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:
Life Span Development
Preference to freshmen. People continue to change in systematic ways throughout life, but developmental psychology has focused mostly on childhood. Focus is on conceptual models that direct developmental research on adulthood and old age, and the empirical literature concerning developmental changes in cognition, motivation, and emotion.
Last offered: Spring 2009
| 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
Instructors: ;
Richards, W. (PI);
Switzer, P. (PI);
Thomas, E. (PI);
Walther, G. (PI);
Duncan, A. (GP);
Hamer, N. (GP);
Ma, Z. (GP);
Notthoff, N. (GP);
Sims, T. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP);
Van Berkel, G. (GP)
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 14N:
Race and Crime
Topics in race, crime, and punishment in the United States. Readings and discussion focus on theoretical and empirical research on policing, sentencing, and incarceration. Readings will be drawn from psychology, sociology, criminology, economics, and legal studies.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
PSYCH 14SI:
Scientific and Experiential Approaches to Compassion Meditation
This course offers students an introduction to guided compassion meditation practice in a systematic eight-week program called Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) developed at the Center for Compassion and Altruistic Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford. The course introduces compassion as a mental state focused on others' pain or suffering coupled with a wish or aspiration to alleviate their suffering. Students will receive instruction in class and also practice guided meditations at home that train settling the mind and cultivating compassion for oneself and others. Students will observe if the training results in changes in their day to day interactions, and students will have the opportunity to apply their compassion training in a day of service.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
PSYCH 16N:
Amines and Affect
Preference to freshmen. How serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine influence people's emotional lives.
Last offered: Spring 2009
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI, WAY-SMA
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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 23N:
Aping: Imitation, Control, and the Development of the Human Mind
Preference to freshmen. The idea that a childhood that prolongs a state of stimulus-bound helplessness beyond that of animals is the price human beings pay for the benefits of shared cognitive structures. How such structures enable social collaboration, language, and the transmission and sharing of knowledge. Sources include psychological data from animals and humans, and recent discoveries in neuroscience.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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.
Terms: Aut
| 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: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
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
Topics in human neuropsychology. The functional organization of the human nervous system and of brain imaging techniques (MRI, PET). Hemispheric specialization and the brain basis of perception, memory, language, emotion, spatial cognition, and problem solving. Neuropsychological deficits in neurological disorders and their implications in understanding normal function. Recommended: 1
Terms: Aut
| 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: Win
| 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 2-6 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.
Terms: Spr
| 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. Recommended: 1. WIM
Last offered: Spring 2007
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
PSYCH 80:
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Current empirical and theoretical approaches to personality. How and why do people differ? Does personality change over time? Can people change their personalities?mWhat makes people happy? What are the physical, mental, and social consequences of personalities? Prerequisite: 1.
Last offered: Spring 2009
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
| Repeatable
for credit
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.
Last offered: Winter 2008
| 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:
Affective Neuroscience
New frontiers in neuroscience research on emotion. Topics such as neuroscience methodologies, genetic contributions to the experience of emotion, neural bases of emotion, animal models of emotion, and biological approaches to emotional or affective dysfunction.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 105S:
General Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes focusing on history, methods, and findings of the field of psychology. How psychology affects people's lives. How to evaluate psychological claims.
Last offered: Summer 2008
| 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.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 109S:
Cognitive Psychology
Theories and empirical findings in the field of cognitive psychology. How do people perceive? How do they remember? How do they think? How such questions are addressed in the areas of memory, language, perception, reasoning, judgment, and decision making.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 110:
Research Methods and Experimental Design
Structured research exercises and design of an individual research project. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 111S:
Abnormal Psychology
What is it like to be clinically depressed, to see things no one else sees, to be a victim of a traumatic experience? What are psychological, biological, and social factors involved in depression, schizophrenia, or post-traumatic stress disorder? The subjective experience, causal factors, clinical presentation, methods of assessment, treatment, and sociocultural context of psychological disorders.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 113S:
Developmental Psychology
A unified view of the developing child. How developmental psychology can be applied to the general understanding of children and the process of growing into adulthood. Findings in the areas of the child's cognitive, language, social, neurological, physical, emotional, personality, and moral development. Strengths and weaknesses of various perspectives and approaches scientists use to learn about children.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
PSYCH 119:
Psychology and Public Policy (PUBLPOL 172)
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
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 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.
| Units: 3
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 3 units total)
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 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: Spr
| 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.
Terms: Win
| 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.
| 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 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 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.
Terms: Win
| 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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 166:
Seminar on Personal and Social Change
Social cognitive approaches to personal and social change. Applications of sociocognitive theory to the modification of psychological dysfunctions in familial, educational, medical, and organizational settings. Ethical and value issues in behavior change.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
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 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 180:
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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 184:
Applied Social Psychology
Combination of social psychology with solving problems in the real world. Methodological and theoretical foundations associated with conducting applied research on social issues such as violence, stereotyping and prejudice, work satisfaction, the justice system, education, the environment, the health care industry, and the mass media. Recommended: 1, 70.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
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: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 192:
Career and Personal Counseling (EDUC 134, EDUC 234)
Methods of integrating career and personal counseling with clients and counselors from differing backgrounds. Practice with assessment instruments. Case studies of bicultural role conflict. Informal experience in counseling. (PSE)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
9 times
(up to 3 units total)
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 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);
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);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
Menkin, J. (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: ;
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);
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);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
Menkin, J. (GP);
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: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
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: 1-3
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.
| 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 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.
