll results are criticized and interpreted; how conflict between polls is viewed by the public; how accurate surveys are and when they are accurate; how to conduct survey research to produce accurate measurements; designing questionnaires that people can understand and use comfortably; how question wording can manipulate poll results; corruption in survey research. Preference to juniors, seniors, graduate students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 171:
Research Seminar on Aging
Two quarter practicum exposes students to multiple phases of research by participating in a laboratory focusing on social behavior in adulthood and old age. Review of current research; participation in ongoing data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Prerequisites: 1, research experience, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
PSYCH 17N:
Language and Society: How Languages Shape Lives
Do people who speak different languages think differently? What role does language play in politics, law, and religion? The role of language in individual cognition and in society. Breaking news about language and society; the scientific basis for thinking about these broad issues.
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 183:
Mind, Culture, and Society Research Core
Required of students in the mind, culture, and society specialization track. Research training on a variety of projects that explore how social identities such as race, class, gender, and culture affect psychological experiences across domains including education, law, business and health. Must participate for two consecutive quarters. Permission of instructor required. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 189:
Stanford Center on Longevity Practicum
Student involvement in an interdisciplinary center aimed at changing the culture of human aging using science and technology.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
PSYCH 190:
Special Research Projects
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 192:
Career and Personal Counseling (EDUC 134, EDUC 234)
Theories and methods for helping people create more satisfying lives for themselves. Simulated counseling experiences.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
PSYCH 193:
Special Laboratory Research
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 1, 10, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 193A:
Special Laboratory Research
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 1, 10, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 194:
Reading and Special Work
Independent study. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Hard, B. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Wise, B. (PI);
Zajonc, R. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Saltzman, K. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 195:
Special Laboratory Projects
Independent study. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 1, 10, and consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Ambady, N. (PI);
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Cohen, G. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Frank, M. (PI);
Goodman, N. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Hard, B. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Kosslyn, S. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 196:
Contemporary Psychology: Overview of Theory, Research, Applications
Capstone experience for juniors and seniors that bridges course work with research opportunities. Lectures representing the department's areas: social, personality, developmental, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. Faculty present current research. Discussions led by advanced graduate students in the field represented by that week's guest. Students write research proposals. Small grants available to students to conduct a pilot study of their proposed research. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 197:
Advanced Research
Limited to students in senior honors program. Weekly research seminar, independent research project under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member. A detailed proposal is submitted at the end of Autumn Quarter. Research continues during Winter and Spring quarters as 198. A report demonstrating sufficient progress is required at the end of Winter Quarter.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-4
PSYCH 198:
Senior Honors Research
Limited to students in the senior honors program. Finishing the research and data analysis, written thesis, and presentation at the Senior Honors Convention. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 204:
Computation and cognition: the probabilistic approach
This course will introduce the probabilistic approach to cognitive science, in which learning and reasoning are understood as inference in complex probabilistic models. Examples will be drawn from areas including concept learning, causal reasoning, social cognition, and language understanding. Formal modeling ideas and techniques will be discussed in concert with relevant empirical phenomena.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
PSYCH 204A:
Human Neuroimaging Methods
This course introduces the student to human neuroimaging using magnetic resonance scanners. The course is a mixture of lectures and hands-on software tutorials. The course begins by introducing basic MR principles. Then various MR measurement modalities are described, including several types of structural and functional imaging methods. Finally algorithms for analyzing and visualizing the various types of neuroimaging data are explained, including anatomical images, functional data, diffusion imaging (e.g., DTI) and magnetization transfer. Emphasis is on explaining software methods used for interpreting these types of data.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
PSYCH 204B:
Computational Neuroimaging: Analysis Methods
Neuroimaging methods with focus on data analysis techniques. Basic MR physics and BOLD signals. Methods for neuroimaging data using real and simulated data sets. Topics include: linearity of the fmri signal; time versus space resolution tradeoffs; noise in neuroimaging; correlation analysis; visualization methods; cortical reconstruction, inflation, and flattening; reverse engineering; can cognitive states be predicted from brain activation? Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 205:
Foundations of Cognition
Topics: attention, memory, language, similarity and analogy, categories and concepts, learning, reasoning, and decision making. Emphasis is on processes that underlie the capacity to think and how these are implemented in the brain and modeled computationally. The nature of mental representations, language and thought, modular versus general purpose design, learning versus nativism. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 207:
Professional Seminar for First-Year Ph.D. Graduate Students
Required of and limited to first-year Ph.D. students in Psychology. Major issues in contemporary psychology with historical backgrounds.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
PSYCH 210:
Foundations of Memory
