printer friendly pagePSYCH 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 8N: The New Longevity
Adult development from the perspective of life-span theory -- a conceptual framework that views development as a series of adaptations to physical, societal and individual resources and constraints. Students will learn about demographic and medical changes, ways that individuals typically change socially, emotionally and cognitively as they move through adulthood. An understanding of the conceptual foundations of the life-span approach and place aging of young people today in historical context.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Carstensen, L. (PI)
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
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:
Carr, V. (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: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Frank, M. (PI)
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Nordmeyer, A. (PI)
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Holubar, T. (TA)
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Instructors:
Frank, M. (PI)
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Nordmeyer, A. (PI)
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Holubar, T. (TA)
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Lewis, M. (TA)
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Nordmeyer, A. (TA)
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Okonofua, J. (TA)
PSYCH 60A: Introduction to Developmental Psychology Section
Guided observation of children age 2-5 at Bing Nursery School. Corequisite: 60.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 2
PSYCH 75: Introduction to Cultural Psychology
The cultural sources of diversity in thinking, emotion, motivation, self, personality, morality, development, and psychopathology.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
PSYCH 80: Introduction to Personality and Affective Science
How do we measure personality and emotion? What parts of your personality and emotions are set at birth? What parts of your personality and emotions are shaped by your sociocultural context? Can your personality and emotions make you sick? Can you change yours personality and emotions? There are questions we begin to address in this introductory course on personality and emotion. Prerequisite:
Psych 1.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Tsai, J. (PI)
PSYCH 130A: NARRATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
This is an exploration of how human experience is remembered, organized, and transformed through stories people tell about their lives. Through a multicultural perspective we examine how narrative approaches in human development and health care offer promising ways to psychological and social wellness. We integrate transdisciplinary scholarship, traditional cultural wisdom, and self-reflective, experiential learning to connect our academic work with our personal lives.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Fernald, A. (PI)
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