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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.200.133 (01)
Introduction to Social Psychology
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Drigotas, Stephen M
Hodson 110
GECS-SOCSCI
Introduction to Social Psychology AS.200.133 (01)
An introductory survey of social psychology. Topics include social perception, social cognition, attitudes, prejudice, attraction, social influence, altruism, aggression, and group behavior.
This course is an advanced survey of the scientific study of learning and memory. Different perspectives will be used to review the science of learning and memory including the cellular-molecular basis of synaptic plasticity, the functional circuitry involved in learning and memory and memory systems in the brain. The course is designed to provide a deep understanding of the issues and current debates in learning and memory research and focuses specifically on animal models of memory and memory impairment. This is an interactive lecture course with a strong emphasis on student participation.
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology AS.200.110 (01)
Introductory survey of current research and theory on topics in cognitive psychology. The course will cover a range of topics in perception, attention, learning, reasoning, and memory, emphasizing relationships among mind, brain, and behavior.
In this course we discuss evolutionary psychology, which is the idea that the mind can be understood as an adaptation to our ancestral environment by means of natural selection. Freshmen only.
Note: This course does not count towards the Psychology major.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Instructor: Egeth, Howard E
Room: Ames 217
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 2/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (01)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 12:00PM - 1:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (01)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 12:00PM - 1:45PM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (02)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 12:00PM - 1:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (02)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 12:00PM - 1:45PM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (03)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 2:00PM - 3:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (03)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 2:00PM - 3:45PM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.050.339 (01)
Cognitive Development
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Krieger 309
BEHB-BIOBEH, COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
Cognitive Development AS.050.339 (01)
This is a survey course in developmental psychology designed for individuals with some basic background in psychology or cognitive science, but little or none in development. The course is strongly theoretically oriented, with emphasis on issues of nature, and development psychology as well as relevant empirical evidence. The principle focus will be early development, i.e., from conception through middle childhood. The course is organized topically, covering biological and prenatal development, perceptual and cognitive development, the nature and development of intelligence, and language learning.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Yarmolinskaya, Julia S
Room: Krieger 309
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/30
PosTag(s): BEHB-BIOBEH, COGS-COGPSY, COGS-NEURO
AS.200.141 (01)
Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Smith, Dani R
Mudd 26
COGS-NEURO, COGS-COGPSY
Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition AS.200.141 (01)
A survey of neuropsychology relating the organization of behavior to the integrative action of the nervous system. Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Smith, Dani R
Room: Mudd 26
Status: Open
Seats Available: 198/300
PosTag(s): COGS-NEURO, COGS-COGPSY
AS.050.358 (01)
Language & Thought
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Landau, Barbara
Krieger 134A
COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
Language & Thought AS.050.358 (01)
Have you ever wondered about the relationships between language and thought? Philosophers, linguists, psychologists, evolutionary theorists and cognitive scientists have too and this course will survey the current thinking on this matter. Classical papers such as those by Whorf and Sapir, more recent philosophical papers by people such as Fodor and Dennett, and recent empirical work by linguists and psycholingists on the relationship between language and thinking in development and in adults will be covered. Discussions will focus on the theoretically possible relationships between language and thought and the empirical data that speak to these. Juniors and seniors only. Freshmen and sophomores by permission of instructor only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Landau, Barbara
Room: Krieger 134A
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): COGS-LING, COGS-COGPSY
AS.200.201 (04)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 2:00PM - 3:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (04)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 2:00PM - 3:45PM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (05)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 10:00AM - 11:45AM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (05)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 10:00AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.305 (01)
Advanced Seminar in Forensic Psychology
T 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Howe, Chelsea Jillian
Ames 217
PSYC-SEM
Advanced Seminar in Forensic Psychology AS.200.305 (01)
Forensic psychologists determine clinical diagnoses and offer expert opinions to assist court decision makers who must employ legal tests to make case determinations. This course will explore how forensic psychologists communicate with the courts via consultation, report writing, and expert testimony. Students will write forensic analyses on a variety of controversial, cutting edge forensic topics (e.g., for competence to stand trial, child abuse, civil commitment, compensation for mental injuries, sex offender commitment, insanity, fitness for duty, child custody). Recommended background: AS.200.212
This course will survey the neural mechanisms of decision-making. Current experimental research and theory concerning selection, control, and evaluation of actions are examined in humans and animals. Topics will range from simple perceptual 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.
