PSYC 593

Fall 2012

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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
38101
Lecture-Discussion
AK
10:00AM -11:50AM
F
Beckman Institute
Kramer, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
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. This course will meet in room 1329 Beckman, please enter through suite 1301 Beckman.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
42024
Lecture-Discussion
AL
9:00AM -11:50AM
R
219A Psychology Building
Lleras, A
Yamani, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Intro to Research Programming
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.
49460
Lecture-Discussion
CPS
ARRANGED
n.a.
Psychology Building
Brown-Schmidt, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Cognitive Professional Seminar
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
51546
Lecture-Discussion
MOR
2:00PM -4:50PM
F
Location Pending
Preston, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
Section Title:
Social Psychology of Morality
Section Info:
This seminar will focus on classic and contemporary work concerning moral reasoning and moral behavior. Discussions will primarily cover social psychological literature.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54683
Lecture-Discussion
MR
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Regenwetter, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
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.
45707
Lecture-Discussion
SG
3:00PM -4:50PM
W
608 Psychology Building
Garnsey, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/27/12-12/12/12
Section Title:
Neuroimaging of Language
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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