PSYC 593

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Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Discussion of current topics in their historical setting, with special emphasis on research problems.

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PSYC 593 class schedule data for fall 2008
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
38101	Lecture-Discussion	AK	2:00PM -3:50PM	F	Beckman Institute	Kramer, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Current Topics in Visual Attention. This seminar will focus on current topics in visual attention and will include theories and empirical research on the following issues: Cognitive neuroscience of attention, goal-directed and stimulus-driven incluences on attentional guidance, multimodal selection and attention, the relationship between eye movements and covert attention, and attention and memory. Students will be responsible for reading one to two manuscripts per week and discussing and critiquing the research and theories. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
42024	Lecture-Discussion	AL	9:30AM -11:45AM	R	Psychology Building	Levinthal, B Lleras, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Intro to Research Programming. Computer programming is an increasingly important component of a research scientist's skill set. The goal of this course is to provide graduate students with the programming skills necessary to independently design experiments and analyze the resulting data. The course is designed to accommodate multiple levels of programming proficiency: students without programming experience will learn to create, read and modify programs, while students with moderate or advanced programming skills will learn to create complex and complete experiments. Students will learn to program using Matlab, a powerful and widespread scientific programming environment. This language is similar to most modern programming languages (e.g. C++, Python), thus the skills acquired in this course would transfer easily to other programming environments. Students will be required to complete short weekly programming assignments and a self-selected final project. The course is open to all psychology graduate students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53035	Lecture-Discussion	AL0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Levinthal, B Lleras, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
38121	Lecture-Discussion	B	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	Psychology Building	Brewer, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Cognitive Pro seminar. Seminar for students entering in cognitive psychology. Coursework covers professional matters such as departmental policies, journals, research, grants, ethics, etc. Faculty members of the division will give individual presentations of their ongoing research. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38127	Lecture-Discussion	BC	12:00PM -1:50PM	M	Beckman Institute	Beck, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Brain & Cognition Division Brown Bag. Seminar for all B&C graduate students. Weekly presentation of research by faculty and graduate students. Research topics from brain and cognition, and related fields. Requirements include attendance and participation in discussion. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38125	Lecture-Discussion	CC	9:30AM -10:50AM	F	Psychology Building	Aber, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Clinical Division Brown Bag. Wide variety of presentations and discussions of current clinical, professional, and research issues in clinical/community psychology. Enrollment required of all clinical/community graduate students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53037	Lecture-Discussion	CF0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Fisher, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
38116	Lecture-Discussion	COG	12:00PM -1:20PM	F	Psychology Building	Hummel, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Cognitive Division Brown Bag. Required of all students in the Cognitive Psychology Division. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38126	Lecture-Discussion	DEV	1:30PM -2:50PM	F	Psychology Building	Miller, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Developmental Division Brown Bag. Developmental division weekly research seminar. Graduate students and faculty in the division present proposed or current research. Graduate students in the division are required to enroll in the seminar each semester and give a presentation at least once a year. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38124	Lecture-Discussion	DIV	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	Psychology Building	Aber, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Diversity Seminar. This seminar focuses on issues of diversity and multiculturalism and their impact on theory, research, and practice in clinical and community psychology. Seminar topics are wide ranging and presentations vary in format from lectures to workshops. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53034	Laboratory-Discussion	GG0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Gratton, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
38128	Lecture-Discussion	HF	10:00AM -11:50AM	W	Psychology Building	Kirlik, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Proseminar in Human Factors. The purpose of the seminar is to present the student with an understanding of the methodology, content, and research process in engineering psychology and human factors. One aspect focuses on the current content of engineering psychology research with an emphasis on faculty research on this campus. The second aspect examines the process of human factors/engineering psychology research, addressing the particular issues in experimental design, data analysis, write up, and presentation, that are relatively unique to applied experimental research. Prior background in human factors or engineering psychology is neither a requirement, nor even expected. It is however important that the student be interested in the applications of psychology theory to applied problems. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39836	Lecture-Discussion	IO	12:00PM -1:20PM	R	Location Pending	Newman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Title: Current Topics in IO Section Info: Topic: Current Topics in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53032	Lecture-Discussion	IO0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Newman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
39837	Lecture-Discussion	JJ	12:00PM -1:50PM	W	Psychology Building	Juraska, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Brain Development for Psychologists Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53033	Lecture-Discussion	JJ0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Juraska, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
51546	Lecture-Discussion	JLP	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	Psychology Building	Preston, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Judgment and Decision Making. Judgments and decisions are often made under uncertainty: Who should I marry? What school should I go to? Is this a good price for dishwasher detergent? This seminar will investigate the heuristics that commonly underlie judgments under uncertainty, the errors and biases these heuristics produce, and what these mechanisms suggest about the processes of decision making. Special attention will be given to social psychological aspects of intuitive judgment. Open to graduate students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53036	Lecture-Discussion	JP0	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Preston, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08
46085	Lecture-Discussion	KC	7:00PM -9:50PM	R	Education Building	Christianson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Psychology of Reading Section Info: This course will survey primary literature dealing with the psychological underpinnings of reading. Some topics to be included are the eye movements during reading, visual word recognition, syntactic parsing, syntactic and lexical ambiguity resolution, discourse processing, reading instruction, dyslexia, reading in a foreign language, and reading in non-alphabetic orthographies. We'll read lots of primary literature, as well as some basic texts. Course work includes short weekly e-mail responses to the readings, and a final project that will allow you to plan an empirical study dealing with some topic covered in the course (without having to really carry out the experiment). Same as EPSY 590 BE Will meet in EDUC 389.
