PSYC 593

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

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

2 or 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated if topics vary.

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PSYC 593 class schedule data for spring 2017
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
41667	Lecture-Discussion	AB	1:30PM -3:20PM	R	708 Psychology Building	Barbey, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Causal Reasoning Section Info: This seminar will concern the principles and processes by which people learn causal knowledge and engage in causal inference, including prediction, explanation, and counterfactual reasoning. Many topics in cognitive science are closely tied to causal reasoning, and will appeal to students from basic, clinical, and applied disciplines.
41665	Lecture-Discussion	CF	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	508 Psychology Building	Fraley, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Adult Attachment Research Section Info: The goal of this seminar is to review and discuss theory and research on attachment theory. Readings will focus on classic papers and modern research articles.
43474	Lecture-Discussion	DB	10:00AM -11:50AM	T	819 Psychology Building	Beck, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Consciousness Section Info: Examination of the scientific study of consciousness, with topics including (but not limited to): the role of attention in visual awareness, neural correlates of consciousness, and perception without awareness. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37755	Lecture-Discussion	DC	1:00PM -2:50PM	R	819 Psychology Building	Cohen, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Cultural Psychology Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
45689	Lecture-Discussion	FW2	2:00PM -3:30PM	M	458 Psychology Building	Wang, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Visual Perceptn & Cog Control Section Info: This seminar examines various aspects of visual processes and cognitive control, focusing on mind wandering, voluntary action, eye movements, and perception in virtual reality. Students will read and present relevant articles, and discuss their planned/on-going research on these topics.
43475	Lecture-Discussion	KC	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Christianson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Psychology of Reading Section Info: THIS SECTION WILL MEET IN ROOM 210A OF THE EDUCATION BUILDING. Please contact the instructor for meeting details. 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, and reading in non-alphabetic orthographies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
48190	Conference	MF	3:00PM -5:30PM	W	Location Pending	Fabiani, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Cognitive and Brain Aging Section Info: This class will provide a broad overview of cognitive and brain aging, surveying three main areas of research: (a) Health and neurocognitive function; (b) age-related cognitive, emotional and personality changes; (c) psychopathology, dementias and Parkinson’s disease. There are no prerequisites for this class. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54609	Lecture-Discussion	TS	9:30AM -11:20AM	T	708 Psychology Building	Sher, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Behavior Medicine Section Info: This advanced seminar is designed to introduce students to work within a context of the biopsychosocial model: the study of health issues from the standpoint of biological, psychological, and social factors acting together. The seminar will focus on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a variety of medical and psychiatric diagnoses in both in- and out-patient settings. Students will be exposed to issues related to working with medical professionals and within the medical system, as well as various methods/techniques that are used to help patients cope with chronic medical conditions and preventive care. The class format will be primarily seminar/discussion, with class participation expected of all students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.