Psychology (PSYCH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

PSYCH 1102

This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind.  Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7383 PSYCH 1102   LEC 001

PSYCH 1104

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 1104LING 1104PHIL 1911

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  7957 PSYCH 1104   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Swallow, K

PSYCH 1120

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Perspective on Morality

  • 17786 PSYCH 1120   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PSYCH 1140

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Consciousness & the Brain

  • 17787 PSYCH 1140   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

PSYCH 1500

Environmental Psychology is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban and ... view course details

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  •  7565 PSYCH 1500   LEC 001

  •  7566 PSYCH 1500   DIS 201

  •  7567 PSYCH 1500   DIS 202

  •  7568 PSYCH 1500   DIS 203

  •  7569 PSYCH 1500   DIS 204

  •  7571 PSYCH 1500   DIS 206

  •  7572 PSYCH 1500   DIS 207

  •  7573 PSYCH 1500   DIS 208

  •  7574 PSYCH 1500   DIS 209

  •  7575 PSYCH 1500   DIS 210

  •  7576 PSYCH 1500   DIS 211

  •  7577 PSYCH 1500   DIS 212

  •  7578 PSYCH 1500   DIS 213

  •  7579 PSYCH 1500   DIS 214

  •  7580 PSYCH 1500   DIS 215

  •  7779 PSYCH 1500   DIS 216

PSYCH 1501

Human-Environment Relations is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7597 PSYCH 1501   LEC 001

  •  7598 PSYCH 1501   DIS 201

PSYCH 2090

One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches topics from both psychobiological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 7090

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6202 PSYCH 2090   LEC 001

PSYCH 2091

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  9562 PSYCH 2091   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Schwade, J

PSYCH 2150

Provides an introduction to the psychology of language. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena. Covers a broad range of topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 2150LING 2215

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7721 PSYCH 2150   LEC 001

PSYCH 2940

Effective judgments and decisions are critical to success in every avenue of life. This course will explore research on the principles of sound judgment and decision making, and on the ways in which people's ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEM 2020

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 18024 PSYCH 2940   LEC 001

    • MW Warren Hall B25
    • Frank, R

      Gilovich, T

      O'Donoghue, T

      Russo, J

      Schulze, W

PSYCH 3140

This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 3140INFO 3140PSYCH 6140

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7407 PSYCH 3140   LEC 001

PSYCH 3150

Multidisciplinary discussion of the causes, effects, and treatments of human obesity. Topics include the biopsychology of eating behavior, the genetics of obesity, the role of activity and energy metabolism, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NS 3150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16316 PSYCH 3150   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: NS 1150 or PSYCH 1101. Enrollment limited to: Junior or Senior students during pre-enroll. Sophomores may be allowed to open enroll if there are spaces open during the ADD period. If you are not able to enroll, please contact Terry Mingle (tpm2).

PSYCH 3250

A theoretical and empirical approach to the biological, psychological, and social (including cultural and historical) aspects of adult psychopathology. Readings range from Freud to topics in psychopharmacology. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 3700

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6085 PSYCH 3250   LEC 001

PSYCH 3280

Continues the field practicum experience from PSYCH 3270. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 3280

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7600 PSYCH 3280   SEM 101

PSYCH 3820

This course will familiarize you with the basic experimental social psychology research that investigates how our thoughts and beliefs (stereotypes), evaluative attitudes (prejudice), and behavioral responses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18038 PSYCH 3820   LEC 001

PSYCH 4180

Covers the major topics in the psychology of music treated from a scientific perspective. Presents recent developments in the cognitive science of music, including perception and memory for pitch and rhythm, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 4181

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18684 PSYCH 4180   LEC 001

PSYCH 4230

Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 6230

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8002 PSYCH 4230   SEM 101

PSYCH 4320

A course examining the core disciplines of cognitive science using varied themes from semester to semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIONB 4330COGST 4310

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Inconvenient Truths II: A Realistic Look at Human

  • 18143 PSYCH 4320   SEM 101

PSYCH 4420

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 6421

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18011 PSYCH 4420   SEM 101

PSYCH 4470

Imagination is a core feature of human cognition, and the study of human imagination possibly one of the broadest and least unified topics in psychological science. This course, drawing on readings from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18454 PSYCH 4470   SEM 101

PSYCH 4700

Practice in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6135 PSYCH 4700   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Christiansen, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6136 PSYCH 4700   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Cleland, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6137 PSYCH 4700   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Cutting, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6138 PSYCH 4700   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Devoogd, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8407 PSYCH 4700   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Krosch, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6139 PSYCH 4700   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Edelman, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6140 PSYCH 4700   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Ferguson, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6141 PSYCH 4700   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Field, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6188 PSYCH 4700   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Linster, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6189 PSYCH 4700   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Gilovich, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6190 PSYCH 4700   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Goldstein, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6191 PSYCH 4700   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kinzler, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6192 PSYCH 4700   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Krumhansl, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6193 PSYCH 4700   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Levitsky, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6194 PSYCH 4700   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Pizarro, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6233 PSYCH 4700   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Zayas, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6234 PSYCH 4700   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Segal, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6235 PSYCH 4700   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Smith, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6236 PSYCH 4700   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Strupp, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6237 PSYCH 4700   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Zayas, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6238 PSYCH 4700   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Ophir, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6239 PSYCH 4700   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Swallow, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6923 PSYCH 4700   IND 631

