PSYC 396

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Intermediate Current Topics in Psychology

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Credit: 0 TO 3 hours.

Intermediate treatment of current topics in the field of psychology.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours in a semester, to a maximum of 12 hours in subsequent semesters. Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or consent of instructor; particular sections may have additional 200-level prerequisites.

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PSYC 396 class schedule data for spring 2020
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
46544	Lecture-Discussion	EJP	5:00PM -8:00PM	T	Danville IL	Ginsburg, R Spielmann, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-06/05/20 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Intergroup Relations Theory Section Info: Restricted to nondegree students participating in the Education Justice Project for the current term. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Senior class standing. Restricted to NDEG:Undergrad Nondeg-CE-UIUC.
48453	Lecture-Discussion	FD	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	Psychology Building	Dolcos, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Emotion, Cognition & The Brain Section Info: Senior priority enrollment begins November 6th. Junior priority enrollment begins November 13th. All restrictions lifted at 9:00 am on November 18th. This course discusses key concepts in the literature on emotion-cognition interactions, with particular emphasis on factors, skills, and mechanisms that influence our resilience in the face of emotional and cognitive challenges. Emotions can influence pretty much any aspect of our cognition, from early stages of processing during initial perception and experiencing of an emotional event (such as a romantic dinner or a stressful exam) to later stages of processing that will eventually influence our memories of the events, along with the decisions to pursue or avoid similar situations in the future. Emotion processing, however, is also susceptible to cognitive influences, as we are also able to control our emotional responses, decide whether to embrace or avoid emotional situations, or decide whether to let our decisions be driven by emotions or not. Importantly, these emotion-cognition interactions are also critical for adjusting our social behavior in healthy functioning (for instance, by controlling our reactions if emotional display is not appropriate), and their dysfunction is associated with clinical conditions such as depression and anxiety. Therefore, "pathways to resilience" that protect against such dysfunctions when facing adversity will receive particular attention, based on examples with applicability to real-life situations. Elective course for Cognitive Neuroscience, Intradisciplinary, Personality or Social Psychology Concentration*
64390	Lecture-Discussion	IN2	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Wszalek, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Title: Internship Experience Section Info: Directed experience for students participating in career-related internships. This course is not intended for students in their first year of study. Students must secure an internship prior to enrolling. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Psychology department. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64891	Lecture-Discussion	SLB	12:00PM -12:50PM	MWF	Psychology Building	Lleras Buetti, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: The Attentive Mind Section Info: Senior priority enrollment begins November 6th. Junior priority enrollment begins November 13th. All Restrictions lifted at 9:00am on November 18th. Our senses deliver to our brain a vast amount of information about the environment (sounds, lights, smells, etc.) and our body (hunger, heat, balance, etc.). Famously, Tsotsos (1994) demonstrated that a brain able to process and understand all of this information simultaneously would not fit inside our skull! Moreover, our brains not only process sensory information, they also enable us to have a very rich mental life (thoughts about the past, present and future, emotions, desires, goals, etc.). How does our mind keep up with all this information? Attention is the set of processes that help us focus on a subset of information that our brain can handle. Thanks to attention we are not overwhelmed or distracted by all the information that is not important to the present moment. In this class we will cover a wide range of attention-related topics, including multi-tasking, mind-wandering, mindfulness, neuropsychological disorders of attention (such as spatial neglect), and ADHD. We will also study the basic mechanisms of attention, how researchers investigate attention, and how these basic concepts are used in design, legal and engineering applications. This is an active learning course involving weekly group activities and discussions. Elective course for Cognitive or Intradisciplinary Psychology concentration