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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.200.161 (01)
Illusions, delusions, and other confusions: Why what you think you know about human nature is (largely) wrong
T 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Egeth, Howard E
Ames 217
Illusions, delusions, and other confusions: Why what you think you know about human nature is (largely) wrong AS.200.161 (01)
This course is suitable for all, but would be especially useful for a student who does not expect to take many (or any) additional psychology or cognitive science courses. We will explore what modern psychology has uncovered about how our intuitions concerning human nature deceive us. Freshmen Only.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (01)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:45PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (01)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.141 (01)
Foundations of Brain, Behavior and Cognition
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Gorman, Linda K
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 151/312
PosTag(s): COGS-NEURO, COGS-COGPSY
AS.200.201 (03)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:45PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (03)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 22/400
PosTag(s): COGS-COGPSY
AS.200.133 (01)
Introduction to Social Psychology
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Drigotas, Stephen M
Mudd 26
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.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/225
PosTag(s): GECS-SOCSCI
AS.200.201 (02)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:45PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (02)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (04)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:45PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (04)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (06)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:45PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (06)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 20/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.201 (05)
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology
T 3:00PM - 4:15PM, Th 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Mudd 26
Design & Analysis for Experimental Psychology AS.200.201 (05)
In this course, students will apply psychological research methods and analyses to their own experimental investigations. Students will work in small groups to design and carry out a research study, analyze the collected data, compose a manuscript, and present findings in a conference-style setting. Students will provide peer feedback and participate in group discussions, and primary articles will be examined as case studies for different research designs. Enrollment limited to Sophomore, Junior & Senior Psychology majors.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 20/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.204 (01)
Human Sexuality
W 1:30PM - 3:50PM
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
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 9/30
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.403 (01)
Careers in Psychology - Juniors
T 6:00PM - 7:15PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Ames 234
Careers in Psychology - Juniors 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.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.404 (01)
Careers in Psychology - Seniors
T 6:00PM - 7:15PM
Roberts Fox, Heather
Ames 234
Careers in Psychology - Seniors AS.200.404 (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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.305 (01)
Advanced Seminar in Forensic Psychology
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Howe, Chelsea Jillian
Krieger 110
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).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/19
PosTag(s): PSYC-SEM
AS.200.212 (01)
Abnormal Psychology
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Papadakis, Alison Moog Aubrecht
Remsen Hall 1
Abnormal Psychology AS.200.212 (01)
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/200
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.311 (01)
Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding
Sensory Representations in the Brain: Maps, Modules, & Distributed Coding AS.200.311 (01)
In this course we will explore the ways in which information from vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste is encoded in the brain. We will compare and contrast different representation schemes and their computational advantages in order to uncover some overarching organizing principles of sensory processing in the brain. Class meetings will consist of lectures plus group discussions of classic papers in cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling, and neurophysiology. Enrollment limited to Juniors & Seniors.
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
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): PSYC-SEM
AS.200.317 (01)
Interpersonal Relations
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Drigotas, Stephen M
Krieger 300
BEHB-SOCSCI
Interpersonal Relations AS.200.317 (01)
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.204 (02)
Human Sexuality
W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Kraft, Chris S
Ames 218
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexuality AS.200.204 (02)
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
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 5/30
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.658 (01)
Advanced Research Design and Analysis
W 10:30AM - 1:00PM
Bowen, Jeffrey D
Ames 217
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.388 (01)
Occupational Health Psychology
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.321 (01)
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Papadakis, Alison Moog Aubrecht
Hodson 210
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
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.200.344 (01)
Behavioral Endocrinology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Bohn, Kirsten M
Shaffer 301
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/90
PosTag(s): NEUR-ST, NEUR-CM, BEHB-BIOBEH, BIOL-UL
AS.200.329 (01)
Real World Human Data: Analysis & Visualization
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Chen, Janice
Gilman 186
COGS-COMPCG, COGS-NEURO
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.
Neuroscience of Motivation & Reward AS.200.369 (01)
This course will explore the neurobiological bases of motivated behavior, including eating, drinking, and reproduction, tracing the history of our understanding from early neuroscientific studies to the modern day, with a focus on mammalian model systems. We will discuss innate motivated behaviors, and well as how learning can guide the expression of these behaviors. Neural mediation of processes such as reward and aversion will be considered in depth, as will applications of these findings to the understanding of addiction and other behavioral disorders. The course will be a mixed lecture/seminar format; we will read original research articles and scholarly reviews.
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.
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.332 (01)
Seminar in Theoretical Neuroscience
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Honey, Christopher
Gilman 75
PSYC-SEM, COGS-COMPCG, COGS-NEURO
Seminar in Theoretical Neuroscience AS.200.332 (01)
This course develops a theoretical understanding of the large-scale anatomical and functional organization of the mammalian cerebral cortex. We will discuss primary research readings and will implement essential concepts in numerical simulations. The theoretical principles to be explored will include: hierarchy; normalization; pattern completion; prediction; gradient-based learning; and conjunctive representation. We will consider the broader motivation for each of these computational principles, and we will ask how successfully they organize the empirical data about our brains. Specific questions include: What are the functional benefits of a hierarchical anatomical organization of the cerebral cortex? Do neocortical circuits generically implement a normalization operation? How and why is pattern completion implemented in the neocortex and the hippocampus? Can gradient-based representational learning occur in the cerebral cortex without external supervision or reinforcement signals? How is the flow of information between brain regions regulated? How can distinct cortical representations be "bound" into joint representations?
Cal 1; Computational Science or some programming experience highly recommended. Instructor approval required.
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.
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.200.377 (01)
Neuroethology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Sterbing-d'angelo, Susanne
Bloomberg 178
NEUR-ST
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): NEUR-ST
AS.200.301 (01)
History Of Psychology
Th 4:30PM - 6:50PM
Hofer, Paul Jeffrey
Hodson 315
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
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/19
PosTag(s): PSYC-SEM
AS.290.420 (01)
Human Sexual Orientation
W 6:30PM - 8:50PM
Kraft, Chris S
Ames 218
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexual Orientation AS.290.420 (01)
This course will examine the historical and current theories of sexual orientation and sexual variation development by examining the biological, psychological and social contributing factors that influence the development of sexual orientations and variations along with treatment and modification of problematic sexual behaviors. 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. Students may enroll in both AS.200.204 and AS.290.420, but cannot do so in the same semester. Enrollment is limited to Senior Majors & Minors in Behavioral Biology; Biology; Cognitive Science; Medicine, Science & the Humanities; Molecular & Cellular Bio; Neuroscience; Psychology; Public Health; Sociology; Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality.
