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FIRSTBRIDGE IN PSYCHOLOGY (PY1099)

Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.

TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PY1910)

Topics vary by semester

SHATTERED BRAINS, FRACTURED MINDS (PY2009)

This course provides knowledge - but also provokes the student's knowledge on the mind-brain relationship. Phenomena in brain-damaged patients teach us how the brain creates our mind. We will talk about how memory, language, visual perception, but also social processes or the body image are represented in the brain. This course is not a standard neuropsychology course and is accessible for non-psychology students.

INTRODUCTION TO GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND SOCIETY (PY2010)

Surveys major issues concerning gender and the science of psychology in an attempt to answer the question: why is there such a gender gap when women and men share more psychological similarities than differences? Topics include: developmental processes and gender; gender roles and stereotypes, biology and gender; cross-cultural perspectives of gender; social-cultural theories of gender; language and gender, emotions and gender, health and gender.

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (PY2013)

The course is an introduction to developmental psychology. From various points of view it explores the key question What is, and how can we understand, human development? It engages with central issues of developmental psychology (among others, through the work of influential psychologists such as Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, E. Erikson, Jerome Bruner, Katherine Nelson, Peggy J. Miller, and Michael Tomasello) and puts them into cross- and interdisciplinary contexts. These contexts include evolutionary theory; cultural and sociocultural, narrative, and critical psychology; history; anthropology; and philosophy. Beyond the scientific and conceptual domain, the course also investigates phenomena of human development in literature, arts, and film.
PY1000 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite.

RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PY2020)

Students will learn the basics of doing experimental research in psychology, including the ethics of working with human subjects, researching ideas in the scholarly literature, and designing and interpreting research findings. The principles learned here apply in many domains where research is employed to describe and understand persons and social reality. MA1020 is recommended as a prerequisite.

RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY LAB (PY2020L)

This LAB is a co-requisite for PY 2020. It will take place every second week. RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY LAB A and B are therefore scheduled at the same in the same room.

PERSONALITY & INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES (PY2022)

Personality addresses central psychological questions on how persons think, feel and act. This course provides students with a solid foundation in the basics of theory and research in personality psychology. Students will be introduced to classic and contemporary perspectives in the field, continuing controversies and debates and the rationale and techniques for personality assessment. PY1000 is recommended as a prerequisite.

PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL MEDIA (PY2023)

This course explores the socio-cultural-psychological environment of social media and its impact on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We will explore a range of topics including algorithms and social (in)justice, interpersonal relationships and social media, affective processes, and the contentious relationship between social media and mental health. Throughout this course, we will examine how social media can be harnessed for social justice and the ways in which they are employed to perpetuate systems of oppression.

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (PY2043)

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of abnormal and clinical psychology, including the history and classification systems employed in understanding different forms of psychological disorders. It will cover the etiology, symptoms, and treatments of major psychological disorders, including anxiety, trauma, dissociative, mood, somatoform, eating, schizophrenia, personality and substance-related disorders. The course proposes to explore the intricate interplay of biological, psychological and social factors in the development, maintenance and treatment of psychopathology in the individual.