DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

GRADUATE COURSES

Department Permit Required for ALL Graduate Courses

Fall, 2005

PROSEMINARS
(Proseminars are 1 c.u. unless otherwise indicated)

COURSES
TITLE
INSTRUCTOR
TIME
ROOM
Psyc 600-301 Psycholinguistics
Trueswell/Dahan MW 10-12
IRCS Fishbowl
Psyc 600-303* Basic Neuroscience
Flanagan-Cato W 1-3
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Psyc 600-304* Social Psychology Rozin/McCauley W 4-7 PsyL B35
Psyc 600-305*
Cultural & Political
--
R 3-5
PsyL B35

*.50 c.u. - Meets entire semester

SEMINARS

COURSES
TITLE
INSTRUCTOR
TIME
ROOM
Psyc 611-301 Statistics
Rosenbaum
TR 12-1:30
JMHH B50
Psyc 745-301
S/T Cognitive Neuroscience
Epstein
R 9-12
Arranged
Psyc 750-401**
Neuropsychopharmacology
Lucki
TR 1:30-3
Mrgn 140
Psyc 751-301 S/T Cognitive Psychology
Trueswell
W 12-2*
Fishbowl/3401 Walnut
Psyc 810-301 Psychodiagnostic Testing
Hunt
Arranged
Arranged
Psyc 811-301 Psychodiagnostic Interviewing Hunt
Arranged
Arranged
Psyc 820-301 Advanced Practicum Goldstein
Arranged Arranged
Psyc 820-302 Advanced Practicum Hunt
Arranged Arranged
Psyc 820-303 Advanced Practicum DeRubeis
Arranged Arranged

*First session - September 14           **Psyc 750-401 - will count as a Psyc 709

Professional Skills  (non-credit course)   -   Martha Farah

Ethics Seminar  

Friday Sept 30, 10-12 -- John Trueswell
Oct 7, 10-12 -- Dianne Chambless
Oct 14 10-12 -- Laura Peoples

Location: B35
ROOMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

GRADUATE COURSES

Department Permit Required for ALL Graduate Courses

Fall, 2005

PROSEMINARS

(Proseminars are 1 c.u. unless otherwise indicated)

Psyc 600-301
Psycholinguistics
Delphine Dahan/John Trueswell

This course will cover fundamental issues in the study of human language: its use by adults and its acquisition by children. The proseminar has three main topics: (1) What is a language, (2) How do humans use it (i.e., how do they speak and understand), and (3) How is it learned. Under (1) we consider the theory of language, including phonological, morphological, syntactic and discourse considerations and how these levels of organization contribute to reference. Under (2), we consider speech perception and production, machinery for storing and accessing the mental lexicon, sentence and discourse processing. Under (3), we consider language development and how it proceeds normally and abnormally depending on environmental and maturational variation. Format is mainly lecture/discussion. There will be a midterm and a final exam. (Fulfills the "Mind" requirement)

Psyc 600-303
Basic Neuroscience
Lori Flanagan-Cato

*.50 c.u. - Meets entire semester.  This course will provide a foundation in the biological basis of behavior, and is intended for non-neuroscience graduate students. The topics will include neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and systems neuroscience. Although most of the material will focus on animal models, the topics will be related to mental health. The goal is to familiarize students with CNS organization, mechanisms of psychoactive drugs, functional roles of specific brain regions, and standard animal models for studying CNS diseases.   (Fulfills the "Brain" requirement)

Psyc 600-304
Social Psychology
Paul Rozin/Rick McCauley

*.50 c.u. - Meets entire semester.   This course will cover a broad range of topics in social psychology from a traditional experimental point of view, as well as from a biological and cultural point of view.  Specific topics will include, but not be limited to,  attitudes and attitude change, cooperation and competition, aggression, sexual behavior, social influence, person perception, emotion and its display, attachment, obedience, and conformity, food, cultural evolution, culture and socialization, collectivism-individualism. (Fulfills the "Individual and Group" requirement)


Psyc 600-305
Cultural and Political Psychology
---

*.50 c.u. - Meets entire semester. 


Stat 611-401
Statistics
Paul Rosenbaum
Cross-listed with Stat 500

An applied graduate level course in multiple regression and analysis of variance for students who have completed an undergraduate level course in basic statistical methods.  Emphasis is on practical methods of data analysis and th eir interpretation.  Covers model building, general linear hypothesis, residual analysis, leverage and influence, one-way anova, two-way anova, factorial anova.  Primarily for doctoral students in the managerial, behavioral, social and health sciences.

Psyc 745-301
S/T Cognitive Neuroscience
Russell Epstein

This seminar will examine the theory and practice of fMRI experimental design and fMRI data analysis.  We will read current papers on these topics with the aim of understanding the theoretical basis behind commonly used design and analysis procedures.

Psyc 750-401
Neuropsychopharmacology
Irwin Lucki
Cross-listed with INSC 576 and PHRM 550

 (This course may be used as a Psyc 709)  -  Neuropsychopharmacology provides an overview of the neurobiology of major neurppsychiatric illnesses.  The course is divided into four modules related to behavioral disorders or disciplines:  The specific modules covered are:  affective disorders, substance abuse, schizophrenia and behavioral genetics.  The modules present material that integrates clinical and basic neurobiology approaches to research of complex behavioral disorders.  Each module covers a specific area using the following format:  clinical features basic and clinical neuroscience studies relevant to understanding the pathobiology and mechanisms of treatment of each set of disorders case presentation or outside speakers.  Course Director:  Dr. Irwin Lucki, 3-3305).

Psyc 751-301
Special Topics in Cognitive Psychology
John Trueswell

Language & Communication Sciences Research SeminarThis weekly research seminar is designed to provide an intellectualgathering for those students interested in the interdisciplinary study of language and communication. It is our hope that this seminar will increase intellectual interaction among students from different disciplines who are all nevertheless engaged in the study of language and communication. Sessions will alternate between what we call  From-Within and From-Without meetings.    During a From-Within meeting, a student participant will be asked to present his/her ongoing research to the group, thereby providing an opportunity for the student to explain his/her work to non-experts in related disciplines.  During From-Within weeks, students will present and discuss selected readings by experts from outside Penn, in particular, that week's colloquium speaker at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, or the Brain and Lanuage series.  This "journal club" will expose students to research going on outside Penn, and prepare all of us for the colloquium in a way that is not normally possible.  Please contact Professor Trueswell by e-mail (trueswel@psych.upenn.edu) if you are interesdted in attending.  Lunch will be provided.

Psyc 810-301
Psychodiagnistic Testing
Melissa Hunt
Psyc 811-301
Psychodiagnostic Interviewing
Melissa Hunt
Psyc 820-301
Advanced Practicum
Alan Goldstein
Psyc 820-302
Advanced Practicum
Melissa Hunt
Psyc 820-303
Advanced Practicum
Rob DeRubeis