Graduate Courses
PSYCH 301 Personality Research (1)
Current research in personality, emphasizing experimental approaches and methods. Lecture and laboratory.
PSYCH 303 Psychopathology (1)
Deviations in psychological processes as they occur in psychopathology.
PSYCH 310 Developmental Psychology (1)
Behavior of humans from birth through old age. Development of cognitive, social, and other psychological functions.
PSYCH 311 Human Learning and Memory (1)
The nature of human memory. Lecture and laboratory.
PSYCH 312-1,2 Neurobiology and Behavior I, II (1) (1)
First Quarter: Neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, sensory processes, and examples of electrophysiological substrates of behavior. Second Quarter: Neuroanatomical, electrophysiological, and biochemical substrates of learning, memory, attention, arousal, pleasure, pain, and biofeedback.
PSYCH 314 Special Problems (1)
Topic to be announced.
PSYCH 316 Experimental Social Psychology (1)
Theory and mechanics of social psychological experimentation (laboratory experiments, field experiments, quasi-experiments). Lecture and laboratory.
PSYCH 321 Neuroscience and Behavior Laboratory (1)
Classical exercises in the physiological psychology laboratory, including brain stimulation, brain-wave recording, brain surgery, neurohistology, behavioral pharmacology, and electrophysiology.
PSYCH 324 Perception (1)
Human perception, particularly vision. Also hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching. Biological foundations, development, and disorders of perception. The senses' role in everyday life.
PSYCH 327 Formal Models of Cognition (1)
Practical aspects of formal modeling in psychology. Specific topics vary and may include curve fitting, distribution theory, reaction time models, semantic and neural network models, models of human choice and decision making, and multidimensional scaling.
PSYCH 333 The Psychology of Thinking (1)
Research methods and recent experimental findings for simple types of human thinking. Lecture and laboratory.
PSYCH 334 Psychology of Language (1)
Seminar in psycholinguistics for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, designed to give exposure to original research and journal articles and experience in methodological and theoretical criticism.
PSYCH 335 Heuristic Decision Processes (1)
Human decision making from descriptive and prescriptive perspectives. Computer algorithms that simulate human performance provide a focus for examining traditional psychological models. Computer programming.
PSYCH 337 Human Sexuality (1)
Sexual development and differentiation, deviations, dysfunctions, and controversies in sexology.
PSYCH 360 Human Memory and Cognition (1)
Recent work in human memory and cognition.
PSYCH 361 Brain Damage and the Mind (1)
Human cognition from the perspective of brain science. Bridges the gap between theories of brain function and models of information processing. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
PSYCH 362 Cognitive Development (1)
Development of cognition and perception. Topics include infant perception, development of human memory, concepts, language, and expertise.
PSYCH 401-1 Psychology Proseminar: Biological and Cognitive Bases of Behavior (1)
Survey of theory and research in the biological and cognitive bases of behavior.
PSYCH 401-2 Psychology Proseminar: Social and Personality Bases of Behavior (1)
Survey of theory and research in the social and personality bases of behavior.
PSYCH 405 Psychometric Theory (1)
Introduction to principles of measurement, reliability, validity, and scale construction.
PSYCH 406 Empirical Foundations of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (1)
Survey of contemporary topics in behavior and cognitive-behavior therapy. Mechanisms through which behavioral and cognitive therapy techniques mediate change.
PSYCH 412-1,2,3 Assessment Practicum (1) (1) (1)
Didactic and applied instruction in diagnosis of psychological disorders; diagnostic interviewing, organic assessment, and personality assessment. Arranged with the clinical program director. Three-quarter sequence.
PSYCH 413-1,2,3 Treatment Practicum (1) (1) (1)
Clinical experience with a broad range of psychiatric patients. Arranged with the clinical program director. Three-quarter sequence.
PSYCH 421-1,2 Psychopathology (1) (1)
Research and theories on the origins of various forms of psychopathology. Topics include schizophrenia, addictive disorders, psychopathy, personality disorders, eating disorders, psychosexual disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders. Also, issues regarding classification of psychiatric disorders. Two-quarter sequence.
PSYCH 422 Child Psychopathology (1)
Diagnosis and treatment of various conditions of childhood psychopathology: learning disabilities, phobias, autism, and aggression.
PSYCH 423 Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology (1)
Survey of ethical, professional, and policy issues in clinical psychology.
PSYCH 424 Behavioral and Neural Bases of Visual Perception (1)
Reviews current understanding of the encoding of visual information on the basis of behavioral, neurophysiological, and neuropsychological evidence. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
PSYCH 434 Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (1)
Conceptual and methodological issues in research in psychopathology and psychotherapy.
PSYCH 437-1,2 Neural Plasticity I, II (1) (1)
First Quarter: Plasticity as integrative brain processes at a cell-biological level and the relation of such processes to behavior. Second Quarter: Behavioral biology of nervous system function; application of molecular and cell biology to neural plasticity.
PSYCH 442 Experimental Approaches to Personality (1)
Presentation of experimental evidence concerning the influence of personality and motivational variables on behavior; consideration of methodological problems involved.
PSYCH 446 Human Memory and Cognition (1)
Theories of encoding and retrieval processes, semantic memory, automatic and strategic processes, and memory structure of text.
PSYCH 447 Principles of Learning (1)
Basic variables in nonverbal learning, with special reference to instrumental learning in animals. Theories of learning and evidence bearing on them. Applications of learning principles.
