Courses

The Psychology Major
Descriptions of Courses
Course Schedule Summer 2008
Cornell Registrar Course & Time Roster info

Psychology Course Web Pages

Fall 2008

• Psychology 6220: Perception, Cognition, and Development (P.C.D.) Lunch:
  Spring 2008 information. A topics oriented seminar for graduate students and faculty. 0 credits


• Psychology 427/627: Evolution of Language:
  also Cognitive Science 427.
  Fall 2007 information. Taught Fall semester in odd years.


• Psychology 2650: Psychology and Law:
  Fall 2008 information


• Psychology 2050/6050: Perception:
  3/4 credits
  Fall 2008 information. Introductory investigation of all sensory modalities. A user's manual for your body. Psych 6050 is for graduates students only.


• Psychology 425/625: Cognitive Neuroscience:
  also Neurobiology & Behavior 423
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 214/614: Cognitive Psychology:
  also Cognitive Studies 214 and Information Science 214/614
  Fall 2007 information


• Psychology 3800: Social Cognition:
  Fall 2008 information


• Psychology 342/642: Human Perception: Applications to Computer Graphics, Art, and Visual Display:
  also Cognitive Studies 342 and Visual Studies 342
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 431/631: Effects of Aging on Sensory and Perceptual Systems:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 421
  Offered each fall. Examines post-maturation changes in perceptual, structural, and physiological characteristics of somesthetic, visual, auditory, and chemosensory systems. Includes QOL and interventions.


• Psychology 435: Olfaction, Pheromones, and Behavior:
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 101: Introductory Psychology:
  Fall 2007 information


• Psychology 481: Advanced Social Psychology:
  Fall 2007 information


• Psychology 405: Intuitive Judgment:
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 102: Introduction to Cognitive Science:
  also Cognitive Studies 101, Computer Science 101, Linguistics 170 and Philosophy 191
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 478/678: Parenting and Child Development:
  also Human Development 444
  Fall 2005 information


• Psychology 223: Introduction to Biological Psychology:
  Fall 2007 information


• Psychology 282: Community Outreach:
  also Human Development 282
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 327: Field Practicum I:
  also Human Development 327
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 471.06: Clinical Lab Research:
  Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 information


• Psychology 350: Statistics and Research Design:
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 521: Behavioral and Brain Sciences:
  Fall 2006 information

Spring 2008

• Psychology 215: Psychology of Language:
  also Cognitive Science 215 and Linguistics 215.
  Spring 2008 information. Taught Spring semesters.


• Psychology 332/632: Biopsychology of Learning and Memory:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 328
  Spring 2008 information


• Psychology 280: Introduction to Social Psychology:
  Spring 2006 information


• Psychology 326/626: Evolution of Human Behavior:
  Spring 2006 information


• Psychology 347: Psychology of Visual Communications:
  Spring 2007 information


• Psychology 492/692: Sensory Function:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 492
  Taught jointly with H. C. Howland. Covers vision and hearing. Scheduled for Spring 2009.


• Psychology 231: Borges and I: A Quest for Self-Knowledge:
  also Cognitive Studies 231 and Neurobiology and Behavior 231
  Spring 2007 information


• Psychology 426/726: Learning Language:
  also Cognitive Science 426
  Spring 2007 information


• Psychology 209/709: Developmental Psychology:
  Spring 2006 information


• Psychology 441/641: Laboratory in Sleep Research:
  Spring 2007 information


• Psychology 325: Adult Psychopathology:
  also Human Development 370
  Spring


• Psychology 434/634: Sensory Construction:
  Spring 2008 information. This course investigates how sensory perception is constructed from the physical features of stimuli, the properties of sensors and neural circuits, and the active allocation of cognitive and physiological resources.

Past Years Fall Semester Courses

• Psychology 489/689: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Ideologies:
  also Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 488/688
  Fall 2006 information


• Psychology 422/622: Developmental Biopsychology:
  Fall 2000 information


• Psychology 3050: Visual Perception:
  4 credits, also Visual Studies 3305
  Fall 2006 information. A sustained investigation of depiction of depth and time from Paleolithic art to MTV.


• Psychology 440/640: The Brain and Sleep:
  Fall 2005 information


• Psychology 428/628: Connectionist Psycholinguistics:
  also Cognitive Science 428
  Fall 2004 information. Taught Fall semester in even years.

Past Years Spring Semester Courses

• Psychology 436: Language Development:
  also Cognitive Studies 436, Human Development 436, and Linguistics 436
  Spring 2003 information


• Psychology 465: Representation of Object and Scene Structure:
  also Cognitive Studies 465 and Computer Science 392
  Spring 2005 session of "Topics in High-Level Vision"


• Psychology 530: Representation of Structure in Vision and Language:
  also Cognitive Studies 530 and Linguistics 530
  Spring 2004 information


• Psychology 201: Cognitive Science in Context Laboratory:
  also Cognitive Studies 201 and Computer Science 201
  Spring 2005 information


• Psychology 396/696: Introduction to Sensory Systems:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 396
  Covers both those characteristics of sensory systems that are common across living organisms and those sensory properties that represent adaptations of animals to particular habitat. Scheduled for Spring 2010.


• Psychology 429/629: Olfaction and Taste: Structure and Function:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 429
  This course will be offered if there is sufficient interest. The structural and functional characteristics of smelling and tasting are explored by reading and discussing current literature in these areas.


• Psychology 418/618: Psychology of Music:
  Spring 2003 information


• Psychology 527: The Quest for Agelessness:
  also Neurobiology and Behavior 420/720
  Will be offered in Spring 2008. Molecular biology of aging.


• Psychology 444: Neural Computation:
  (also Neurobiology and Behavior 444).
  Spring 2007 information. This is a hands-on course in the computer simulation of neurons and neural circuitry, covering both theory and practice.

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