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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

PSYCH 7Q: Language Acquisition

Preference to sophomores. How do infants learn language so effortlessly? Why is it more difficult to learn a language as an adult? Theories of first and second language development and experimental techniques for reading children¿s minds.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Fernald, A. (PI)

PSYCH 8N: Life Span Development

Preference to freshmen. People continue to change in systematic ways throughout life, but developmental psychology has focused mostly on childhood. Focus is on conceptual models that direct developmental research on adulthood and old age, and the empirical literature concerning developmental changes in cognition, motivation, and emotion.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI

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 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 15SI: Psychology of Personal Change

How people initiate substantial changes in behavior through journal readings, discussions, and a personal behavioral change project.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-2
Instructors: Walton, G. (PI)

PSYCH 16N: Amines and Affect

Preference to freshmen. How serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine influence people's emotional lives.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors: Knutson, B. (PI)

PSYCH 22N: The Psychology of Everyday Morality

Preference to freshmen. What science reveals about morality. How psychology applies the scientific method to understand moral behavior. When and why people do or do not act morally. Emphasis is descriptive versus normative; focus is on the findings of social science, their implications and shortcomings, and psychological research. Sources include classic papers and recent empirical reports.
Last offered: Spring 2007

PSYCH 23N: Aping: Imitation, Control, and the Development of the Human Mind

Preference to freshmen. The idea that a childhood that prolongs a state of stimulus-bound helplessness beyond that of animals is the price human beings pay for the benefits of shared cognitive structures. How such structures enable social collaboration, language, and the transmission and sharing of knowledge. Sources include psychological data from animals and humans, and recent discoveries in neuroscience.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Ramscar, M. (PI)

PSYCH 25N: Psychology, Inequality, and the American Dream

Preference to freshmen. What role do psychological factors play in perpetrating inequality despite legal prohibitions? How can psychologically wise reforms promote equal opportunity? Topics include school achievement, prejudice and discrimination, social class, and race/ethnicity.
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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