printer friendly pagePSYCH 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.
Last offered: Autumn 2014
PSYCH 152F: Doing Race and Ethnicity: How and Why it Matters
Going to school and work, renting an apartment, going to the doctor, watching television, voting, reading, and attending religious services are all activities that involve doing¿consciously or unconsciously¿race and ethnicity. In this course, we draw from history, psychology, genetics, and literary studies to understand contemporary racial formations and cultural representations. Course will include two 50-minute lectures with a required online discussion section. Enrollment capped at 20 students.
Last offered: Spring 2013
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 2016
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
PSYCH 155: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (COMPLIT 195, CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, SOC 146, TAPS 165)
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. Includes an optional Haas Center for Public Service certified Community Engaged Learning section.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Garcia, C. (PI)
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Jimenez, T. (PI)
;
Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
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Instructors:
Garcia, C. (PI)
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Jimenez, T. (PI)
;
Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
;
Garcia, C. (TA)
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Guluma, B. (TA)
;
Lu, V. (TA)
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Rodriguez, V. (TA)
PSYCH 156: Communicating Neuroscience
Understanding the structure and function of the brain is presently an international goal with Brain Initiatives in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Due to this global interest, knowledge about the brain is influencing all aspects of society. As such, accurate communication and translation of neuroscience findings are of utmost importance. This course will examine ways to translate and to communicate neuroscience research for public outreach, with a focus on the role of technology. Topics include: television, feature articles, blogs, documentaries, and online videos. Students will learn different ways to accurately translate and communicate neuroscience topics in the context of theoretical and methodological approaches and to apply these tools in an original way to generate a completed outreach piece by the end of the course.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Eagleman, D. (PI)
;
Weiner, K. (PI)
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.
Last offered: Spring 2010
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.
Last offered: Winter 2008
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.
Last offered: Spring 2011
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
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 164: Brain decoding
Can we know what someone is thinking by examining their brain activity? Using knowledge of the human visual system and techniques from machine learning, recent work has shown impressive ability to decode what people are looking at from their brain activity as measured with functional imaging. The course will use a combination of lectures, primary literature readings, discussion and hands-on tutorials to understand this emerging technology from basic knowledge of the perceptual (primarily visual) and other cognitive systems (such as working memory) to tools and techniques used to decode brain activity.nPrerequisites: Either
Psych 30 or
Psych 50 or Consent of Instructor
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Gardner, J. (PI)
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Eisenberg, I. (TA)
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