This course will investigate interpersonal processes ranging from attraction and courtship to relationship functioning and distress. Enrollment limited to Psychology majors, Psychology minors, and Behavioral Biology majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Drigotas, Stephen M
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.301 (01)
History Of Psychology
Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Hofer, Paul Jeffrey
Ames 217
PSYC-SEM
History Of Psychology AS.200.301 (01)
A survey of leading figures, schools, and systems in the history of psychology. The course will emphasize the development of experimental psychology in late 19th century Germany and its establishment in America at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Chicago, and Columbia. Special topics will include the development of clinical and applied psychology and psychological testing. Enrollment limited to Juniors and Seniors only. Sophomores with instructor approval. Recommended Course Background: two prior Psychology courses.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Hofer, Paul Jeffrey
Room: Ames 217
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): PSYC-SEM
AS.200.307 (01)
Medical Psychology
W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Ostrander, Rick
Krieger 110
PSYC-SEM
Medical Psychology AS.200.307 (01)
Medical Psychology is a specialization within clinical psychology that focuses on the application of psychological theories, research, and techniques to physical health problems and health promotion. Students will learn about the consultation process and interventions used in medical psychology practice to improve the physical and psychological health of medical patients, including those with chronic conditions (e.g., chronic pain, heart disease) and those with acute illnesses and injuries. Enrollment limited to Junior & Senior Psychology Majors or with instructor approval.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Instructor: Ostrander, Rick
Room: Krieger 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PSYC-SEM
AS.200.201 (06)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 10:00AM - 11:45AM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 205
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (06)
The goal of this course is to expose you to the processes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination in psychology. This course is the follow-up to “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology,” and therefore will draw on the methodological principles and practices covered in the Fall semester. This course will cover a wide array of analytical techniques (i.e., statistics) that you will apply to data collected as part of a semester-long group research project. The course will also include extensive coverage of the R programming language for use in data management, analysis, and visualization. With your group members, you will collect primary research data, carry out appropriate statistical tests, compose individual research manuscripts, and collectively present a poster at an on-campus research symposium. In combination with the Fall course, this class will serve as strong preparation for those considering honors theses, joining research labs at Homewood and/or JHMI, conducting independent research projects, and ultimately pursuing careers/graduate work in experimental psychology.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 4:45PM, W 10:00AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 205
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.204 (01)
Human Sexuality
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kraft, Chris S
Ames 218
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexuality AS.200.204 (01)
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. Please note that the use of electronic devices is not permitted during this class, in order to promote the full interactive potential of this engaging seminar-style offering. Open to Juniors & Seniors within the following majors/minors: Behavioral Biology; Biology; Cognitive Science; Medicine, Science & the Humanities; Molecular & Cellular Bio; Neuroscience; Psychological & Brain Sciences; Public Health; Sociology; Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kraft, Chris S
Room: Ames 218
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.321 (01)
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Papadakis, Alison Moog Aubrecht
Krieger 180
BEHB-SOCSCI
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology AS.200.321 (01)
This course focuses on mental disorders in children and adolescents. The course begins with an exploration of the general models and theories for why psychopathology occurs in childhood. The second portion of the course provides a systematic review of the symptoms, course, risk factors, theories, and treatments for specific disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, autism, ADHD, eating disorders, and behavioral disorders.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Papadakis, Alison Moog Aubrecht
Room: Krieger 180
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.402 (01)
Careers in Psychology - Sophomore
T 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Ames 234
Careers in Psychology - Sophomore AS.200.402 (01)
An introduction to the varied career paths offered across the field of psychology, hosting a diverse representation of speakers from various Johns Hopkins institutions and the local Baltimore community.
Real World Human Data: Analysis & Visualization AS.200.329 (01)
Experiments in human cognition typically involve careful manipulation and control of variables in order to answer specific questions about the mind or brain. However, digital devices now provide an ocean of incidental human data: information collected continuously about our behavior and physiological states as we go about our lives. These incidental datasets are often large and noisy, and pose different analysis and visualization challenges from more traditional manipulated experiments. In this course students will learn computational tools and qualitative approaches for exploring, visualizing and interpreting large human data. The course emphasizes computer-based analysis of open-source human behavioral and neuroimaging datasets. Analyses will be conducted in MATLAB. Instructor will grant approval as long as you have previous programming experience (roughly equivalent to material covered in an introductory-level programming course). Self-taught or real-world experience can be applicable in lieu of previous formal classroom instruction.
