S-Close Relationships

This course will explore the many psychological mechanisms that play a part in close personal relationships. Using psychological research as our foundation, students will be led in discussions and about attraction, love, lust, and other topics pertinent to close relationships. Students will be asked to think deeply about the social constructs that influence human preferences, and the bio-psychosocial processes at play. The course will begin by dissecting the concepts of attraction and love.

S- Topics in Disability Policy

Disability policy shapes the world around us. It affects how we measure the value of a life, develop as people, and care for those we love. In this course, we untangle the ways in which current disability policies play a major role in the construction of our society and our everyday relationships. Throughout the semester, we will unpack the ways that disability has been constructed as a demographic, both as a means for people to gain access to resources as well as a method for the state to legitimize eugenics.

S- Stress Neurobiology

This course covers the neural circuits and biochemical mechanisms underlying the body's response to stress and the impact of stress on mental health. In place of a textbook, assigned readings include peer-reviewed research and review articles, with the primary focus on preclinical studies using animal models.

S-Stigma and Mental Illness

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.

S-Social&Emotional Development

This course will examine core issues in social and emotional development from birth through adolescence. Emphasis will be on the key concepts and theoretical approaches that guide our understanding of emotion processing and its impact on social behavior. Biological and contextual factors that influence trajectories of social and emotional development will be considered across typical and atypical populations of children.
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