printer friendly pagePSYCH 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
Instructors:
Fernald, A. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Brown, J. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Wagner, A. (PI)
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
Instructors:
McClure, S. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Boroditsky, L. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Yuan, S. (PI)
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-SI, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Bonam, C. (PI)
;
Carr, P. (PI)
;
Henetz, T. (PI)
;
Levine, C. (PI)
;
Marshall, S. (PI)
;
Merritt, A. (PI)
;
Tormala, T. (PI)
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
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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