PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

200.101 (N, S)

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3) Ball   Limit 225 This course surveys all the major areas of scientific psychology, including the physiological bases of behavior; sensation and perception; learning, memory and cognition; developmental, social, and personality psychology; and psychopathology.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

200.133 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Drigotas   Limit 150 An introductory survey of social psychology.  Topics include social perception, social cognition, attitudes, prejudice, attraction, social influence, altruism, aggression, and group behavior.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

200.204 (N,S)

HUMAN SEXUALITY (3) Kraft  Limit 25 Registration by department permission only.  Registration details available at www.psy.jhu.edu
Course focuses on sexual development, sexuality across the lifespan, gender identity, sexual attraction and arousal, sexually transmitted disease, and the history of commercial sex workers and pornography. Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

T 12-3

200.205 (S)

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION (3) Fogel   Limit 30     This course will help students to increase their efficacy in creating behavior change, for both themselves and others, through the understanding and utilization of empirically tested psychological principles. In addition, it will provide an overview of modern-day Behavior Therapies and their approaches to treating psychological disorders.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

200.206 (S)

FOUNDATIONS OF MIND (4) Feigenson/Halberda  Limit 20 per sectionAn interdisciplinary investigation into the innateness of concepts: perception, number, language, and morality, physics discussed. Evidence from animals, infants, patients, brains. Students collect data in sections investigating claims from the readings.  Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy

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Sec. 01

02

03

MTW 2

F 1

Th 1

W 1

200.208 (N,S)

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (3) Holland Limit 180   Examines basic principles of animal behavior (orientation, migration, communication, reproduction, parent-offspring relations, ontogeny of behavior and social organization). Evolution and adaptive significance of behavior will be emphasized

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

200.209 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY THEORY (3) Piferi Limit 100  An overview of the major theories of personality, with their empirical bases and applications.

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

200.303 (N,S)

DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING DISABILITIES (3) Mazzocco  Limit 15  Priority to Psychology juniors and seniors or Perm Req'd. . Course focuses on the developmental psychological theories and research relevant to the study of learning disabilities as contrasted with the studies of acquired disorders.  This is not a course on diagnosis or remediation of learning disabilities.

Sec. 01

T 12-3

200.315 (Q)

ADVANCED RESEARCH DESIGN & ANALYSIS (3) Shelton  Limit 25   Prereq: 200.314 or equivalent Second half of graduate statistics sequence, covering complex research design and analysis.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

200.317 (S)

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (3) Drigotas Limit 35   Prereq: 200.133 and Psychology majors only. Study of the psychological concepts involved in the research and application of personnel planning, recruitment, selection practices, and performance management within organizations.

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

200.325 (S)

LAW & PSYCHOLOGY: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS (3) Raifman  
Limit 100   Introduction to legal standards governing criminal forensic psychology assessments, e.g., competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, mitigation of death penalty, negation of mens rea, and other criminal law forensic applications.

Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology

Sec. 01

T 3-6pm

200.326 (S)

LAW, PSYCHOLOGY, AND PUBLIC POLICY (3) Hofer Limit 20   Prereq: One intro. course in psychology or Perm. Req'd.   Priority to Psychology majors with senior standing.
Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology

Sec. 01

Th 4-7pm

200.328 (S)
(W)

THEORY AND METHODS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Edwin Limit 30   Prereq: 200.131  Senior Psychology majors only  A critical examination of the methods of observation, description, reasoning, and inference that underlie the clinical practice of psychology and psychiatry.
Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology

Sec. 01

M 6-8:30pm

200.339 (S)
(W)

ISSUES IN COUNSELING & MENTAL HEALTH CARE (3) McComb   Limit 30  Priority to Psychology Majors This course examines important mental health issues in the context of contemporary clinical practice. It explores major theories of counseling and psychotherapy through readings, case narratives, accounts of clinical processes, and research studies of clinical effectiveness.