Memory and human cognition. Behavioral and neural data indicate that memory is not a unitary faculty but consists of multiple systems that support learning and remembering, each with its own processing characteristics and neurobiological substrates. What is known about memory emphasizing the cognitive and neural architectures of working, declarative, and nondeclarative memory. Recommended: 45.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
PSYCH 211:
Developmental Psychology
Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 212:
Social Psychology
Classic studies in experimental social psychology. Group and group dynamics; compliance and social pressure; conformity, cooperation, conflict, and social dilemmas; attraction and preference; attitudes and attitude change; social comparison, emotion, and affiliation; dissonance, consistency, and self-justification; attribution and self-perception; judgment and decision making, motivation, automaticity, and culture. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 213:
Affective Science
This seminar is the core graduate course on affective science. We consider definitional issues, such as differences between emotion and mood, as well as issues related to the function of affect, such as the role affect plays in daily life. We review autonomic, neural, genetic, and expressive aspects of affective responding. Later in the course we discuss the role of affect in cognitive processing, specifically how affective states direct attention and influence memory, as well as the role of affect in decision making. We will also discuss emotion regulation and the strategic control of emotion; the cultural shaping of emotional experience and regulation; disorders of emotion; and developmental trajectories of experience and control from early to very late life. Meetings are discussion based. Attendance and active participation are required. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 215:
Mind, Culture, and Society
Social psychology from the context of society and culture. The interdependence of psychological and sociocultural processes: how sociocultural factors shape psychological processes, and how psychological systems shape sociocultural systems. Theoretical developments to understand social issues, problems, and polity. Works of Baldwin, Mead, Asch, Lewin, Burner, and contemporary theory and empirical work on the interdependence of psychology and social context as constituted by gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and region of the country and the world. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 216A:
Statistics and data analysis in MATLAB
This course will cover basic statistical principles that are widely n useful for the analysis of neuroscience and behavioral data, such as nerror bars and confidence intervals, multivariate probability n distributions, regression and classification, linear and nonlinear n models, cross-validation, bootstrapping, and model selection. In each n class, we will cover the theory behind a statistical principle and n learn how to implement the principle efficiently in MATLAB. Example n material can be found at http://randomanalyses.blogspot.com. n Prerequisites: Familiarity with basic statistics and programming in MATLAB
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 221:
Applied Vision and Image Systems
The design and control of color imaging devices (display, printers, cameras, and scanners). Aspects of human vision relevant to software and hardware design. Topics: digital halftoning, color calibration, color metrics, flicker sensitivity, motion compensation, human spatial resolution, visual masking, JPEG principles, printer design, scanner design, and color software architecture. Lab.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 223:
Social Norms (OB 630)
This course covers research and theory on the origins and function of social norms. Topics include the estimation of public opinion, the function of norms as ideals and standards of judgment, and the impact of norms on collective and individual behavior. In addition to acquainting students with the various forms and functions of social norms the course will provide students with experience in identifying and formulating tractable research questions.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
PSYCH 228:
Ion Transport and Intracellular Messengers (PSYCH 121)
(Graduate students register for 228.) Ion channels, carriers, ion pumps, and their regulation by intracellular messengers in a variety of cell types. Recommended: 120, introductory course in biology or human biology.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 232:
Brain and Decision Making
Neuroeconomics combines experimental techniques from neuroscience, psychology, and experimental economics, such as electrophysiology, fMRI, eye tracking, and behavioral studies, and models from computational neuroscience and economics. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
PSYCH 233:
MATLAB and Psychtoolbox for the Behavioral Sciences
Topics such as experiment design, stimulus presentation, counterbalancing, response collection, data analysis, and plotting. Programming experiments. Final project programming a complete behavioral experiment relevant to student's research.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 234:
Topics in Affective Disorders
Current research topics including epidemiology and phenomenology of affective disorders, psychological theories of depression, gender differences in affective disorders, cognitive and social functioning of depressed persons, psychobiology of affective disorders, depression in children, postpartum depression, suicide issues in the treatment of depression, and cultural aspects of affective disorders. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 236:
The Social Self
The psychological bases of complex social organization such as work teams and national and cultural identities. Topics include: the effect of social influence on perception, beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors; shared intentionality; and the relational bases of learning, motivation, and performance. Works of classic scholars (Asch, Lewin) and contemporary researchers in social, developmental, and comparative psychology. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
PSYCH 236C:
Seminar in Semantics: Context Dependence in Language and Communication (LINGUIST 236)
Exploring the role of context in language learning and language understanding using methods and results from cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and linguistics. Topics include discourse coherence and anaphora, conversational implicature, word learning, on-line sentence comprehension, and the influence of sociolinguistic variables. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 238:
Wise Interventions (PSYCH 138)
Classic and contemporary psychological interventions; the role of psychological factors in social reforms for social problems involving healthcare, the workplace, education, intergroup, relations, and the law. Topics include theories of intervention, the role of laboratory research, evaluation, and social policy.