40517	Laboratory-Discussion	MBC	3:00PM -4:50PM	M	Psychology Building	Gratton, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience. This course will provide an in depth survey of the methods used to study human brain function. The course includes two parts: the first part (3 weeks) is dedicated to an introduction to human brain anatomy and function; the second part (12 weeks) will include a review of methods used in human brain studies. The emphasis is on brain imaging techniques including structural and function magnetic resonance imaging, event-related brain potentials, magnetoencephalography, and optical methods. This course satisfies the Methods requirement for graduate students in the Brain and Cognition program, and can also be used in partial fulfillment of the distribution or minor requirements for students in other divisions. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
42993	Lecture-Discussion	PJC	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Fraley, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Personality Journal Club. The objectives of this seminar are to keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the empirical study of personality. Students will be responsible for reading current research, presenting and critiquing that research in class, and offering thoughts on future research directions. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39838	Lecture-Discussion	PM	11:00AM -12:50PM	T	Psychology Building	Miller, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Ethonographic Research Methods. This is a "hands-on" seminar for graduate students in psychology and allied fields who are in the process of conducting ethnographic, interpretive, or qualitative studies. We will read exemplary ethnographies and how-to books and articles. Part of each class period will be devoted to working with students� own materials�fieldnotes, interviews, observations, and artifacts. We begin with an historical overview of qualitative methods and then address the steps involved in conducting research: field entry, observing and listening, taking fieldnotes, data analysis, and writing. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38122	Lecture-Discussion	QUA	1:30PM -2:50PM	M	Psychology Building	Spencer-Smith, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Quantitative Division Brown Bag. Seminar for the exchange of ideas and for current research by students, post-docs, and faculty of this and other departments engaged in quantitative research. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
44224	Lecture-Discussion	SC	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Preston, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Current Topics in Social Cog Section Info: Topic: Current Topics in Social Cognition. Weekly seminar group discussing the recent literature in social cognition selected from current issues of top psychology journals. Open to all graduate students. Qualified undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52860	Discussion/ Recitation	SLA	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	Location Pending	Fisher, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Info: Special Topics in Language Acquisition Meetsin room 608 Psychology. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39835	Lecture-Discussion	SPO	12:00PM -1:20PM	M	Psychology Building	Preston, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Social/Personality/Organizational Division Brownbag. This weekly seminar is the joint research meeting for all social, personality, and industrial-organizational graduate students. Each week includes one research lecture by a visiting scholar, a UI faculty member, or a UI graduate student. Requirements include attendance and participation in discussion. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38114	Lecture-Discussion	VCH	12:00PM -1:50PM	W	Psychology Building	Wang, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: VCHP Division Brown Bag. This course is required for students in the Visual Cognition & Human Performance division and recommended for students in the Cognitive division. Students, faculty, postdocs and visitors discuss their research in the brown bag. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52339	Lecture-Discussion	WF	9:00AM -10:50AM	F	Psychology Building	Fu, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Graduate seminar on Distributed cognition and interactive behavior This seminar will include theories and empirical research focuses on situations in which cognition is not confined to the individual, but distributed across individuals and/or objects in our environment. Interactive behavior is defined as the patterns of activities that emerge from the co-ordination between individuals and artifacts in various complex socio-technological systems. Topics will include how characteristics of the environment may interact with low-level perceptual-motor and cognitive operations and higher level behavior such as learning, information-seeking, and decision making at both the individual and social levels. Implications to designs of interactive environments will be discussed.
38130	Lecture-Discussion	X2	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	Psychology Building	Lyubansky, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Teaching Abnormal Psychology. This seminar focuses on the curricular, instructional, and practical aspects of teaching abnormal psychology to undergraduates. All graduate students currently teaching Psych 238 are required to enroll. Students planning to teach 238 next year are also eligible to attend. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
45711	Lecture-Discussion	YL	10:00AM -11:50AM	T	Psychology Building	Lee, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Human Factors in Surface Trasportation. Introduction to human factors issues in dynamic, practical environments such as driving. This seminar will focus on theories and applications of applied attention and information overload in driver behavior and highway and vehicle design. Students will be responsible for reading two manuscripts per week and discussing and critiquing the research and theories. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.