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PSYCH 118F: Literature and the Brain (ENGLISH 118, ENGLISH 218, FRENCH 118, FRENCH 318)

Recent developments in and neuroscience and experimental psychology have transformed the way we think about the operations of the brain. What can we learn from this about the nature and function of literary texts? Can innovative ways of speaking affect ways of thinking? Do creative metaphors draw on embodied cognition? Can fictions strengthen our "theory of mind" capabilities? What role does mental imagery play in the appreciation of descriptions? Does (weak) modularity help explain the mechanism and purpose of self-reflexivity? Can the distinctions among types of memory shed light on what narrative works have to offer?
Last offered: Autumn 2012 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum

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

PSYCH 120: Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (BIO 153)

Neural interactions underlying behavior. Prerequisites: PSYCH 1 or basic biology.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors: Wine, J. (PI)

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
Instructors: Wine, J. (PI)

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

PSYCH 125S: Language andThought

How are we able to produce and comprehend language in all its complexity? How does language processing interact with other parts of cognition? In this course, we will focus on several main themes: language production and comprehension, discourse, language acquisition, bilingualism, and linguistic relativity. We will explore these themes through lecture, demonstrations, analysis of empirical work, and student-led discussion. Special attention will also be given to the various experimental methods we use to conduct psycholinguistic and developmental research (e.g., self-paced reading, eye-tracking, cross-modal priming, and neural imaging).
Terms: Sum | Units: 3
Instructors: Chestnut, E. (PI)

PSYCH 130: Experimental Pragmatics

How do we understand language as it is used in context? Pragmatic reasoning allows us to go beyond the literal semantics of what someone says to infer what they actually meant. This course will be an in-depth investigation of recent experimental work on pragmatics. Students will read the primary research literature as they learn the skills necessary to develop and run an original experiment investigating our pragmatic inference abilities. Required: Psych 131, Linguist 130A, Linguist 188, or permission of instructor.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Frank, M. (PI)

PSYCH 130S: Positive Psychology: Happiness & Well-Being

Exploring the meaning and attainment of psychological well-being and happiness, this course investigates approaches that can be used by all individuals to improve their state of happiness and well-being. Course literature is drawn primarily from social, clinical, and positive psychology, but is also drawn from other disciplines as appropriate. In this course, students will actively engage with course material by critiquing studies, discussing research, and applying methods for improving well-being to their daily lives.
Last offered: Summer 2014

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
Instructors: Clark, H. (PI)

PSYCH 132S: The Neglected Senses: Hearing, Touch, Smell and Taste

Whereas psychology and neuroscience have made great strides in understanding how we perceive the world through all five of our senses, most undergraduate courses focus primarily on vision. The most popular undergraduate perception textbooks devote less than half of their pages to all four other senses. This course will be devoted to these neglected senses: hearing, taste, olfaction and touch. The course will provide answers for the following questions: What stimuli activate the senses of hearing, taste, olfaction and touch? How do we detect that these stimuli are there? How does the brain process information from the senses? How do the senses affect each other? And what can we learn from studying people¿s behavior alone (using psychological methods)?
Last offered: Summer 2014
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