Statistical procedures are powerful tools for analyzing and interpreting findings and are necessary for accurate reading and understanding of research findings. This course provides an introduction to the most frequently encountered techniques for describing data and making inferences in psychological research. A variety of computer applications are used.

A multicultural feminist analysis of women's lives around the world. Emphasizing the diversity of women's experience across ethnicity, social class, and sexuality, this course examines existing psychological theory and research on women. In the fall, the course will have a strong international emphasis.

How do theorists' ideas about personality relate to their own life experiences? Does the gender of a theorist affect the claims they make about women's and men's personalities? Autobiographical writings of key theorists (Freud, Jung, Horney, Deutsch) are read in conjunction with their classic works, with an eye toward exploring how people are similar to, and different from, one another and how childhood experiences shape adult behavior.

This course will provide an overview of psychological disorders and research on the etiology and treatment of these disorders. The course will consider and evaluate the concept of 'abnormality' with particular emphasis on intersections of mental health and disorders with culture, race, class, and gender.

Examines changes in cognitive, social, and emotional functioning, including theory and research that illuminate some central issues in characterizing these changes: the relative contributions of nature and nurture, the influence of the context on development, continuity versus discontinuity in development, and the concept of stage. Includes observations at the Gorse Children's Center at Stonybrook.