PSYC 593

Fall 2011

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7
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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

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

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
38128
Lecture-Discussion
ACK
10:00AM -11:50AM
W
Psychology Building
Kirlik, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Proseminar in Human Factors
Section Info:
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. Meets with CS 598 ACK.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38101
Lecture-Discussion
AK
10:00AM -11:50AM
F
Beckman Institute
Kramer, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
CurrentTopics Visual Attemtion
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.
49460
Lecture-Discussion
CPS
9:00AM -10:50AM
T
Psychology Building
Brown-Schmidt, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Cognitive Professional Seminar
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55707
Lecture-Discussion
FD
3:40PM -5:00PM
R
Beckman Institute
Dolcos, F
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
CurrentTopicsAffectiveNeurosci
Section Info:
Current Topics in Affective Neurosciences Emotion is a double-edged sword. Iin some circumstances the enhanced significance of emotional stimuli can benefit cognitive processes (e.g. better memory for emotional events), while in others it can hinder them and cause detrimental effects on behavior (e.g., increased emotional distractibility). On the other hand, emotion processing is also susceptible to cognitive influences (e.g., cognitive control of emotion). Despite their relevance for understanding brain function in both healthy and clinical conditions, the neural mechanisms mediating the interactions between emotion and cognition are not well understood. This seminar will discuss current topics in the literature on emotion-cognition interactions, with a focus on the associated neural correlates. Meets in room 4169 Beckman.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38127
Lecture-Discussion
JG
3:00PM -4:50PM
W
Psychology Building
Gulley, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
BehavNeuroscienceDrugAddiction
Section Info:
Topic: Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction. We will explore some of the latest research and controversies in the behavioral neuroscience of drug dependence and addiction. This includes studies of drug-induced plasticity, the role of dopamine in reward and reinforcement, cognitive changes induced by repeated drug exposure, individual differences in vulnerability, and co-morbidity between addiction and other psychopathologies (e.g., depression and schizophrenia). Weekly class meetings will involve discussion and critical evaluation of readings that are assigned by the instructor and those chosen by students in the course.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55705
Lecture-Discussion
LH
3:00PM -4:50PM
T
Psychology Building
Hubert, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Advanced Multivariate Methods
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54683
Lecture-Discussion
MR
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Regenwetter, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Behavioral Social Choice
Section Info:
How should groups, organizations, and society as a whole make collective decisions? Methods of preference aggregation (aka social choice, consensus methods) have a long history in Political Science, Economics and Mathematics, but have also been studied sporadically in Psychology and the Management Sciences. The vast majority of existing work on social choice has focused on Economics-based Rational Choice Theory. This literature is plagued with troubling results, most notably Kenneth Arrow’s Nobel Prize winning “Impossibility Theorem,” which appears to suggest that democratic or rational collective decision making is a pipe dream. Behavioral social choice is grounded in Psychology and considers empirical and behavioral aspects of preference aggregation. In this course, we will review the nascent literature in this young field. The seminar will highlight quantitative methods and empirical findings. Much of the existing empirical evidence suggests that the literature’s pessimism about preference aggregation is based on inaccurate assumptions about real decision making situations, and that many policy recommendations are misleading.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
51546
Lecture-Discussion
RAM
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Preston, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Religion Agency and Morality
Section Info:
Psychology of Religion Agency and Morality (PRAM) Laboratory. Weekly discussions related to ongoing research in religion, agency, and morality. Students expected to give presentations on current lab projects throughout the semester. Topics also include discussion of recently published scholarly papers, and news in the areas of religion, agency and morality.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
41504
Lecture-Discussion
RDC
10:00AM -10:50AM
MWF
Psychology Building
Cummins, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Evolution of Mind
Section Info:
Meets with PSYC 356, PHIL 356 and PHIL 583 RDC.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54901
Lecture-Discussion
SBS
1:00PM -2:50PM
M
Psychology Building
Brown-Schmidt, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/11-12/07/11
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Basic Multilevel Modeling
Section Info:
This seminar is a continuation of the multilevel modeling reading group. In the Fall semester we will focus on the very basics of implementing a multi-level model in R, primarily focusing on the analysis of psycholinguistic data.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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