PSYCH 448 Sensory Processes (1)
A structural and functional survey of behavior determined primarily by the sensory system. The special senses: vision, audition, gustation, and olfaction. The role of sensory responding in learning.
PSYCH 450 Fundamentals of Statistics (1)
Probability, decision rules, and tests of significance, including chi square, t, and F.
PSYCH 451-1,2 Statistics in Experimental Design (1) (1)
Design and analysis of experiments. Emphasis on analysis of variance techniques.
PSYCH 453 Linear Models: Correlation and Regression (1)
Linear models approach to design and analysis of experiments and quasi-experiments. Basic concepts in correlation and regression: partial and semipartial correlation, matrix notation, least squares methods, and dummy variables.
PSYCH 454 Psychological Measurement (1)
Measurement theories and their implications for the quantification of psychological constructs.
PSYCH 455 Quantitative Syntheses of Research (1)
Methodology of the literature review. Introduces techniques of meta-analysis, by which the results of studies addressing the same hypothesis are aggregated and integrated. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
PSYCH 460 Special Topics in Cognition (1)
Current research and theory in cognitive psychology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
PSYCH 461 Reasoning and Representation (1)
Current theories of reasoning in cognitive science; mental steps in solving problems requiring inductive or deductive inferences. Covers relevant background in logic and artificial intelligence and empirical results on reasoning. Prerequisite: one course in either cognitive psychology, logic, or artificial intelligence.
PSYCH 466 Analogy and Similarity (1)
Psychology of comparison, including theories of similarity, analogy and metaphor in psychology and artificial intelligence; processes of transfer, comparison in decision making; analogy in mental models and folk theories; and development of analogy and similarity.
PSYCH 470 Special Topics in Psychobiology (1)
Current research and theory in psychobiology and cognitive neuroscience. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
PSYCH 472 Cognitive and Clinical Psychology (1)
Survey of recent primary literature relating human psychological phenomena (e.g., attention, memory, psychopathology) to noninvasively recorded physiological events, especially scalp-recorded spontaneous and event-related electroencephalographic brain activity.
PSYCH 477 Brain Theory (1)
Major theoretical approaches to brain function. Operation of different brain regions is analyzed in terms of formal models based on cybernetics, control theory, and neural networks.
PSYCH 481 Theories in Social Psychology (1)
Introductory overview of social psychology for graduate students, with a focus on recent and classic theories and their empirical support.
PSYCH 482 Research Methods in Social Psychology (1)
Overview of the conceptual and practical aspects of experimental research in social psychology, including design, questionnaire development, validity and reliability, and ethical issues.
PSYCH 483 Social Cognition (1)
Comprehensive survey of research addressing social aspects of perception, memory, language, and judgment and their role in social behavior and outcomes.
PSYCH 485 Psychology of Attitudes (1)
Surveys social psychological theory and attitudes. Considers attitude measurement, attitude structure, attitudes as predictors of behavior, and attitude change. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
PSYCH 486 Stereotyping and Prejudice (1)
Analysis of the psychological causes and consequences of stereotyping and prejudices with a focus on recent developments in the field of social psychology.
PSYCH 489 Topics in Social Psychology (1)
Research and theory of current interest. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
PSYCH 492 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Development (1)
Development of cognitive structures and processes, including learning, memory, reasoning, language, and conceptual systems. Advanced level.
PSYCH 493 Special Fields of Personality and Abnormal Psychology (1)
Survey and appraisal of selected areas of specialization in personality and abnormal psychology.
PSYCH 494 Theories of Personality (1)
The nature and functions of theory in psychology. Major theoretical approaches to personality: dynamic, phenomenological, trait, social-psychological, sociological, and behavioral.
PSYCH 495-1,2,3 Psychological Assessment (1) (1) (1)
First Quarter: Introduction to assessment, interviewing, mental status exam, DSM-III, and objective personality test (MMPI). Second Quarter: Intellectual/neuropsychological assessment, including intellectual and achievement tests and report writing. Third Quarter: Projective assessment, including Rorschach, TAT, miscellaneous projective techniques, and report writing.
PSYCH 496-1,2,3 Contemporary Psychotherapy (1) (1) (1)
First Quarter: Contemporary approaches to individual psychotherapy. Second Quarter: Contemporary approaches to group psychotherapy and the treatment of disturbed marital and family relationships. Third Quarter: Minipracticum.
PSYCH 497 Special Topics in Clinical Psychology (1)
Research and theory in clinical psychology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
PSYCH 499 Independent Study (1, 2, or 3) (1, 2, or 3) (1, 2, or 3)
Permission of instructor and department required.
PSYCH 520 Seminar in Psychological Theory (1)
Survey of recent literature in psychological theory.
PSYCH 560 Seminar in Cognitive Science (1)
Survey of recent literature in cognitive science.
PSYCH 570 Seminar in Psychobiology (1)
Survey of recent literature in psychobiology.
PSYCH 590 Research (1, 2, or 3) (1, 2, or 3) (1, 2, or 3)
Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation.
Related Courses in the Department of Management and Organizations
MORS 424-1 The Individual and the Organization (1)
MORS 424-2 Social Processes in Organizations (1)
MORS 427 Laboratory Experimentation with Organizations (1)
Related Course in the Department of Sociology
SOCIOL 404 Designs for Descriptive Causal Research in Field Settings (1)
