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This seminar explores how emerging findings at the interface of neuroscience, psychology, and economics combine to inform our understanding of how the brain makes decisions. Topics include neural processes related to reward, punishment, probability, risk, time, reflection, and social interaction, as well as theoretical implications and practical applications. We will briefly touch on the possibility of extending individual brain and behavioral data down to physiological and up to aggregate levels of analysis.nBecause the course involves interdisciplinary material, it takes the format of a research seminar with background discussions, and is targeted at graduate students and advanced undergraduates who aim to conduct related research. Goals include: (1) building familiarity with relevant neuroscience, psychology, and economics concepts; (2) increasing awareness of key relevant literature; and (3) preparation to conduct and advance innovative interdisciplinary research.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Knutson, B. (PI)
PSYCH 134S: Psychology of Close Relationships
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of theory and research on the psychology of interpersonal relationships from a social psychological perspective, with a particular focus on friendships and romantic relationships. The goals for the course are: 1) To familiarize students with the variables important to the social psychological study of interpersonal relationships, 2) To review the major theoretical foundations and current research, not only from social psychology but also from other disciplines (e.g., communication, personality psychology), and 3) To give students practice in reading empirical journal articles, writing, and oral presentation. The course will examine some of the theories and research related to the psychology of interpersonal relationships. Some of the topics this course will cover include: theoretical perspectives, research methods, culture, attraction, attachment, social cognition, communication, interdependence, friendship, love, stressors in relationships, relationship maintenance, conflict, and dissolution.
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