COURSE	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME	ROOM
Psyc 001-601	Intro. Exp. Psyc.	Roemer	T 6:30-9:10	Stit B21
Psyc 111-601	Perception.	Lutz	TR 5-6:30	Chem 109
Psyc 170-601	Social	Mason	TR 5-6:15	Logn 392
Psyc 180-601	Developmental	Aronfreed	W 6:30-9:10	Stit B21

This course will cover the areas of sensation and perception, learning and motivation, physiological, comparative, cognitive, social processes, developmental, individual differences, and personality. Additional focus will be on abnormal psychology.
 

Psyc 111-601

Perception

Christel Lutz

It seems so natural and effortless to sense and perceive objects and events in our environment that we tend to take sensation and perception for granted. Many perceptual illusions provide compelling evidence for the complexity of perceptual organization. But what are the underlying brain mechanisms that allow us to ransform the physical stimulus into subjectiveand cognitive percepts? And what is the interaction of perception with actions we carry out in our environment?  This course will cover vision, audition, smell and taste, as well as touch and pain and even the perception of time. By looking at specific phenomena in all of those modalities we willbe able to describe many general mechanisms and phenomena that are common to all senses. Students will be introduced to methods used in psychology, neuroscience, biology and artificial intelligence.
 

Psyc 170-601

Social

Kathryn Mason

Social psychology attempts to be a systematic study of human interaction. We will use examples of interaction in American subcultures, an African culture, and mainstream American culture when investigating: (1) the major theoretical paradigms used in social psychology, (2) social psychological research methodology and (3) the range of human social behavior from intra-individual to the group level of interaction.
 

Psyc 180-601

Developmental

Justin Aronfreed

Developmental psychology searches for the origins of human mental capacities and behavioral patterns. The phenomena of psychological development are brought to the lamps of a variety of conceptual perspectives, including those of natural philosophy, biological and cultural evolution, and general theoretical and experimental psychology. Specific topics focus on infants' and children's perceptual and learning abilities, mental representation and thought, language and communication, and social dispositions toward other human beings. Format: A series of lectures.