Psychology Course Descriptions
'07-'08 and '08-'09

With links to Faculty and Course Pages

6000 & 9000 Level
Graduate Program Courses/
Colloquia and Graduate Research Seminars


Graduate Program Courses


G6001x. Proseminar 1
2007-08: Not offered
Fall 2008: 3 pts. S. Woolley W 2:10-4 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall

Prerequisite: open only to psychology graduate students. [Click here for syllabus].

G6002y. Proseminar 2
2007-08: Not offered
Spr 2009:
3 pts. D. Krantz W 2:10-4 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall

Prerequisite: open only to psychology graduate students.

G6003. Proseminar 3
Fall 2007. 3 pts. N. Bolger, W. Mischel W 2:10-4 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
2008-09: Not offered

Prerequisite: open only to psychology graduate students. [Click here for previous syllabus. ]

G6006x. Introduction to Statistical Modeling in Psychology
Fall 2007: 3pts. N. Bolger. W 10:10-12:00 Room 200B Schermerhorn Hall
Fall 2008: 3pts. D. Krantz TR 9:10-10:25 AM. Room 200B Schermerhorn Hall
Additional lab statistical exercises, Time to be arranged.

Methods of data analysis and mathematical modeling illustrated with examples from psychological research. [Click here for Fall 2007 syllabus]

G6007y. Analysis of Change
2007-08: Not offered
Spr 2009: 4pts. N. Bolger W 10:10-12 AM. Room 200B Schermerhorn Hall
Additional 1 hour per week of lab statistical exercises, Time to be arranged.

Prerequisite: Graduate statistics course in ANOVA or General Linear Model, or instructor's permission.
A survey course in statistical methods for the analysis of repeated-measures data, including data from experimental and nonexperimental studies. Surveys classical (e.g., MANOVA) and modern methods (e.g., Multilevel Models) for both continuous and categorical outcomes.

G6100y. Communicating Science
Spr 2008: 3 pts. S. Woolley T 4:10-6 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
2008-09: Not offered

Prerequisite: instructor's permission.
How to write about and present scientific information in a clear and interesting way. We will use: 1) individualized writing projects; 2) oral presentations; and 3) concise books on good writing to develop skills for communicating scientific ideas, design, results and theory.

G6200. Practicum in the Teaching of Psychology
Fall 2007: 2-3 pts. L. Putnam. T 10:10 - 12:00 Room 200C Schermerhorn Hall
Fall 2008: 2-3 pts. L. Putnam
. T 2:40 - 4:30 PM. Room 200C Schermerhorn Hall

Open to graduate students in psychology.
Practical and theoretical issues relating to the teaching of psychology and the psychology of teaching. [click here for syllabus]

G6500x & G6500y. Supervised Teaching Assistance
Fall 2007, Spr 2008: 3 pts. L. Putnam.
Fall 2008, Spr 2009: 3 pts. L. Putnam

Prerequisite: the permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching. Participation in ongoing teaching. [Psychology Ph.D. Students register for this each semester they have a teaching assistantship.]

G6600x & G6600y. Supervised Individual Research
Fall 2007, Spr 2008: 1-4 pts. N. Bolger.
Fall 2008, Spr 2009: 1-4 pts. N. Bolger

Prerequisite: the permission of the departmental Director of Graduate Studies.
[Psychology Ph.D. Students register for this in both Fall and Spring terms.]


Colloquia and Graduate Research Seminars

G9010x&y. The Serial Organization of Behavior
Fall 2007, Spr 2008: 3 pts. H. Terrace. F 1:30 - 3:30. Room TBA
Fall 2008, Spr 2009: 3 pts. H. Terrace F 1:30 - 3:30 PM. 352 Schermerhorn Hall


Prerequisite: G6001 or instructor's permission. Maximum student enrollment: 12 - priority given to advanced students and to students who are engaged in research on topic.
A critical review of literature on serial learning by animals with emphasis on its relationship to relevant aspects of the human literature.