Last offered: Winter 2011
| Units: 4
PSYCH 243:
General Development Seminar
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 244:
Psychology of Aging
Theory and research in gerontology. Normal and abnormal changes that occur in biological, cognitive, and psychological aging. Emphasis is on the environmental factors that influence the aging process. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 245:
Social Psychological Perspectives on Stereotyping and Prejudice
Classic and contemporary social psychological approaches to prejudice and stereotyping. Emphasis is on how stereotypes are employed and maintained, and the influence of stereotyping and prejudice on behavior in domains including education, employment, politics, and law. Limited enrollment.
Last offered: Winter 2011
| Units: 3
PSYCH 246:
Cognitive and Neuroscience Friday Seminar
Participant presentations. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing in psychology or neuroscience program.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 249:
Human Motivation
Current research and theory including questions concerning the nature of human motives, intrinsic motivation, self-regulation, the roles of affect and cognition, and lifespan and cultural influences on motivation. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructors.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 250:
High-Level Vision: Object Representation (CS 431)
(Formerly CS423 High-Level Vision: Behaviors, Neurons, and Computational Models) Interdisciplinary seminar focusing on understanding how computations in the brain enable rapid and efficient object perception. Covers topics from multiple perspectives drawing on recent research in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science and Applied Statistics. Emphasis on discussing recent empirical findings, methods and theoretical debates in the field. Topics include: theories of object perception, neural computations underlying invariant object perception, how visual exemplars and categories are represented in the brain, what information is present in distributed activations across neural populations and how it relates to object perception, what modern statistical and analytical tools there are for multi-variate analysis of brain activations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 251:
Affective Neuroscience
Theory and research. Comparative and human research approaches map affective function to neuroanatomical and neurochemical substrates. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
PSYCH 252:
Statistical Methods for Behavioral and Social Sciences
For students who seek experience and advanced training in empirical research. Analysis of data from experimental through factorial designs, randomized blocks, repeated measures; regression methods through multiple regression, model building, analysis of covariance; categorical data analysis through two-way tables. Integrated with the use of statistical computing packages. Prerequisite: 10 or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-6
PSYCH 253:
Statistical Theory, Models, and Methodology
Practical and theoretical advanced data analytic techniques such as loglinear models, signal detection, meta-analysis, logistic regression, reliability theory, and factor analysis. Prerequisite: 252 or EDUC 257.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
PSYCH 254:
Lab in Experimental Methods
Laboratory class in experimental methods for psychology, with a focus on technical/computer-based methods. Programming experience helpful although not required. Topics include data collection on the web, data management and data analysis.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 257:
Individually Supervised Practicum
Satisfies INS requirements for curricular practical training. Relevant experience for graduate students as part of their program of study. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: graduate standing in Psychology, consent of adviser.nn (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 3-5
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 258:
Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology Research
For students who are already or are planning to become involved in research on social construal and the role that it plays in a variety of phenomena, notably the origin and escalation of conflict.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 260:
Reinforcement Learning in the Brain
Recent advances in neural and behavioral models of reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning models. Key findings in applying models to brain activity and behavior.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
PSYCH 261:
Emotion (PSYCH 161)
(Graduate students register for 261.) The scientific study of emotion. Topics: models of emotion, emotion antecedents, emotional responses (facial, subjective, and physiological), functions of emotion, emotion regulation, individual differences, and health implications. Focus is on experimentally tractable ideas.