Sec. 01

Th 12-3

200.343 (S)

MOTIVATION (3) Petri   Limit 25  Prereq: 200.101 and 200.146 or Perm. Req’d.  Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

200.357 (S)
(W)

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF MEMORY (3) Stark   Limit 20  Prereq: 200.109 or 200.141 or 080.203 This seminar-style course takes an integrative approach to understanding the neural basis of memory. Multiple approaches to the study of memory (e.g., cellular/molecular, neuropsychology, animal models, computational models, and neuroimaging) will be covered.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

200.368 (N,S)

SLEEP, DREAMS, AND ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS (3) Allen    Limit 50   Prereq: Intro Psych or 080.101  Cross-listed with Neuroscience

Sec. 01

TTh 4-5:30pm

200.370 (N,S)

FUNCTIONAL HUMAN NEUROANATOMY (3)   Hendry    Limit 30   Prereq: 080.205 or Perm. Req’d. Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience

Sec. 01

M W 6-8:30pm

200.374 (N,S)

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (3) Piferi  Limit 55   Prereq: 200.114 or 200.141 or 200.146. 
Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience

Sec. 01

M 4-6:30pm

200.376 (N,S)

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (3) Gorman   Limit 100  Prereq: 200.141
Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience

Sec. 01

ThF 1-2:30

050.358 (H,N,S)

LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT (3) Landau    Limit 20   Juniors and Seniors only, others by permission.  Majors in Cogsci, Psych & Philos. welcome but course is open to all majors.     
Cross-listed with Cognitive Science

Sec. 01

W 1-3:30

290.420 (S)
(W)

ORIGINS OF HUMAN SEXUAL ORIENTATION & VARIATION (3) Kraft   Limit 25 Behavioral Biology, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Neuroscience majors and Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality minors only Juniors & Seniors only Perm Req'd.
Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

T 3-6pm

200.502

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – Freshmen Grading Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Pass/Fail only

200.504

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – SOPHOMORES  Grading Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Pass/Fail only

200.506

PSYCHOLOGICAL READINGS

200.510

PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

200.512

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – JUNIORS  Grading Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Pass/Fail only

200.514

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – SENIORS  Grading Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only Pass/Fail only

200.520

SENIORS HONORS RESEARCH

200.524

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – JUNIORS  Grading Pass/Fail only Duplicate Course

200.540

INDEPENDENT STUDY

200.614

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING Stark  Graduate students only

Sec. 01

Th 12

200.632

TOPICS IN SPATIAL COGNITION Shelton   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

W 10

200.639

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MEMORY Shelton   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

M 2:30 W 3

200.642

NEURAL CIRCUITS & BEHAVIOR Fortune   Graduate students only or Perm. Req’d.

Sec. 01

M 1-3:30

200.670

ADVANCED SEMINAR IN VISION Egeth/Yantis   Graduate students only
Cross-listed with Neuroscience

Sec. 01

F 9:30-11:30

200.680

PBS SEMINAR Yantis

Sec. 01

F 12

200.806

RESEARCH SEMINAR: MEMORY AND SPATIAL COGNITION Stark   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

W 11

200.810

RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY Staff  Graduate students only

TBA

200.811

RESEARCH SEMINAR: HUMAN PERFORMANCE Egeth Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.813

RESEARCH SEMINAR: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Feigenson
Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.815

RESEARCH SEMINAR: LEARNING Holland
Graduate students only

Sec. 01

Th 1

200.818

NEUROSCIENCE DECISION MAKING Stuphorn

Sec. 01

TBA

200.820

DIRECTED READINGS AND RESEARCH Staff   
Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.821

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE    Ball   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

W 12-1:30

200.823

RESEARCH SEMINAR: NEUROETHOLOGY Fortune   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.824

RESEARCH SEMINAR: MEMORY LAB Stark
Graduate students only

Sec. 01

T 11

200.825

RESEARCH SEMINAR: PSYCHOBIOLOGY Gallagher Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.828

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION Yantis   Graduate students only

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-3

200.830

READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY Staff  Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA

200.840

RESEARCH SEMINAR: NEURAL SYSTEMS OF MEMORY AND ATTENTION Courtney  
Graduate students only

Sec. 01

T 9:30-11:30

200.849

TEACHING PRACTICUM Staff Graduate students only

Sec. 01

TBA