Practice in application of psychological techniques to clinical settings and counseling. Taught with staffs of cooperating institutions and agencies. Credit, variable; may be repeated for additional credit.

Practice in application of psychological techniques to clinical settings and counseling. Taught with staffs of cooperating institutions and agencies. Credit, variable; may be repeated for additional credit.

The subject of this course is the neuroscience of reward, motivation, and addiction. The course will cover a number of topics including neural systems controlling motivation and reward-seeking, how natural reinforcers and drugs of abuse influence brain function, and the neural and behavioral plasticity underlying addiction. Course structure will consist partly of lectures and partly of student presentations and interactive discussion in a guided journal-club style format.

Despite many advances in the diagnoses and treatment of mental illness, those afflicted with mental illness remain one of the most highly stigmatized groups in society. In this seminar, we will investigate stigma associated with mental illness from diverse perspectives, including social psychology, clinical psychology, evolutionary psychology, sociology, public policy, history, and biology.

Review of major theories of personality and analysis of selected problems in personality research. Prerequisite: introductory psychology. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Research methods in psychology including single subject and group experiments, case studies, psychological test construction and observational field techniques. Emphasis on hands-on experience in labs and on lab reports.

Research methods in psychology including single subject and group experiments, case studies, psychological test construction and observational field techniques. Emphasis on hands-on experience in labs and on lab reports.

Research methods in psychology including single subject and group experiments, case studies, psychological test construction and observational field techniques. Emphasis on hands-on experience in labs and on lab reports.

This seminar course examines the fundamental cognitive, motivational, and affective processes that underlie parenting behavior. Primary emphasis will be placed on (i) understanding how endocrine, sensory and experiential information is integrated within the relevant neural circuitry that yields this complex behavior under healthy conditions, and (ii) how neuropsychological dysfunction, as with maternal mental disorders, leads to disturbances in parenting and in the mother-infant relationship.

The simple sensations and perceptions in the different senses, with their explanation in terms of anatomical, neurophysiological, and physiochemical concepts. Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 110