In lab, students carry out experiments, analyze the data using the statistical software package, SPSS, and write experimental reports in the style appropriate for the American Psychological Association. In addition to lab reports, course assignments include tests, problem sets, and other short written assignments. This course studies the major learning theories in psychology and then uses a substantial amount of student research to check these theories. This advanced seminar examines the physiological mechanisms underlying a variety of psychological processes. Extensive reading of primary source materials in addition to the text is required.
All students prepare a major seminar presentation and paper.
238 Review of major research questions, methodologies, and empirical findings in the area of developmental psychology. Most recently this course has been research on Adolescence. Through a mixture of lecture, class discussion and readings, students will gain a broad understanding and working knowledge of psychological theories, concepts and research in adolescent development. The course will also focus on the study of the subjective experience of adolescence through non-traditional phenomenological research. Student research teams conduct a research project which tracks an individual adolescent's subjective experience during the course of a single week.