PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

 200.101 (N, S)

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3) Holland  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.

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TTh 9-10:15

200.133 (S)

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Drigotas  Limit 200 An introductory survey of social psychology.  Topics include social perception, social cognition, attitudes, prejudice, attraction, social influence, altruism, aggression, and group behavior.

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MWF 11-11:50

200.204 (N,S)

HUMAN SEXUALITY (3) Kraft Limit 25  
Prereqs: Perm. Req'd  Juniors and Seniors only Open to Psychology majors and minors, Biology, Behavioral Biology, and Neuroscience majors, and WGS minors
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

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T 12-2:30

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.

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TTh 4:30-6pm

200.206 (S)

FOUNDATIONS OF MIND (4) Feigenson/Halberda  Limit 20 per section
An 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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02

03

MWF 1:30-2:20

T 10:30-11:20

T 1:30-2:20

T 4:30-5:20

200.208 (N,S)

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (3) Ball
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

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TTh 10:30-11:45

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.

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MW 1:30-2:45

200.304 (N)

INTRODUCTION TO THE NEUROSCIENCE OF DECISION MAKING (3) Stuphorn Limit 20  Prereqs: 080.305 (The Nervous System I) or 080.205 (Systems Neuroscience) or 200.141 (Intro. to Physiological Psychology). This course will survey the neural mechanism of decision-making. Current experimental reserch and theory concerning selection, control, and evaluation of actions are examined in humans and animals. Topics will range from simple pereceptual judgements to complex social behavior. The course involves a weekly lecture about a specific topic followed by a student presentation of a current research paper. Cross-listed with Neuroscience Course added 11/27/07

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TTh 9-10:15

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.

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MW 1:30-2:45

200.317 (S)

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (3) Drigotas   Limit 35   Prereq: 200.133  and Psychology majors only.   This course will investigate interpersonal processes ranging from attraction and courtship to relationship functioning and distress.

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MW 1:30-2:45

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

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T 3-5:30pm

200.328 (S)
(W)

THEORY AND METHODS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (3) Edwin Limit 25   Prereq: 200.212 Abnormal Psych.,Theories of Counseling (May be simultaneous)  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

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M 6-8:30pm

200.329 (S,N)

BRAIN, COMMUNICATION, AND EVOLUTION (3) Lynch 
Prereq: 200.208 or 200.141or 080.205 or instructor’s permission.

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TTh 10:30-11:45

200.343 (S)

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

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M  1:30-4

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

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TTh 4-5:15pm

200.370 (N)

FUNCTIONAL HUMAN NEUROANATOMY (3) Courtney    Limit 50 36 30   Prereq: 080.203 or 080.205 or Perm. Req’d.   Cross-listed in Neuroscience (080) for systems and Cognitive concentration.

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Th 1:30-4

200.372 (N,S)

PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING (3) Piferi  Limit 25   Prereq: 200.141

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M 4-6:30 1:30-4

200.376 (N,S)

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

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WF 1:30-2:45

200.502

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – FRESHMEN Grading Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

200.504

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – SOPHOMORES  Grading Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

200.506

PSYCHOLOGICAL READINGS

200.510

PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

200.512

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – JUNIORS  Grading Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

200.514

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – SENIORS  Grading Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

200.520

SENIORS HONORS RESEARCH

200.541

INDEPENDENT STUDY - JUNIORS Drigotas Course added 02/07/08

200.614

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING  Gmeindl  Limit 30Graduate students only

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Th 12-12:50

200.632

TOPICS IN SPATIAL COGNITION Shelton   Limit 20 Graduate students only

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M 3-3:50

200.639

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN MEMORY Shelton   Limit 20 Graduate students only

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F 3-3:50

200.642

NEURAL CIRCUITS & BEHAVIOR Fortune  Limit 20 Graduate students only or Perm. Req’d.

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M 1-3:20

200.649

AGING, COGNITION, AND NEURODEGNERATIVE DISORDERS II Gallagher Limit 30 Second part of two-semester course will provide an overview of clinical, neuropsychological, imaging and neuropathological approaches to the study of cognitive systems altered in aging, AD and other neurodegenerative disorders. It will consider research using animal models as well as human subjects and clinical populations. Perm req'd for advanced undergrads. Course added 02/08/08

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T 3:30-5pm

200.670

ADVANCED SEMINAR IN VISION Egeth/Yantis  Limit 20  Graduate students only
Cross-listed with Neuroscience

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F 9:30-11:20

200.680

PBS SEMINAR   Limit 20 Yantis

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F 12-12:50

200.810

RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY Staff  Graduate students only

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TBA

200.811

RESEARCH SEMINAR: HUMAN PERFORMANCE   Limit 20 Egeth
Graduate students only

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TBA

200.813

RESEARCH SEMINAR: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Feigenson
Graduate students only

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T 10-11:30 M 1-3:30

 200.815

RESEARCH SEMINAR: LEARNING Holland
Graduate students only

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Th  4

200.818

NEUROSCIENCE DECISION MAKING  StuphornLimit 20
Prereq: 080.305 or 080.205 or 200.141

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TTh 9-10:15

200.820

DIRECTED READINGS AND RESEARCH Staff  Limit 20
Graduate students only

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TBA

200.821

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE    Ball   Limit 20Graduate students only

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W 12-1:30

200.823

RESEARCH SEMINAR: NEUROETHOLOGY Fortune  Limit 20 Graduate students only

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TBA

200.825

RESEARCH SEMINAR: PSYCHOBIOLOGY Gallagher
Graduate students only

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TBA

200.828

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION Yantis   Limit 20 Graduate students only

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TBA

200.830

READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY Staff   Limit 20   Graduate students only

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TBA

200.840

RESEARCH SEMINAR: NEURAL SYSTEMS OF MEMORY AND ATTENTION Courtney   Limit 20
Graduate students only

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W 10-11:20

200.849

TEACHING PRACTICUM Staff Graduate students only

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TBA