G9020x. Research in Space Perception
2007-08: Not offered 3 pts.
2008-09: Not offered 3 pts.

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission and appropriate background.
Original research articles on the perception of space and orientation in space will be read and discussed. Experiments will be planned and executed as appropriate, and reports of work will be written.

G9165x&y. Research Seminar in Cognition
Fall 2007: 3 pts. E. Smith.
Spr 2008: 3 pts. J. Metcalfe F 10:10-12 AM. Room 364 Schermerhorn Hall

Fall 2008: 3 pts. E. Smith day/time/room tba
Spr 2009: 3 pts. J. Metcalfe F 10:10-12 AM. Room 364 Schermerhorn Hall

Open only to graduate students.
Weekly seminar of presentations and discussion of current topics in cognition. This course may be repeated for additional credit.

G9180. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Human Decision Making
2007-08: Not offered
2008-09: Not offered 3 pts. E. Weber

Prerequisite: the permission of the instructor.
Discussion of selected topics and issues in human decision making. This course may be repeated for additional credit. Click here for old syllabus

G9200. Advanced Topics in Cognition and Perception
2007-08: Not offered
2008-09: Not offered 3 pts.

Advanced seminar in selected topics in human cognition and perception including object recognition, attention, representation of spatial information, perception of motion and spatial transformations, perception of structure, and problem-solving.

G9350. Seminar in Social and Personality Psychology
2007-08: Not offered
2008-09: Not offered 3 pts.

Discussion of selected issues and topics in social and personality psychology.
[In Spring 2006 the topic will be Person Perception. Click here to see a more complete description.]

G9397x, G9398y. Research Seminar in Social & Personality Psychology
Fall 2007: 1 pt. N. Bolger. M 2:40-3:55. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
Spr 2008: 1 pt. N. Bolger M 2:40-3:55 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
Fall 2008: 1 pt. N. Bolger M 2:40-3:55 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
Spr 2009: 1 pt. (itba) M 2:40-3:55 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall

Open only to doctoral candidates. Prerequisite: the permission of one of the instructors.

G9410y. Behavioral Neuroscience (seminar)
Spr 2008: 3 pts. R. Silver, D. Hood, H. Terrace, P. Balsam W 2:10-4 PM. Room 405 Sch Hall
2008-09: Not offered

Prerequisite: At least one undergraduate neuroscience course and instructor's permission. Graduate students only.

Advanced seminar on the fundamentals of brain organization, development and function in the generation and contol of behavior. Using lecture, text and original literature, a basic graduate education on neurons, circuits, systems and behavior taught by faculty experts.

G9450. Advanced Topics in Neurochemistry of Behavior
2007-08: Not offered
2008-09: Not offered

Advanced seminar in the neurochemical basis of learning and motivation. Discussion of weekly readings and critical analysis of the implications of current findings in the field.

G9650x. Theories and Research in Social Science of Psychology
2007-08: Not offered
Fall 2008 : 3 pts.
T. Higgins M 4:10-6 PM. Room 328 Schermerhorn Hall

Prerequisite: instructor's permission.
Advanced seminar on selected topics and issues in social cognition and social motivation. Emphasis on common languages (i.e., common nomethetic processes and idiographic contents) underlying social, personality, abnormal, and developmental psychology.

G9685y. Advanced Seminar in Relationships new
Spr
2008: 3 pts. N. Bolger R 12:10-2 PM. Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall
2008-09: Not offered

G9999x & G9999y. Departmental Colloquium
2007-08 0 pts. N. Bolger. W 4:10-6. Room 614 Schermerhorn Hall
Fall 2008, Spr 2009: 0 pts. N. Bolger W 4:10-6 PM. Room 614 Schermerhorn Hal

All graduate students are expected to attend the meetings of the seminar. Members of the staff, graduate students, and outside speakers present current research

 

 

 

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