Current topical offerings in Psychology.

This course is designed to introduce you to the concepts of item response theory (IRT) models and their application to substantive psychological problems in measurement, such as test and scale design and analysis. Prerequisite: Undergraduates must have taken Psyc 3005 and 3006 OR 4005 and 4006. Grads must have taken Psyc 7710. Instructor consent required.

This course covers R programming, linear models focused on analyzing COVID-19 data and advanced regression analytical tools applied to understanding COVID-19-related effects on well-being.  Students will learn how to produce visualization plots of data with RStudio and Shiny Apps.  Group work entails creating a data analysis report summarizing their empirical findings. Prerequisites: Intro statistics course and any R statistical software course.

This seminar provides an overview of the cognitive perspective in accounting for thought (e.g., varieties of representation) as well as particular cognitive processes (e.g., attention, memory).

The goal is to provide students with foundations in circuit, systems, and behavioral neuroscience that are necessary and helpful for research in neuroscience. It will be team-taught by faculty, each of whom will lead 1-2 week modules with lectures and discussions on topics of their expertise. A special emphasis will be placed on introducing the physiological and behavioral methods used in modern neuroscience research.

This course explores the developing mind from birth to age three, focusing on biological, cognitive, social, and emotional factors. Emphasis is on contemporary research methods and findings and their implications and application.

This course has a two-fold purpose. First, it is designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Second, will explore psychology's history and development and then investigate the role of History and Systems on our current psychotherapy.

Discusses contemporary developments in psychological theory, methods, and research. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in psychology or instructor permission.

Discusses contemporary developments in psychological theory, methods, and research. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in psychology or instructor permission.

Discusses contemporary developments in psychological theory, methods, and research. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in psychology or instructor permission.