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This course offers an introduction to the quantitative and experimental study of persons and society founded on the model of natural science and to critics of this approach who conceive the problem of social psychology as sharing more in common with...

This course provides an in-depth introduction to classical, operant, and contemporary theories, principles, and methods used in the study of how behavior changes as a function of experience, as well as their place in the larger theoretical framework...

Introduction to the study of psychopathology. Focuses on theoretical models of abnormal behavior as they relate to the definition, etiology, and treatment of mental disorders. Diagnostic classification, behavioral, and biological features of the...

Taking up the age-old question of the mindís relation to the body, this course engages thinkers (psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, philosophers) concerned with the embodied nature of human experience. It pays special attention to viewpoints that conceive...

This course critically examines theory and experimental evidence contributing to the understanding of fundamental cognitive processes, including those involved in perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving...

This course introduces the primary theoretical perspectives of clinical/counseling psychologists as well as explores issues that influence the profession, including ethics, standards of practice, assessment, and working with diverse clients. Students...

Survey of the basic theories and applications of psychology to the workplace including job analysis and evaluation, personnel selection, testing, performance appraisal, training, performance management, employee motivation, job satisfaction...

Considers the life and writings of William James, philosophical pragmatist and founding figure of American psychology. Central texts include his Lowell Institute lectures on pragmatism, Hibbert Lectures on pluralism, Gifford Lectures on religious...

Treats the major concepts and themes arising from Carl Jungís investigations of the psyche, including the collective (or objective) unconscious, archetypes, individuation, and the Self. This is done through careful study of key texts from Jungís...

Contrasts positivistic conceptions of knowledge in social science with alternatives arising from Gestalt and ecological psychology. Special attention is given to the ideas of world-class chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi and those of his...