Last offered: Winter 2010
| Units: 3
PSYCH 262:
Language and Thought (PSYCH 131)
The psychology of language including: production and understanding in utterances; from speech sounds to speaker's meaning; children's acquisition of the first language; and the psychological basis for language systems. Language functions in natural contexts and their relation to the processes by which language is produced, understood, and acquired. Prerequisite: 1 or LINGUIST 1.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
PSYCH 265:
Social Psychology and Social Change (EDUC 371X, PUBLPOL 305B)
The course is intended an exploration of the major ideas, theories, andnfindings of social psychology and their applied status. Special attention will be given to historical issues, classic experiments, and seminal theories, and their implications for topics relevant to education. Contemporary research will also be discussed. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students from other disciplines are welcome.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
PSYCH 266:
Current Debates in Learning and Memory
Memory is not a unitary faculty, but consists of multiple forms of learning and remembering. The cognitive and neural architectures of memory, focusing on the application of functional brain imaging (primarily fMRI and ERP). Recommended: 45
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 268:
Emotion Regulation (PSYCH 168)
(Graduate students register for 268.) The scientific study of emotion regulation. Topics: historical antecedents, conceptual foundations, autonomic and neural bases, individual differences, developmental and cultural aspects, implications for psychological and physical health. Focus is on experimentally tractable ideas.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
PSYCH 269:
Graduate Seminar in Affective Science
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology. (Tsai)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 272:
Special Topics in Psycholinguistics
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 274:
Graduate Research Workshop on Psychological Interventions (EDUC 287X)
Psychological research has the potential to create novel interventions that promote the public good. This workshop will expose students to psychologically 'wise' intervention research and to support their efforts to conduct such interventions, especially in the context of education, broadly conceived, as well as other areas. The first part of the class will address classic interventions and important topics in intervention research, including effective delivery mechanisms, sensitive behavioral outcomes, the role of theory and psychological process, and considerations of the role of time and of mechanisms that can sustain treatment effects over time. In the second part of the class, students will present and receive feedback on their own ongoing and/or future intervention research. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Psychology or Education, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 275:
Graduate Research
Intermediate-level research undertaken with members of departmental faculty. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.nn (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Cohen, G. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Frank, M. (PI);
Goodman, N. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 27N:
The Psychology of Prejudice
Preference to freshmen. Social psychological theories and research on stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. Psychological perspectives include those emphasizing personologic, cognitive, motivational, and sociocultural contributions to prejudice. Emphasis is on applying each approach to understanding real-world contexts such as educational and occupational contexts, and to the implications of this research for efforts to reduce prejudice and discrimination.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 281:
Practicum in Teaching
Enrollment limited to teaching assistants in selected Psychology courses. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Haas, A. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Johnson, S. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Zajonc, R. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Hall, D. (GP);
Hard, B. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 282:
Practicum in Teaching PSYCH 1
Logistical TA training including: preparing for sections; creating, correcting exams; grading an iterative writing assignment; office hours; review sessions; developing audiovisual expertise; communicating via coursework. Review of student evaluations with instructor to set goals and strategies. Second quarter focuses on pedagogical improvement. Limited to current PSYCH 1 TAs. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 284:
Computational Modeling of a Range of Neural Circuits
Lectures, student presentations, and extensive software exercises. Focus on quantifiable models of neural signaling, starting with physical specification of input signals, sensory transductions, spiking, and mean electrical field potentials, and the inter-relation to BOLD signals (fMRI). Applications will be drawn from many examples, but a there will be a particular focus on the visual pathways and how measurements and models relate to visual perception.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 297:
Seminar for Coterminal Master of Arts
Contemporary issues and student research. Student and faculty presentations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 373:
Research Seminar: Mind, Brain, and Computation
Faculty and student research presentations focusing on work linking cellular, systems, cognitive, behavioral, and computational neuroscience. Limited to affiliates of the Center for Mind, Brain and Computation. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 380:
Collaborating with the Future: Launching Large Scale Sustainable Transformations (ENVRES 380, ME 380)
