printer friendly pagePOLISCI 348S: Latin American Politics
Fundamental transformations in Latin America in the last two decades: why most governments are now democratic or semidemocratic; and economic transformation as countries abandoned import substitution industrialization policies led by state intervention for neoliberal economic polices. The nature of this dual transformation.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Magaloni-Kerpel, B. (PI)
POLISCI 214G: International Political Economy and International Organizations: Theory and Practice (IPS 221)
What is the appropriate balance between government regulation and market freedom? Introduction to important theoretical and policy debates in international political economy. Topics include: political economy of trade; exchange rate policy; the liberalization of trade and finance; the global move to openness; development, debt and aid; and the role of international organizations. Discussion of application of academic insights to key policy debates, including whether governments should offset the welfare costs of globalization, whether the IMF and World Bank should be reformed to meet the needs of the 21st century, and how the international community should respond to financial crises. Students will research, write and orally present policy briefs on specific policy questions.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
PSYCH 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
Instructors:
Gross, J. (PI)
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Hard, B. (PI)
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Kao, J. (PI)
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Knutson, B. (PI)
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Ang, Y. (TA)
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Brady, S. (TA)
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Colich, N. (TA)
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Eggleston, C. (TA)
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Haimovitz, K. (TA)
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Higginbotham, G. (TA)
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Horowitz, A. (TA)
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Howe, L. (TA)
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Jasuja, S. (TA)
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Kao, J. (TA)
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Kim, B. (TA)
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Limcaoco, P. (TA)
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Mehta, H. (TA)
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Muramoto, L. (TA)
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Murashige, C. (TA)
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Nordmeyer, A. (TA)
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Romero, C. (TA)
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Shurick, A. (TA)
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Stefanidi, K. (TA)
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Szczurek, L. (TA)
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Weinhardt, M. (TA)
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.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 11N: Origin of Mental Life
Preference to freshmen. Mental life in infancy; how thinking originates. How do babies construe the objects, events, people, and language that surround them? Recent advances in psychological theory, hypotheses, and evidence about how the infant human mind develops.
Last offered: Spring 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
PSYCH 12N: Self Theories
Preference to freshmen. The impact of people's belief in a growing versus fixed self on their motivation and performance in school, business, sports, and relationships. How such theories develop and can be changed.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Dweck, C. (PI)
PSYCH 35: Introduction to Cognitive and Information Sciences (LINGUIST 144, PHIL 190, SYMSYS 100)
The history, foundations, and accomplishments of the cognitive sciences, including presentations by leading Stanford researchers in artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. Overview of the issues addressed in the Symbolic Systems major.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR
Instructors:
Goodman, N. (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:
Frank, M. (PI)
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. Fulfills WIM requirement
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Akcinar, E. (PI)
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Eberhardt, J. (PI)
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Gripshover, S. (PI)
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Instructors:
Akcinar, E. (PI)
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Eberhardt, J. (PI)
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Gripshover, S. (PI)
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Howe, L. (PI)
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Okonofua, J. (PI)
PSYCH 75: Introduction to Cultural Psychology
The cultural sources of diversity in thinking, emotion, motivation, self, personality, morality, development, and psychopathology.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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