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Graduate Distribution Courses in Psychology
March 3, 2001
Behavioral Neuroscience
- 513 * Biological Bases of Behavior
General survey of the physiological bases of behavior, emphasizing understanding basic brain organization and function. LEC
- 634 * Animal Behavior
Comparative studies of behavior with emphasis on similarities and differences between species. Structural bases for observed similarities and differences are considered. SEM
Clinical
- 617 * Advanced Developmental Psychology
Survey of theoretical viewpoints and specific issues basic to an intelligent understanding of developmental research. Lectures, student presentations, and discussions. (Students enrolled prior to fall, 2000, may count 617 as a Developmental distribution category.) SEM
- 624 * Psychopathology [Clinical I: Psychopathology]
Discussion of classical literature and recent experimental contributions in abnormal psychology. SEM
- 625 * Community Psychology
Survey of theories and practices in the developing field of community psychology and community mental health.?LEC
Cognitive
- 627 * Perception
Survey of experimental data and theories of perception. Topics include the underlying neurophysiology of brain systems involved in perception, the principles of perceptual organization in vision and audition, and current trends and controversies in th e fields of visual perception and attention. SEM
- 639 * Cognitive Processes
Survey of dimensions of cognitive behavior. Emphasizes current theoretical and experimental analyses of information processing, memory, learning, psycholinguistics, perception, and thinking. SEM
- 642 * Psycholinguistics
Relationship between linguistic theory and behavioral research. Topics include competence-performance distinction, language acquisition and perception, processing and storage of linguistically marked materials. SEM
- 728 * Memory
An overview of the cognitive study of human memory. The course provides a basic foundation for thinking about how humans remember information and introduces students to cognitive research related to the topic of memory. SEM
Social-Personality
- 680 * Advanced Social Psychology I
Major theoretical and empirical lines of work in contemporary social psychology. Topics include social cognition, social influence, interpersonal perception, attitudes, the self, stereotyping and prejudice, stigma, close relationships, and emotion. M ethodological issues are given attention as part of the concern with topical materials. SEM
- 681 * Advanced Social Psychology II
Continues overview of social psychology with units on affiliation and attraction, aggresssion, evolutionary psychology, group behavior and performance, health social psychology, interdependence, intergroup behavior, organizational behavior, prosocial behavior, social justice, social conflict, and social dilemmas. SEM
- 686 * Seminar in Small-Group Processes
Reviews empirical and theoretical literature relating to small-group processes with a view toward evaluating extant theory and development of an integrative perspective. SEM
- 725 * Attitudes and Social Cognition
Topics include attitude structure and change, dissonance, self- and other perception; stereotypes and social judgment. SEM
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Send comments to: psych@buffalo.edu | Last updated: September 4, 2002
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