This project-based d.school class combines Design Thinking Processes, Behavioral Sciences, and elements of Diffusion Theory. Tools and theories introduced in class will be used to structure large-scale transformations that simultaneously create value on environmental, societal, and economic fronts. We encourage students to use this class as a launching pad for real initiatives. Primarily meant for Graduate Students. (Especially qualified/motivated Seniors will be considered). Admission to the class is through an application process which ends on March 3.nnPlease find instructions and applications at https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/largetransformations/.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
PSYCH 383:
International Conflict: Management and Resolution (IPS 250)
(Same as LAW 656) Interdisciplinary. Theoretical insights and practical experience in resolving inter-group and international conflicts. Sources include social psychology, political science, game theory, and international law. Personal, strategic, and structural barriers to solutions. How to develop a vision of a mutually bearable shared future, trust in the enemy, and acceptance of loss that a negotiated settlement may produce. Spoilers who seek to sabotage agreements. Advantages and disadvantages of unilateral versus reciprocal measures. Themes from the Stanford Center of International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN). Prerequisite for undergraduates: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 459:
Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (BIO 459, BIOC 459, BIOE 459, CHEM 459, CHEMENG 459)
Students register through their affiliated department; otherwise register for CHEMENG 459. For specialists and non-specialists. Sponsored by the Stanford BioX Program. Three seminars per quarter address scientific and technical themes related to interdisciplinary approaches in bioengineering, medicine, and the chemical, physical, and biological sciences. Leading investigators from Stanford and the world present breakthroughs and endeavors that cut across core disciplines. Pre-seminars introduce basic concepts and background for non-experts. Registered students attend all pre-seminars; others welcome. See http://biox.stanford.edu/courses/459.html. Recommended: basic mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 801:
Master's TGR Project
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Johnson, S. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Zajonc, R. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 802:
PhD TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Ambady, N. (PI);
Bandura, A. (PI);
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Bower, G. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Cohen, G. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Flavell, J. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Hastorf, A. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Horowitz, L. (PI);
Johnson, S. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Maccoby, E. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Rosenhan, D. (PI);
Ross, L. (PI);
Shepard, R. (PI);
Steele, C. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Tormala, T. (PI);
Tsai, J. (PI);
Tversky, B. (PI);
Wagner, A. (PI);
Walton, G. (PI);
Wandell, B. (PI);
Wine, J. (PI);
Winters, J. (PI);
Zajonc, R. (PI);
Zimbardo, P. (PI);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 104:
Uniquely Human
Are humans the only species that displays altruism, experiences uncertainty, and is capable of language and deception? Sources include empirical and theoretical papers in comparative psychology. Prerequisite: 1.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 107S:
Introduction to Social Psychology
A comprehensive overview of social psychology with in-depth lectures exploring the history of the field, reviewing major findings and highlighting areas of current research. Focus is on classic studies that have profoundly changed our understanding of human nature and social interaction, and, in turn, have triggered significant paradigm shifts within the field. Topics include: individuals and groups, conformity and obedience, attraction, intergroup relations, and judgment and decision-making.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 110:
Research Methods and Experimental Design
Structured research exercises and design of an individual research project. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 119:
Psychology and Public Policy
Applications of psychology to public and social policy. Factors that affect the influence of psychological research and individual psychology on the creation of policy, and the influence of policy on attitudes and behavior at the personal and societal levels. Topics include education, health care, and criminal justice.
| Units: 5
PSYCH 125:
Beyond Stereotype Threat: Claiming a Rightful Place in an Academic Community (CTL 130)
Stereotype threat as mitigating the quality of a student's test performance; its impact on academic success at Stanford. How to reduce the impact of stereotype threat on Stanford students.
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 3 units total)
PSYCH 148:
Introduction to Counseling (EDUC 130)
The goal of counseling is to help others to create more satisfying lives for themselves. Clients learn to create and capitalize on unexpected events to open up new opportunities. The success of counseling is judged, not by the words and actions of the counselor, but by the progress that the client makes in the real world after counseling itself is ended. Students are encouraged to exert their full efforts within reasonable time limits to improve their competence. (PSE)
| Units: 3
PSYCH 149:
The Infant Mind: Cognitive Development over the First Year
How do babies learn so much in so little time? Emphasis is on cognitive and perceptual development, and the relationship between brain and behavior in infancy. Prerequisite: 1. Recommended: 60 or 141.
