Courses

• CAS PS 338: Neuropsychology
  Survey of theoretical aspects and major empirical findings in human neuropsychology, including memory, language, spatial function, attention, emotion, and abstract thought. Emphasis is on the relation between brain disorders (resulting from head injury, stroke, degenerative disease, etc.) and abnormal behavior. Also offered as CAS NE 338.
• CAS PS 339: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
  Cognitive neuroscience seeks to understand the brain basis of cognition. This course introduces research methods and human neuroanatomy, and provides a survey of topics including learning and memory, attention, perception, language, social cognition, and executive function. Also offered as CAS NE 202.
• CAS PS 354: Psychology and Criminal Justice
  The psychological perspective in understanding the offender and the offense and in dispositional planning, with special emphasis on the young adult offender. Concepts, realities, and problems in working at the interface of law and psychology.
• CAS PS 361: Racism, Sexism, and Prejudice
  Similarities and differences in racism and sexism examined as prejudice, cognitions, self-image, and group relations. Tactics, strategies, and programs of changing issues in schools and industry. Student projects.
• CAS PS 365: Psychology Applied to Social Issues
  Enhances students' awareness of selected current social issues in Great Britain and the policies and strategies currently pursued by government to address them.
• CAS PS 370: Psychology of the Family
  Survey of psychological issues related to the family. Includes examination of psychological research and data on the individual's experience in the family, with special emphasis on developmental and clinical issues.
• CAS PS 371: Abnormal Psychology
  Attention to the wide range of ways in which personality may become disordered; emphasis on normal behavior development as highlighted by psychopathology. Evidence and theories concerning problems of treatment also considered.
• CAS PS 372: Psychological Perspectives on War and Peace
  Considers psychological approaches to why some individuals support government decisions to go to war, to kill, to torture, and to tolerate civilian deaths while others resist war and strive to achieve a culture of peace.
• CAS PS 401: Senior Independent Work
  Supervised independent research in some area of psychology.
• CAS PS 402: Senior Independent Work
  Supervised independent research in some area of psychology.
• CAS PS 404: Senior Honors Seminar in Psychology and Neuroscience
  Prepares honors students in Psychological & Brain Sciences and Neuroscience to write and present their Senior Independent Work projects, and enhances the honors experience through engagement in honors community discussions of current research. Also offered as CAS NE 404.
• CAS PS 434: Principles of Behavior Modification
  A survey of contemporary behavioral intervention and therapy procedures as they have been applied in various settings. Methods of evaluating the effectiveness of these procedures are stressed. Open to nonconcentatrators.
• CAS PS 471: Seminar: Psychopathology
  Selected clinical syndromes; neuroses, character disorders, and schizophrenia in children or adults. Selected clinical issues such as sleep and dreaming, psychosomatic illness, attachment and loss, and depression.
• CAS PS 472: Family Violence: Theories and Research
  Studies family violence, particularly child and spouse abuse. Students learn various theories while examining epidemiologic, cross-cultural, and clinical data. Through demonstrations, students also learn basic preventative and intervention techniques.
• CAS PS 473: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
  Introduction to current diagnostic and treatment techniques in clinical psychology from empirical, applied, and theoretical perspectives. Topics covered include clinical interviewing, psychological testing, and a comparison of humanistic, analytic, and systems approaches to therapy.
• CAS PS 475: Counseling: Theory and Listening Techniques
  Introduces the theoretical underpinnings of counseling and builds students' listening skills. Extensive role-playing using audio and videotapes.
• CAS PS 491: Directed Study in Psychology
  Individual instruction and directed research in a selected topic.
• CAS PS 492: Directed Study in Psychology
  Individual instruction and directed research in a selected topic.
• CAS PS 504: Trends in Contemporary Psychology
  Various contemporary trends in psychology presented. Content varies: consult department for emphasis and topics.
• CAS PS 510: The Psychology of Decision Making: Implications for Business and Public Policy
  Examines how psychology affects decisions and behavior in the real world. Integrates approaches from experimental psychology and behavioral economics with a focus on implications for policies, program design and business.

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