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PSYC 76Q: Temperament and Creativity in Mood Disorders

Preference to sophomores. Western cultural notions of mad geniuses and artistic temperaments. How many individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, and related problems are nonetheless productively creative. Current psychological and neurobiological research, and assessment of mood, temperament, and creativity. Emphasis is on written and oral communications and multimedia presentations. Write 2. Prerequisite: PWR 1.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors: Ketter, T. (PI)

PSYC 78Q: Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes

Developmental, social, and performance issues in collegiate sports. Topics include transition to Stanford, time management, coping with injuries.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

PSYC 81Q: Fate of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic

The complicated forces,shaped by geopolitcal history and current events, that frame all social programs, the care of orphans in the context of the AIDS pandemic in particular; history of the care of orphans; developmental effects of deprivation of care and nurturing. Guest speakers.
Terms: Win | Units: 2

PSYC 111Q: Madness and the Womb: Medical and Artistic Approaches to Mental Illness in Women Through the Ages

Historical and current concepts of mental illness in women. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS), postpartum depression, menopausal mood disorders, and eating disorders. Historical biopsychosocial approach. Readings include women's diaries and advice books, physicians' casebooks, and 19th- and 20th-century medical texts. Guest speakers from art and literature departments. Literary and artistic images, and the social and cultural contexts of these disorders during the last 300 years.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3
Instructors: Williams, K. (PI)

PSYC 135: Sleep and Dreams (PSYC 235)

Current research on how sleep affects our daily lives. Physiology of non-REM and REM sleep, dreams and dreaming, content, psychophysiological cause, lucid dreaming, sleep need, sleep debt, daytime alertness, and performance; biological clock and circadian rhythms; sleep disorders, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleepwalking, jet lag, sleeping pills, sleep and mental illness, sleep and memory, and the impact of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on academic and social life. Multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and projects.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA

PSYC 136A: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236A)

Applying scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Readings in history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to scientific and cultural revolutions attending the emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; personal and social benefits of doing so.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3

PSYC 136B: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236B)

Continuation of 136A/236A. Applying scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Readings in history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to scientific and cultural revolutions attending the emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; personal and social benefits of doing so.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3

PSYC 139: Couples and Family Therapy: A Contextual-Development View

Basic concepts underlying family-systems theory and practice, drawing on concepts from psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and sociology. Major theoretical premises of the family-systems approach to the assessment and treatment of couples and families, including family structure, development, history, intimacy and sexuality, culture, and larger systems. Tools required for family-systems interviewing, assessment, and treatment planning. Videotaped case examples are used to develop clinical formulations and illustrate systemic intervention strategies of major contributors to the field, with attention paid to identifying and differentiating the assumptions and subsequent treatment implications of these models. Finally, applications of the family-systems approach in educational, medical, business, and community settings are considered.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Rait, D. (PI)

PSYC 195: Special Laboratory Projects

Assist Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program with data entry, library organization, and study-related projects.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-3 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Rasgon, N. (PI)

PSYC 199: Undergraduate Research

Students undertake investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-18 | Repeatable for credit
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