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 151:
Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology
A broad overview of specific emotion regulation impairments in various psychopathologies and discussion of how current treatment protocols are likely to aid recovery by forming more adaptive emotion regulation ability. nTopics include: Foundations and Emotion regulation models, Emotion regulation impairments in Mood disorders (Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder), Anxiety disorders (Social Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, General Anxiety Disorder), Eating disorders (Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa), and Personality Disorders (Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder).
| Units: 3
PSYCH 152:
Mediation for Dispute Resolution (EDUC 131)
Mediation as more effective and less expensive than other forms of settling disputes such as violence, lawsuits, or arbitration. How mediation can be structured to maximize the chances for success. Simulated mediation sessions.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 157:
Social Foundations of Expertise and Intelligence
Psychological conceptions of expertise, ability, and intelligence and the research methods used to study these attributes. Topics include: research on how expertise in a diverse set of disciplines is developed; the role of practice in nurturing expertise; whether intelligence predicts life outcomes; the genetic and environmental determinants of intelligence; whether genes or environment explain racial differences such as the Black-White performance gap and the East Asian achievement advantage; and the Flynn effect.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 158:
Emotions: History, Theories, and Research (PSYCH 259)
Graduate students register for 259. Theoretical and empirical issues in the domain of emotions. The history of emotion theories, current approaches, and the interaction between emotion and cognition.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 159:
Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence
Review of classic and current research on attitudes, attitude change and persuasion. Increase appreciation for the ways that our thoughts, actions, and feelings are shaped and manipulated by social influences.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 167:
Seminar on Aggression
The causes and modification of individual and collective aggression. Major issues in aggression: social labeling of injurious conduct, social determinants of aggression, effects of the mass media, institutionally sanctioned violence, terrorism, psychological mechanisms of moral disengagement, modification of aggressive styles of behavior, and legal sanctions and deterrence doctrines.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 179:
The Psychology of Everyday Morality (PSYCH 270)
(Graduate students register for 270.) For graduate students, coterms, and senior Psychology majors. Traditional approaches focusing on how morality colors mundane human activities such as eating and on morality as defined by actors themselves rather than social scientists. Moral hypocrisy, food and disgust, taboo trade-offs, moral reproach, and prejudice with compunction. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: 70 and consent of instructor.
| Units: 4
PSYCH 186:
The Psychology of Everyday Morality (PSYCH 286)
Recent literature on morality from a social psychological perspective. Topics include moral judgment, moral intuitions, moral hypocrisy, moral identity, moralization, moral reproach, shame and guilt, temptations, and self-regulation. Contemporary psychological research emphasizing descriptive approaches (what people actually do) rather than normative ones (what one should do).
| Units: 3
PSYCH 199:
Temptations and Self Control (PSYCH 299)
(Graduate students register for 299.) Why do people do things that that they come to regret? How can people minimize behavior such as exercise avoidance, angry words, overeating, unsafe sex, and dangerous driving? Sources include classical and current research from experimental psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. Real-world applications.
| Units: 2
PSYCH 201:
Social Psychology Lecture Series
Required of social psychology graduate students. Guest lecturers from Stanford and other institutions. May be repeated for credit. (Miller)
| Units: 3
PSYCH 202:
Cognitive Neuroscience
Graduate core course. The anatomy and physiology of the brain. Methods: electrical stimulation of the brain, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, psychophysics, single-cell neurophysiology, theory and computation. Neuronal pathways and mechanisms of attention, consciousness, emotion, language, memory, motor control, and vision. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 203:
MODELS OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
How do children learn to understand and produce their native language? Language acquisition is a core topic in cognitive science and has been a key test case for formal approaches. Topics include: learnability theory, grammatical approaches, connectionist models, and probabilistic models.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 206:
Cortical Plasticity: Perception and Memory
Seminar. Topics related to cortical plasticity in perceptual and memory systems including neural bases of implicity memory, recognition memory, visual priming, and perceptual learning. Emphasis is on recent research with an interdisciplinary scope, including theory, behavioral findings, neural mechanisms, and computational models. May be repeated for credit. Recommended: 30, 45
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 207B:
Professional Development Seminar in Psychology
For graduate students who wish to gain professional development skills to pursue an academic career. May be repeated for credit. Course is intended for second year Ph.D. student in Psychology but open to all years.
