Along the way we'll examine the methods psychologists have developed to study the mind in its many facets. This course will examine how we perceive our world, how perception interacts with cognitive and motor function, the nature of sensory information about the world, and what brain processes underlie perception. The course will present an interdisciplinary perspective on perception, introducing students to theories from psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
Major emphasis is on biological bases of psychoses and other mental diseases.
In this course we will address these and other heady questions in human cognition. Topics of special interest to the students may also be included. Beginning with a historical perspective of abnormality, we will attempt to answer these, and other, issues in abnormal psychology. The disorders we will cover will include mood disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and substance abuse. In our consideration of the aforementioned disorders, we will cover symptomatology, discuss the various theories of etiologies and the concomitant treatments that emerge from those theories, and also consider the latest research in the field.