    • TBA
    • Casasola, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7412 PSYCH 4700   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Koslowski, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7787 PSYCH 4700   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Reyna, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8374 PSYCH 4700   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Mendle, J

PSYCH 4710

Advanced experience in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research. One, and preferably two, semesters of PSYCH 4700 is required. The research should be more ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6156 PSYCH 4710   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6157 PSYCH 4710   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Christiansen, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6158 PSYCH 4710   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Cleland, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6159 PSYCH 4710   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Cutting, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6160 PSYCH 4710   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Devoogd, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6161 PSYCH 4710   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Anderson, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6162 PSYCH 4710   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Edelman, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6163 PSYCH 4710   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Ferguson, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6164 PSYCH 4710   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Field, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6195 PSYCH 4710   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Krosch, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6196 PSYCH 4710   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Gilovich, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6197 PSYCH 4710   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Goldstein, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6198 PSYCH 4710   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kinzler, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6199 PSYCH 4710   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Krumhansl, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6200 PSYCH 4710   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Levitsky, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6201 PSYCH 4710   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Pizarro, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6240 PSYCH 4710   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6241 PSYCH 4710   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6242 PSYCH 4710   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Segal, H

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6243 PSYCH 4710   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Strupp, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6244 PSYCH 4710   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Zayas, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6245 PSYCH 4710   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Smith, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6246 PSYCH 4710   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Ophir, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6247 PSYCH 4710   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Swallow, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6924 PSYCH 4710   IND 631

    • TBA
    • Casasola, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7416 PSYCH 4710   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Reyna, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7417 PSYCH 4710   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Linster, C

PSYCH 4760

This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4760HD 6760PSYCH 6760

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7305 PSYCH 4760   LEC 001

PSYCH 6000

This course is designed to introduce first-year graduates to the Psychology Department faculty through a weekly series of presentations of current research. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6027 PSYCH 6000   SEM 101

PSYCH 6140

This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 3140INFO 3140PSYCH 3140

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7444 PSYCH 6140   LEC 001

PSYCH 6210

Graduate seminar coupled with the Psychology Colloquium series. For 6-8 of the speakers, we read readings designated by the speaker in advance of their arrival, and meet with the speaker in the Thursday ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6019 PSYCH 6210   SEM 101

    • R
    • Field, D

PSYCH 6230

Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 4230

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8003 PSYCH 6230   SEM 101

PSYCH 6271

Course explores current issues in Psychology.  Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Cognition & Neural Systems

  •  6907 PSYCH 6271   SEM 101

    • T
    • Cleland, T

      Smith, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Mechanisms of Social Behavior

  •  7708 PSYCH 6271   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Ophir, A

PSYCH 6421

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 4420

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18010 PSYCH 6421   SEM 101

PSYCH 6480

Imagination and Cognition: Imagination serves important functions in everyday thought and action. We will read some classic and some recent studies highlighting the cognitive and neural basis of imagination, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18122 PSYCH 6480   SEM 101

  • 18134 PSYCH 6480   DIS 201

PSYCH 6760

This course builds on the first graduate statistics class for social sciences offered in falls. It will cover the general linear model as a data analytic tool. The focus will be on applied regression models. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4760HD 6760PSYCH 4760

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7311 PSYCH 6760   LEC 001

PSYCH 7000

A graduate research seminar in biopsychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6178 PSYCH 7000   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Field, D

PSYCH 7090

One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches problems from both psychobiological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 2090

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6187 PSYCH 7090   LEC 001

PSYCH 7100

A graduate research seminar in human experimental psychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6921 PSYCH 7100   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Christiansen, M

PSYCH 7200

A graduate research seminar in social psychology and personality. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6920 PSYCH 7200   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Ferguson, M

PSYCH 7760

Second semester of a year-long discussion-seminar course intended to give graduate students an in-depth understanding of current research and theory in social psychology. Emphasizes social cognition, but ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6028 PSYCH 7760   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Ferguson, M

      Kinzler, K

      Krosch, A

      Pizarro, D

      Zayas, V

  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students in social psychology. Permission of instructors required.

PSYCH 9000

A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in biopsychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6029 PSYCH 9000   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff

PSYCH 9100

A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in human experimental psychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6030 PSYCH 9100   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Cutting, J

PSYCH 9200

A graduate seminar on doctoral thesis research in social psychology and personality. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6172 PSYCH 9200   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Gilovich, T