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Psychology Proseminar (3)
Seminar course offering a general introduction to the psychological sciences and a detailed overview of research currently being conducted in the Department of Psychology.
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Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
Relationship between the structure and function of the brain. Comprehensive overview of how neurophysiological activity leads to perception and cognition.
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Advanced Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
Selected topics in state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience research.
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Behavioral Science Research Design (3)
How to design controlled experiments in the behavioral sciences.
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Introduction to Neuroendocrinology (3)
Relationship of nervous and endocrine systems; function and regulation of hypothalamus-pituitary-endocrine organs, their secretions organs, and their secretions (including adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, gonads, placenta); steroid and peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; and neuroendocrine-immune systems.
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History and Systems of Psychology (3)
Selected topics in the history and the social and economic backgrounds of psychology. The relationship of psychology to trends in work, culture, literature, and political theory, with special focus on the history of child psychology, psychoanalysis, and cognitive theory.
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Developmental Research Seminar (1)
The Developmental Research Seminar is a weekly informal meeting for
students in the developmental psychology track for the presentation,
sharing, and discussion of research ideas and promotion of professional
development.
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Individual Studies in Psychology (3,3)
Guided reading and laboratory research on special topics, individually planned for each student, under the supervision of faculty members.
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Seminar: Perception I (3)
Survey of the basic problems, theories, and research findings in the study of human perception, especially visual perception. Primary emphasis on the perceptual constancies, including perception of size, distance, depth, motion, form, and surface color.
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Seminar: Perception II (3)
Advanced seminar on selected topics in human visual perception.
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Cognitive Development (3)
How cognition, thought, and perception change as individuals progress from infancy to adulthood.
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Seminar: Human Memory and Learning (3)
Basic processes in human learning and retention, including single item and associative learning, factors influencing learning, and forgetting. One theme is the relationship between the basic processes of learning and retention and the more complex areas of meaning, concept formation, problem solving, thinking, and language.
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Developmental Psychology (3)
This graduate-level course will provide
graduate students with a portion of the breadth required to graduate
with a Ph.D. in psychology at Rutgers. Development is related to every
part of psychology, including perception, cognition, social, emotion, and neuroscience. All of these areas will be covered from a developmental
perspective.
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Psycholinguistics (3)
Discussion of the issues, philosophical and methodological, involved in studying language as a formal computational system, as a biological system, and as a psychological system.
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Ethology (3)
Historical and critical examination of the theories and research of ethologists.
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Topics in Avian Behavior (3)
Introduction to avian neural and endocrine systems, emphasizing the organization of these systems in mediating adaptive behavior (song development, nesting behavior, and parental care). Comparisons with mammals.
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Special Topics in Animal Behavior (3)
Fall semester: different topic is covered each semester by behavioral and neural sciences faculty and outside speakers presenting lectures. Topic announced during preceding semester. Spring semester: orientation in psychobiology is covered by each Institute of Animal Behavior faculty member.
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Multivariate Methods for the Cognitive, Social, and Neurosciences (3)
Topics include clustering methods, projection methods (PCA, ICA); model-based covariance (Factor Analysis, MDS); discriminant analysis; neural networks; Path Analysis/Structural Equation Modeling; and neuroimaging methods (GLM, Classifier based methods).
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Proseminar: Neurophysiology and Behavior (3)
Structure and function of the mammalian nervous system; neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology; functions of spinal cord, autonomic NS, limbic system, higher brain mechanisms, reproductive behavior, pain modulation, and sensorimotor and viscero-somatic integration.
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Special Topics in Developmental Psychology (3)
Examination of methodological and theoretical issues in developmental
research.
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Seminar in Social Psychology (3)
Examination of the history and current state of social research.
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Conflict and Resolution (3)
Focus on psychological approaches to the mediation of social conflict at the interpersonal, organizational, and international levels. Topics include theories of conflict; cognitive, behavioral, and institutional obstacles to the constructive management of conflict; strategies and tactics of intervention; and theoretical and empirical issues in the study of the mediation process.
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Research Seminar in Psychology (3)
Individual research apprenticeship in psychology with a member of the faculty.
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Current Research in Social Psychology: Attachment Theory (3)
Historical foundations of attachment theory; psychological, ethological, psychoanalytic, and evolutionary perspectives; attachment over the life span.
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Cognitive Processes (3)
How the environment comes to be apprehended; perception, memory, and thinking.
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Selected Topics in Cognition (3)
Examination of current developments in cognitive science.
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Seminar: Selected Topics in Human Learning (3)
Examination of current developments in the learning and memory areas; special emphasis given to work that is critical of current theoretical assumptions and to work that attempts to relate learning and memory to more complex cognitive functions.
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Research Seminar (1)
Direction in the development of an independent research program and training in the synthesis and presentation of empirical research.
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Seminar in Psychobiology (3,3)
Weekly presentation of current research in psychobiology by leading outside scientists, members of the faculty, and pre- and postdoctoral fellows.
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Animal Behavior (3)
General conceptual and methodological issues: description and explanation, causality and intentionality, nature and uses of models. Student presentations on topics such as nature/nurture, circadian rhythms, imprinting, animal navigation, drive, communication, and physical substrates of learning.
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Psychobiology of Behavioral Development (3)
Current research on a variety of topics in behavioral development among birds and mammals. Topics include prenatal development, early sensorimotor patterns, suckling and feeding, learning and motivation, social development.
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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior (3)
Neuroendocrine control of courtship, mating, and maternal behavior; pregnancy, parturition, sexual differentiation, stress; cellular mechanisms of hormone action on the nervous system; neuroendocrine role of steroids, neuropeptides, monoamines, and amino acids.
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Research in Psychology (BA)
Nondissertation research done in conjunction with a faculty member.
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Research in Psychology (BA,BA)
Dissertation research done under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of qualifying exam.
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Matriculation Continued (E1)
Only open to students not attending any classes or actively doing research on campus.
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