PSYC 593

Spring 2012

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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
46675
Lecture
A
2:00PM -3:20PM
TR
32 Psychology Building
Beck, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Images of Mind
Section Info:
Introduction to brain imaging and cognitive neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on critically evaluating neuroscience in the media. This section is for graduate students only. This section meets with PSYC 220.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37657
Lecture-Discussion
AK
10:00AM -11:30AM
F
Beckman Institute
Kramer, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Cognitive & Brain Plasticity
Section Info:
This seminar will focus on current topics in cognitive and brain plasticity and will include theories and empirical research on the following issues: cognitive and brain development in adolescence, the efficacy (and potential mechanisms) of various cognitive and brain training techniques for children, issues of relevance of cognitive decline during normal and pathological aging, the role of lifestyle factors and genetics in cognitive maintenance and decline in older adults. 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.
37658
Lecture-Discussion
ATT
9:00AM -10:50AM
T
815 Psychology Building
Fraley, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Attachment/Personality
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
43894
Lecture-Discussion
BG
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Gonsalves, B
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Cognitive Neuro of Memory
Section Info:
The intent of this seminar is to provide a survey of recent topics in the cognitive neuroscience of memory. Readings will be selected by students to include a wide variety of memory research, including recognition memory, priming, procedural memory, false memory, etc. Each week will be devoted to the readings selected by a student, and to the discussion of (at least) two papers. Students will be responsible for presenting the relevant findings and leading the discussion of the assigned readings, on a rotating basis. The presentation will give us an opportunity to discuss and assess in detail the theory, methods, results, and interpretation associated with that week?s readings.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
50805
Lecture-Discussion
DK2
3:30PM -5:00PM
M
608 Psychology Building
Korol, D
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Section Title:
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40612
Lecture-Discussion
GOD
1:30PM -2:50PM
M
708 Psychology Building
Preston, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Section Title:
SocialPsych of Religion&Belief
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to Psychology major(s).
45245
Lecture-Discussion
LH
3:00PM -4:50PM
W
819 Psychology Building
Hubert, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Computing&DataAnlys w/R&MatLab
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37746
Lecture-Discussion
MR
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Regenwetter, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
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. The ideal outcome of the seminar is that each participant will sharpen her critical thinking and carry out a small project on behavioral social choice motivated by his own research interests.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52861
Lecture-Discussion
SOC
1:00PM -3:50PM
W
508 Psychology Building
Preston, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Writng&ProfDevSocPersnltyPsych
Section Info:
Writing and Professional Development in Social Personality Psychology
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to Psychology major(s).
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