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 fall 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
38136	Lecture-Discussion	CH	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Hunter, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Title: Mentoring Section Info: To accompany implementation of multiple-mentor framework and a shift away from “guru” mentoring (a dominant paradigm in clinical science) the purpose of this seminar series is to (1) describe the multiple-mentor framework, (2) introduce the Multiple-Mentor Map, (3) assist attendees with identifying their mentoring needs in several broad areas outlined by the Multiple-Mentor Map, (4) identify multiple individuals who could be mentors in the identified areas, and (5) increase attendees' on-going self-reflection about areas that are strengths and their expectations of mentoring relationships. Participation in the seminar series involves active participation, consistent attendance, completion of the Multiple-Mentor Map, and identification of 1 – 2 individuals who the trainee will ask to serve as mentors in 1 – 2 substantive areas. By the end of the seminar series, attendees will be asked to share what they have learned about multiple-mentor framework along with areas that worked well and areas that did not work so well. Restricted to Psychology Clinical Community Doctoral Students. Meeting time and location TBD. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Psychology department.
55230	Lecture-Discussion	CS2	3:00PM -4:50PM	M	Psychology Building	Stern, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Title: The Psychology of Politics Section Info: This seminar-based course will cover both foundational and advanced topics in political psychology, including the psychological profiles of liberals and conservatives, morality, political decision making (e.g., voting), social stability and change, stereotyping and prejudice, and the role of psychology in political science (and vice-versa). Readings for this class will be drawn from both psychology and political science to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of political psychology. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
76254	Lecture-Discussion	DS1	10:00AM -11:50AM	T	Psychology Building	Simons, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Best Research Practices Section Info: The past decade has seen radical changes in awareness of flawed research practices and the steps needed to eliminate them. Academic societies and journals have introduced new reporting standards, others now strongly encourage transparent practices like preregistration and open data/materials, and some have implemented review processes that emphasize methodological rigor rather than novelty. More journals now publish direct replications, and some have adopted registered report formats in which the review process occurs prior to data collection. Sessions on research and statistical practices at major conferences have become common and are well attended. This course is designed to help you hone your methodological and statistical intuitions with hands-on evaluation of claims about research design, analysis, and reporting. We will explore the growing literature on problematic practices and strategies for avoiding them. We will construct and evaluate statistical simulations to enhance our intuitions about statistical practices and their consequences. We will engage in statistical forensics as a way to identify problematic practices in published findings. Much of the content of this course focuses on understanding problems with research and statistical practices, but the goal is not to take down research. Rather it is to develop intuitions about the consequences of analysis decisions so that you can develop more accurate intuitions about and understanding of what good research requires. Many of the principles we will discuss are covered only superficially (if at all) in standard statistics courses. The course assumes that you have taken introductory-level graduate statistics (or advanced undergraduate statistics). We will not be delving into advanced statistical techniques—rather, we will be developing intuitions about how research practices affect the interpretation of research findings. Some familiarity with R (or the ability to learn quickly) would be helpful. The code we’ll be generating and examining is not complex, but having some familiarity in advance will help. The class includes weekly readings (articles, blog posts, etc.) and problem sets (or other assignments) as well as a final project that you will present at the end of the semester. Each week in class, we will spend time discussing the completed assignment before delving into that week’s readings. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
53695	Lecture-Discussion	EP	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Pomerantz, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Parental Socialization Section Info: Topic: Parental Socialization This seminar will focus on the role that parents play in children¿s development. Major theories and methods in the area will be studied. Attention will be given to how parents on their own and in conjunction with other influences (e.g., children¿s biology and culture) shape children¿s development. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
55733	Lecture-Discussion	JH	2:00PM -3:50PM	M	Psychology Building	Hummel, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Title: Symbolic Neural Computation Section Info: One of the most important questions in the cognitive and neural sciences concerns the nature of the computations carried out by the human brain: Are they fundamentally symbolic in nature, are they fundamentally associative (non-symbolic) in nature, or are they the result of associative processes that somehow mimic or give rise to symbolic processes as a natural consequence? This seminar will explore the nature of neural computation with an emphasis on attempts to understand how, and whether, the operations performed by the human brain give rise to symbolic thought. The primary focus of this exploration will be on computational (“neural network”) models that have attempted to solve problems – including shape perception and object recognition, attention, language comprehension, and abstract reasoning – that putatively depend on symbolic computations. The goals of the seminar are to (a) familiarize students with approaches to modeling putatively symbolic processes in neurally-realizable computing architectures, (b) encourage students to critically evaluate these and other computational systems as models of human cognition, and (c) come to an understanding of what constitutes “symbolic” (as opposed to “associative” or “non-symbolic”) computation, and how to determine which (if either) kind of computation is taking place in the human neural/cognitive architecture. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40517	Online Discussion	KL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Leskis, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Title: INBAL Applied Psych Assmt Section Info: Applied Psychological Assessment In this seminar, students will be provided with experience in applied psychological assessment including formal psychological testing with children, adolescents, and young adults. Readings, observations, discussions, and case reviews will focus on conceptual, practical, and ethical issues inherent in assessment including the interpretation and presentation of results. Flexible and interactive approaches to contextualized evaluation will be emphasized, including non-traditional, and virtual methods. Seminars will be conducted via ZOOM, or in person at the Illinois NeuroBehavioral Assessment Laboratory (INBAL) located at 301 N. Neil St., Suite 210, in downtown Champaign. All in person meetings will be in accordance with CDC Social Distancing Guidelines. Please contact instructor for more details. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
38116	Lecture-Discussion	PR2	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Christianson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Psychology of Reading Section Info: 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. NOTE: Instructor will arrange meeting times with enrolled students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to PHD:Psychology -UIUC.
39832	Lecture-Discussion	WH	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Huffman, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Section Title: Neuropsychological Assessment Section Info: Topic: Neuropsychological Assessment of Children, Adolescents, and Adults This course will provide students with in-depth experience in comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for children, adolescents and adults. Students will have the opportunity to learn and master a wide variety of tests and measures used to assess cognitive, emotion, and social function. Readings, case conferences, and discussions will focus on analysis and interpretation of testing data and other sources of information. Cases generally involve individuals with complex neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric issues which intersect with social, emotional, and environmental challenges. Students attending this seminar will be exposed to hypothesis building and testing, measurement strategies and interpretation of data, and use of the literature to investigate and determine fundamental neuropsychological mechanisms and their interactions with other factors in explaining functional impairments. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.