| Units: 0-1
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 1 units total)
PSYCH 208:
Advanced Topics in Self-Defense
Seminar. Threat to the self and how people deal with them. Readings from social psychological areas including social comparison, self-affirmation, self-completion, self-discrepancy, shame and guilt, terror management, dimensions of self-worth, self-regulation, self-presentation, psychophysiology, and moral identity. Enrollment limited to 15.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 209A:
The Neural Basis of Cognition: A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach
Models and data to support the notion that brain representations are patterns of activity over widely dispersed populations of neurons, that mental processing involves coherent distributed engagement of neurons in these populations, and that learning and development occur primarily through the adjustment of the strengths of the connections between the neurons. How models may be used to explain aspects of human cognition, development, and effects of brain damage on cognition. Prerequisites: linear algebra, differential equations, a programming course, and two courses in psychology or neuroscience.
| Units: 3-4
PSYCH 209B:
Applications of Parallel Distributed Processing Models to Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Research seminar. Builds on project proposal developed in 209A. Hands-on use of computational models to address phenomena in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Classic and modern papers, and student presentations of their own projects. Final paper in the form of a journal article submission. Prerequisite: 209A.
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 217:
Topics and Methods Related to Culture and Emotion
Preference to graduate students. How cultural factors shape emotion and other feeling states. Empirical and ethnographic literature, theories, and research on culture and emotion. Applications to clinical, educational, and occupational settings. Research in psychology, anthropology, and sociology. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 218:
Early Social Cognitive Development
Current literature on social and cognitive development in infancy emphasizing the interface between the two domains. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 220:
Special Topics in Cognitive Development
For graduate students and advanced undergraduates. How research from cognitive development, decision making, and preference change can inform interventions on important social issues. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 220S:
Temptations and Self Control
Why do people do things they come to regret, such as lack of exercise, angry words, overeating, unsafe sex, or dangerous driving? How can they minimize such behaviors? Sources include classical and current research from experimental psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. Emphasis is on real-world applications.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 224:
Research Topics in Emotion Regulation
Current research findings and methods, ongoing student research, and presentations by visiting students and faculty. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instuctor.
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 225:
Special Neuroscience Seminar with Dr. Shinobu Kitayama
How will culture influence the human mind? Is culture a superficial overlay on the basic, universal computational machine called the mind? Alternatively, is culture a crucial constitutive element of the mind? If so, what are specific mechanisms underlying this constitution process? And what theoretical framework do we need to make a visible progress on these questions? More generally, how can we start discussing meaningfully and productively about various problematic dichotomies such as mind versus body, culture versus biology, and nurture versus nature? An emerging field of cultural neuroscience has the potential of addressing these and other important questions and thus bridging natural, behavioral, and social sciences of the human mind.nnThis seminar reviews the field of cultural neuroscience. It starts with a discussion of some theoretical foundations of the field, including cultural psychology, cognitive and social neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and population genetics (PART 1). We will then discuss several specific content domains with a focus on cross-cultural variations in brain responses (PART 2). The seminar will conclude with a discussion on gene x environment interaction in varying cultural contexts (PART 3). nnStudents can take the seminar for credit. One unit for attending all five sessions, two units for all five session and a short paper.
| Units: 1-2
PSYCH 226:
Models and Mechanisms of Memory
Current topics in memory as explored through computational models addressing experimental findings and physiological and behavioral investigations. Topics include: explicit and inplict learning; role of MTL structures in learning and memory; and single versus dual processes approaches to recognition. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 239:
Formal and Computational Approaches in Psychology and Cognitive Science
Do psychology and cognitive science need formal theories and/or explicit computational models? What insights should such things provide? What is the proper relationship between different theoretical and modeling approaches? Between different levels or kinds of analysis? Where do informally stated theories fit in and what are the roles of formal and computational modeling approaches in relation to other less explicitly specified forms of theorizing? This seminar will explore these issues and compare different formal and computational model variants, especially connectionist and probabilistic models, within 3-4 different target domains. Possible target domains include categorization, property induction, causal learning, perceptual decision making, language acquisition, semantics and pragmatics, and mid-level vision.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 247:
Fundamentals of Neuroscience for Non-Life-Scientists
Human behavior and the human brain and how it enables perception, learning, decision making, planning, and action with a focus on how neuroscience may be presented or used in law, business, or education contexts. Neurotechnology and experimental methods used to conduct research.