This course examines the general organizing principles of the anatomy of the human central nervous system and how this anatomical organization relates to function, from the level of neural circuits, to systems, to behavior. Students will learn to identify neuroanatomical structures and pathways in dissections and MRI images through computerized exercises. Readings and lectures will emphasize general structure-function relationships and an understanding of the functional roles of particular structures in sensory, motor, and cognitive systems.
How do nature and nurture shape the human mind? How does experience contribute to the development of visual perception, language and social reasoning? This course explores insights into these age-old questions from neuroscience and psychology. Studies of infant behavior reveal rich knowledge about objects and people in the first months of life. At the same time, experience has profound effects on behavior and neurobiology. For example, temporary absence of vision (i.e. blindness) during development permanently alters visual perception and the visual cortex. Key evidence also comes from studies of naturally occurring variation in human experience (e.g. blindness, deafness, socioeconomic and cultural differences). We will discuss what such studies of cognitive and neural function tell us about the origins of human cognition. This is a writing intensive course with weekly lectures and seminar style discussion of primary sources. Students will be required to write weekly responses to readings and a term paper.
A survey of the major syndromes of psychological disorders. Research and theory about the mechanisms, development, and diagnosis of psychopathology are emphasized.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Papadakis, Alison Moog Aubrecht
Room: Shaffer 3
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 4/200
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.377 (01)
Neuroethology
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Sterbing-d'angelo, Susanne
Bloomberg 176
NEUR-ST, BEHB-BIOBEH
Neuroethology AS.200.377 (01)
A comparative and evolutionary approach to understanding the neural underpinnings of biologically relevant behaviors in vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Enrollment limited to Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors or by instructor approval. Recommended Course Background: AS.200.141
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Sterbing-d'angelo, Susanne
Room: Bloomberg 176
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): NEUR-ST, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.200.401 (01)
Careers in Psychology -Freshman
T 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Ames 234
Careers in Psychology -Freshman AS.200.401 (01)
An introduction to the varied career paths offered across the field of psychology, hosting a diverse representation of speakers from various Johns Hopkins institutions and the local Baltimore community.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Instructor: Roberts Fox, Heather
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.344 (01)
Behavioral Endocrinology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Porth-Bohn, Kirsten M
Krieger 170
NEUR-ST, NEUR-CM, BEHB-BIOBEH, BIOL-UL
Behavioral Endocrinology AS.200.344 (01)
An examination of the effects of hormones on behavior in non-human and human animals. Topics will include the effects of hormones on sexual differentiation, reproductive behavior, parental behavior, homeostasis and biological rhythms, regulation of body weight, learning and memory. Cross-listed with Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Porth-Bohn, Kirsten M
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/70
PosTag(s): NEUR-ST, NEUR-CM, BEHB-BIOBEH, BIOL-UL
AS.200.388 (01)
Occupational Health Psychology
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Krieger 302
Occupational Health Psychology AS.200.388 (01)
Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life, and to protecting and promoting the safety, satisfaction, health, and well-being of workers. This course will consider a broad range of topics in OHP including the role of work on well-being, job stress and burnout, diversity and work, safety climate, work-family balance, conflict, and counterproductive work behaviors. The emphasis will be on drawing connections between OHP theory and OHP practice and at the relationship between individual and organizational health and well-being. This class should be of interest to students interested in industrial/organizational psychology, social psychology, health psychology, clinical psychology, human factors, public health, preventive medicine, and industrial engineering.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Roberts Fox, Heather
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.658 (01)
Advanced Research Design and Analysis
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Krieger 110
Advanced Research Design and Analysis AS.200.658 (01)
Second half of graduate statistics sequence, covering complex research design and analysis. Recommended Course Background: AS.200.657. Enrollment limited to seniors by instructor approval and graduate students.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bowen, Jeffrey D
Room: Krieger 110
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 15/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.403 (01)
Careers in Psychology - Juniors & Seniors
T 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Ames 234
Careers in Psychology - Juniors & Seniors AS.200.403 (01)
An introduction to the varied career paths offered across the field of psychology, hosting a diverse representation of speakers from various Johns Hopkins institutions and the local Baltimore community.