Terms: Win
| 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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
for credit
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 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 216:
Public Policy and Social Psychology: Implications and Applications (IPS 207B, PUBLPOL 305B)
Theories, insights, and concerns of social psychology relevant to how people perceive issues, events, and each other, and links between beliefs and individual and collective behavior. Topics include: situationist and subjectivist traditions of applied and theoretical social psychology; social comparison, dissonance, and attribution theories; social identity, stereotyping, racism, and sources of intergroup conflict and misunderstanding; challenges to universality assumptions regarding human motivation, emotion, and perception of self and others; the problem of producing individual and collective changes in norms and behavior.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
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: Spr
| Units: 1-3
PSYCH 227:
Seminar in Psycholinguistics: Information-Theoretic Models of Language and Cognition (LINGUIST 247)
Information theory and its relation to learning and to reference, meaning, and information encoding. Information-theoretic models of linguistic structure at the phonological, morphological, and syntactic levels, and the links between information theory and information structure/clause packaging. The role of uncertainty and uniform information density in sentence processing. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| Repeatable
for credit
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. Prerequisite: introductory programming such as CS 105 or 106, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| 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.
Terms: Win
| 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 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: Behaviors, Neurons and Computational Models (CS 423)
Vision is one of the most important sensory modalities for intelligent living organisms as well as robots and machines. This advanced level reading class will emphasize an interdisplinary approach aimed at understanding vision from several disciplines: neurophysiology, psychophysics, cognition, algorithms and computational models. Class will focus on the problem of scene understanding, covering topics from multiple perspectives drawing on recent research in psychology, neuroscience and computer science. Emphasis will be placed on ongoing debates in the field, and discussion of recent empirical findings. Topics include: Theories of visual recognition for scene perception. What are the behavioral and cognitive characteristics of scene perception, and their connections to objection recognition. What are the neural computations that underlie scene perception? What are the roles of attention, expectation and experience in shaping scene recognition? What are the current state-of-the-art computational models for scene perception? Recommended but nor required: Psych 30, CS223B.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 3 units total)
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 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
Instructors: ;
Boroditsky, L. (PI);
Carstensen, L. (PI);
Clark, H. (PI);
Dweck, C. (PI);
Eberhardt, J. (PI);
Fernald, A. (PI);
Gotlib, I. (PI);
Grill-Spector, K. (PI);
Gross, J. (PI);
Heaney, C. (PI);
Knutson, B. (PI);
Krumboltz, J. (PI);
Lepper, M. (PI);
Markman, E. (PI);
Markus, H. (PI);
McClelland, J. (PI);
McClure, S. (PI);
Miller, D. (PI);
Monin, B. (PI);
Ramscar, M. (PI);
Ross, L. (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);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
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 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.
Terms: Win
| 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 107X, EDUC 371X)
The course is intended an exploration of the major ideas, theories, andnnfindings 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 Personality Research
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology. (Gotlib)
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 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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
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);
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);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 281:
Practicum in Teaching
Enrollment limited to teaching assistants in selected Psychology courses. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| 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);
Hard, B. (GP);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP);
Voelker, B. (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 283:
International Conflict Resolution Colloquium (POLISCI 403)
(Same as LAW 611.) Sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN). Conflict, negotiation, and dispute resolution with emphasis on conflicts and disputes with an international dimension, including conflicts involving states, peoples, and political factions such as the Middle East and Northern Ireland. Guest speakers. Issues including international law, psychology, and political science, economics, anthropology, and criminology.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
PSYCH 297:
Seminar for Coterminal Master of Arts
Contemporary issues and student research. Student and faculty presentations.
Terms: Aut, Win, 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. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
PSYCH 383:
International Conflict: Management and Resolution (IPS 250, POLISCI 210R, POLISCI 310R)
(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);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
Sullivan, M. (GP)
PSYCH 802:
PhD TGR Dissertation
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);
Hope, L. (GP);
Le, A. (GP);
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 115S:
Personality Psychology
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?
| Units: 3
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 137:
Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication, and Language (HUMBIO 145, PSYCH 239A)
Although the communicative abilities of animals are determined by their genetic endowment, and human communicative skills dwarf those of other species, the relation between language and genetics remains the subject of debate. Is human language genetically specified? Or are human communicative powers just one facet of human cognitive advantage? Focus is on the nature and origins of language, using evidence from studies of animals, children, and adults.
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
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 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 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 165:
Peace Studies (POLISCI 111)
Interdisciplinary. The challenges of pursuing peace in a world with many conflicts and rising regional, ethnic, and religious antagonisms. Historical, social, psychological, and moral perspectives. Contributions of academic disciplines to the study of peace. Students explore a conflict and offer contributions to the building of peace. Limited enrollment.
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
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 206:
Cortical Plasticity: Perception and Memory
Seminar. Topics related to cortical plasticity in perceptual and memory systems including neural bases of implicit 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 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 213:
Personality and Psychopathology
Historical trends, theoretical issues, and empirical approaches to the study of individual differences in personality and psychopathology. Topics include: trait approach for describing individual differences; its role in exploring such topics as the importance of the person by situation interaction; and psychometric themes and issues. Individual differences in motivation manifested in attachment styles in childhood and adulthood; stress, coping, health; self and self-regulation; and severe forms of psychopathology. Prerequisite: 207 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 1-3
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 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.
| Units: 4
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 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 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.
| Units: 3
PSYCH 239A:
Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication, and Language (HUMBIO 145, PSYCH 137)
Although the communicative abilities of animals are determined by their genetic endowment, and human communicative skills dwarf those of other species, the relation between language and genetics remains the subject of debate. Is human language genetically specified? Or are human communicative powers just one facet of human cognitive advantage? Focus is on the nature and origins of language, using evidence from studies of animals, children, and adults.
| Units: 4
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 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.
| Units: 2-3
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 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 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