| Units: 2
PSYCH 259:
Emotions: History, Theories, and Research (PSYCH 158)
Graduate students register for 259. Theoretical and empirical issues in the domain of emotions. The history of emotion theories, current approaches, and the interaction between emotion and cognition.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 261A:
Learning and Cognition in Activity (EDUC 295)
Methods and results of research on learning, understanding, reasoning, problem solving, and remembering, as aspects of participation in social organized activity. Principles of coordination that support cognitive achievements and learning in activity settings in work and school environments.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 267:
Human Memory: Facts, Fallacies, and Fragile Powers
Seminar. Applications of memory concepts in everyday life and in social and clinical settings. Topics include personal identity, childhood amnesia, autobiographic memory, emotions and memory, memory distortions, illusions, self-serving biases, recovery of repressed memories, false memories, implicit memories, and unconscious influences on social behavior, with applications to psychopathology.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 270:
The Psychology of Everyday Morality (PSYCH 179)
(Graduate students register for 270.) For graduate students, coterms, and senior Psychology majors. Traditional approaches focusing on how morality colors mundane human activities such as eating and on morality as defined by actors themselves rather than social scientists. Moral hypocrisy, food and disgust, taboo trade-offs, moral reproach, and prejudice with compunction. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: 70 and consent of instructor.
| Units: 4
PSYCH 273:
Graduate Seminar on Language, Cognition, and Perception
Current topics and debates. Readings from psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, ethology, anthropology, and philosophy. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 279:
Topics in Cognitive Control
The processes that enable flexible behavior by biasing contextually relevant perceptual, mnemonic, and response representations or processing pathways. Cognitive control is central to volitional action, allowing work with memory, task/goal states, and overriding inappropriate responses. Current models of cognitive control, functional neuroimaging, and neuropsychological evidence. Recommended: 45.
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 286:
The Psychology of Everyday Morality (PSYCH 186)
Recent literature on morality from a social psychological perspective. Topics include moral judgment, moral intuitions, moral hypocrisy, moral identity, moralization, moral reproach, shame and guilt, temptations, and self-regulation. Contemporary psychological research emphasizing descriptive approaches (what people actually do) rather than normative ones (what one should do).
| Units: 3
PSYCH 288:
Hierarchical Linear Modeling for Psychological Sciences
HLM is a statistical theory and a computer program used to analyze multi-level data, such as trials within participants or students within classrooms. HLM allows researchers to analyze data at each level of analysis separately, to partition the total variance across different levels, to explain variance at each level separately using level-appropriate predictors, and to model cross-level interactions. How to use the HLM program and to model various types of multi-level data using it. May be repeated for credit.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 289:
Sensory Representations in Language and Memory
Is recollecting an experience similar to re-experiencing it? How closely tied is our knowledge to the perceptual representations and processes that may have given rise to it? What role do perceptuo-motor representations play in understanding language? We will review the recent literature on perceptual re-activation in episodic memory, perceptual grounding in semantic representations, and neural reuse of perceptual mechanisms for abstract thought. Emphasis will be placed on recent research with an interdisciplinary scope, including discussion of theory, behavioral findings, neural mechanisms, and computational models. Prerequisite: Psych 207 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 290:
Graduate Research Methods
Primary tool use for psychologists: basics of experiment design; computer-based experiments; web-based experiments; data analysis packages and data presentation; exploratory statistics; eye-tracking methods; psychophysiology methods; survey construction; corpus and discourse analysis; and perhaps hypnosis. Prerequisite: Ph.D. student in Psychology.
| Units: 2
PSYCH 291:
Psychology Teaching Methods
Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Principles of good teaching. Students practice teaching skills.
| Units: 1-2
PSYCH 299:
Temptations and Self Control (PSYCH 199)
(Graduate students register for 299.) Why do people do things that that they come to regret? How can people minimize behavior such as exercise avoidance, angry words, overeating, unsafe sex, and dangerous driving? Sources include classical and current research from experimental psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. Real-world applications.
| Units: 2
PSYCH 303:
Human and Machine Hearing
Topics: Linear and nonlinear system theory applied to sound and hearing;nunderstanding how to model human hearing in the form of algorithms thatncan process general sounds efficiently; how to construct, display, andninterpret "auditory images"; how to extract features compatible withnmachine-learning systems; how to build systems that extract informationnfrom sound to do a job; and example applications of machine hearing tonspeech, music, security and surveillance, personal sound diaries, smartnhouse, etc. Prerequisites: basic calculus and algorithms.
| Units: 3
