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 2018
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
41667	Lecture-Discussion	AB	1:30PM -3:20PM	R	Psychology Building	Barbey, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 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.
37765	Lecture-Discussion	BWR	9:30AM -11:30AM	W	Psychology Building	Roberts, B Simons, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Reproducibility in Psyc Section Info: Psychological science has been going through a crisis of confidence concerning the veracity of the findings that serve as the foundation to our field. This seminar will cover the problems of reproducibility and replicability in psychological science, as well as the proposed solutions to this crisis. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52860	Lecture-Discussion	CLF	9:30AM -11:30AM	F	Psychology Building	Fisher, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Title: Language and Thought Section Info: A shared language lets us communicate our thoughts to others, and learn about things we’ve never experienced. These are strong effects of Language (any language) on Thought; but psychologists and linguists have long argued fiercely over whether it matters which language we learn. Do the structure and the words of particular languages shape our thoughts in interesting ways? Some argue that they do; that different languages provide distinct ‘cognitive toolkits’ that affect what thoughts we can or do entertain. Others argue that languages wouldn’t be learnable in the first place if humans couldn’t entertain thoughts they didn’t have words for. In this seminar we'll read the current state of this literature, including work on the cognitive effects of language deprivation, and come to our own conclusions.
37672	Lecture-Discussion	DN	12:00PM -3:00PM	R	Psychology Building	Newman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Title: Multilevel & Networks in Orgs Section Info: Multilevel & Social Network Views of Organizations Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52683	Lecture-Discussion	FLD	1:00PM -2:50PM	F	Location Pending	Dolcos, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Topics in Affective Neurosci Section Info: This will be held in Room 5369 at Beckman. Description: Emotion is a double-edged sword - in 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37757	Lecture-Discussion	HC	2:00PM -4:30PM	T	Education Building	Chang, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Computerized Adaptive Testing Section Info: Computerized Adaptive Testing---Students will be introduced to the theory and basic algorithm development of computerized adaptive testing (CAT). This course meets with EPSY 590 Section CAT. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37746	Lecture-Discussion	MR	10:00AM -11:50AM	M	Location Pending	Regenwetter, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Modeling Heterogeneity Section Info: This will be held in Psyc Room 185. What is noise in scientific data and how could it come about? Consider an analogy: A bunch of pianists playing many pianos at once can generate a cacophony of sounds because, even though they all play the same Bach fugue, every one of them makes countless mistakes. Alternatively, each single pianist might play flawlessly, but switch around different Bach pieces at random moments. What is “noise” in psychological data? Are we all “playing the same tune?” Is a given person consistently playing one tune? Is the noise caused by “mistaken” behaviors? Is it inaccurate measurement? Or rather, are we playing different tunes and/or changing tunes, while, all along playing tunes of the same composer? Psychological science faces the formidable task of having to determine simultaneously what is deterministic (constant and same), while also determining what is probabilistic (uncertain and variable). These questions arise both between and within individuals. Students will learn about state-of-the-art modeling and order-constrained statistical inference. Starting from relevant work in decision making research, the course considers heterogeneity of behavior broadly. Students will be encouraged to carry out a potentially publishable project using custom-software (or their own code). The course requires minimal prior knowledge but a willingness to think deeply. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
49848	Lecture-Discussion	SL2	10:00AM -11:50AM	T	Psychology Building	Laurent, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Moral Psychology Section Info: Intensive analysis of issues in the psychological study of morality. Among others topics, the course will cover development of moral judgment, classic and modern outlooks, major theories and recent advances, moral emotions, moral hypocrisy, morality and political ideology, morality and the law, morality and the environment, morality and religion, moral dilemmas, morality in consumer contexts, and the study of praise and blame.