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Psychological and Brain Sciences 1 PSY:2105 Winning Hearts and Minds: Understanding Social Influence 1 s.h. Psychological and What social psychologists have discovered about changing people's attitudes and behavior; social influence strategies Brain Sciences including applications to fundraising, public service campaigns, religious cults, sales, and political campaigns. Chair PSY:2130 Advanced Psychology for Pre-Medical • Mark S. Blumberg Track 3 s.h. Psychology as a behavioral science; elementary psychology Undergraduate major: psychology (B.A., B.S.) in more depth, advanced topics. Prerequisites: PSY:1001. Undergraduate minor: psychology Requirements: non-psychology major. Graduate degrees: M.A. in psychology; Ph.D. in psychology Faculty: https://psychology.uiowa.edu/people/faculty PSY:2301 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3 s.h. Website: https://psychology.uiowa.edu Introduction to abnormal psychology; scientist-practitioner model, training, ethics, research methods in clinical psychology; current approaches to intellectual, personality, Courses behavioral assessment; theories, research on treatment of psychological disorders. Prerequisites: PSY:1001. GE: Social The following courses are open to first-year students who Sciences. have satisfactorily completed an introductory psychology course (PSY:1001 Elementary Psychology or equivalent). PSY:2401 Introduction to Developmental Science 3 s.h. Other courses numbered from 1000-2999 are considered Current research in developmental science; prenatal lower-level undergraduate courses. development, brain development, motor and physical development, perceptual development, language • PSY:2301 Introduction to Clinical Psychology development, cognitive development, aspects of socio- • PSY:2401 Introduction to Developmental Science emotional development; emphasis on modern theoretical • PSY:2501 Introduction to Social Psychology approaches. Prerequisites: PSY:1001. GE: Social Sciences. • PSY:2601 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology PSY:2501 Introduction to Social Psychology 3 s.h. • PSY:2701 Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience Research and theories on people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social situations; attitudes, attributions, person Before enrolling in any advanced undergraduate courses, perception, aggression, stereotypes and prejudice, attraction, students must complete all specified lower-level prerequisites relationships, social influence, group processes, altruism. or obtain consent of the instructor. Courses numbered Prerequisites: PSY:1001. 3000-4999 are considered advanced undergraduate courses. Those numbered 5000-7610 are considered graduate-level PSY:2601 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology 3 s.h. courses. Individual human cognition; perception, attention, memory, language, learning, problem solving, decision making, Psychological and Brain Sciences thought considered from viewpoint of information processing. Courses Prerequisites: PSY:1001. GE: Social Sciences. PSY:2701 Introduction to Behavioral PSY:1000 First-Year Seminar 1 s.h. Neuroscience 4 s.h. Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics Biological mechanisms of behavior; comparative study of chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., behavior, behavioral organization, animal intelligence, social films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research behavior, communication; behavioral neuroscience, how brain facilities, field trips). Requirements: first- or second-semester systems control sensation, movement, homeostasis, emotion, standing. learning. PSY:1001 Elementary Psychology 3 s.h. PSY:2811 Research Methods and Data Analysis in Psychology as a behavioral science. GE: Social Sciences. Psychology I 3 s.h. PSY:1010 Your Brain Unlocked: Learning About Foundational knowledge in psychological research methods Learning 1 s.h. and corresponding statistical concepts; basic concepts of Research about the human mind and brain that students can statistics, statistical inference, and research design as applied use to foster academic success at the UI; presentation of in psychological research; study of descriptive statistics, research findings that indicate best practices for studying, measurement, survey design, correlational analyses, and learning, and succeeding at the UI (not a remedial study skills regression analysis; first in a sequence of two courses. course); topics range from retrieving information stored in Prerequisites: PSY:1001 or PSY:2701. GE: Quantitative or memory to maintaining psychological health under stress; Formal Reasoning. course format consists of lecture, student response to reading PSY:2812 Research Methods and Data Analysis in assignments, and discussion; readings are primarily original Psychology II 3 s.h. documents (journal articles). Foundational knowledge in psychological research methods PSY:1501 Everyone's a Little Bit Biased: The Science and corresponding statistical concepts; basic concepts of Behind Prejudice 3 s.h. statistics, statistical inference, and research design as they Tendencies to view and/or respond in favorable or unfavorable are applied in psychological research; study of experimental ways to individuals based solely on social group membership; control, experimental design, and hypothesis testing; second social psychological concepts, underlying principles, and in a sequence of two courses. Prerequisites: PSY:2811 with a theories to understand how stereotypic beliefs, prejudicial minimum grade of C-. attitudes, and discriminatory actions impact individuals and reinforce social inequality. GE: Diversity and Inclusion. 2 Psychological and Brain Sciences PSY:2920 The Damaged Brain 3 s.h. PSY:3040 Psychology of Learning 3 s.h. Basic understanding of relationship between brain and Psychological science of acquired behavior; interests in behavior through examination of behavioral and cognitive experimental study of Pavlovian conditioning, operant consequences of brain damage from disease or trauma; conditioning, cognition in humans and nonhuman animals, foundations of neuropsychology, structure of the nervous relevance to behavioral adaptation. Prerequisites: (PSY:2811 system, functional specialization of the brain, cognitive with a minimum grade of C- or PSY:2810 with a minimum functions, and assessments of brain disorders. grade of C-) and (PSY:2701 with a minimum grade of C- or PSY:2930 Abnormal Psychology: Health PSY:2601 with a minimum grade of C-). Professions 3 s.h. PSY:3050 Applied Psychology: Addressing Real-World Introduction to psychological disorders; description of Problems 3 s.h. psychopathology; general issues in etiology and treatment; Bridging the basic applied research divide in psychology; for non-psychology students in allied health professions. contributions of cognitive, clinical, social, and developmental Prerequisites: PSY:1001. Requirements: non-psychology psychology to understand real-world problems (e.g., traffic major. safety, screen time). Prerequisites: PSY:2301 with a minimum PSY:2975 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience 3 s.h. grade of C- or PSY:2401 with a minimum grade of C- or Analysis of brain systems and neuroanatomy that underlie PSY:2501 with a minimum grade of C- or PSY:2601 with a cognitive tasks such as vision, hearing, emotion, attention, minimum grade of C-. language, decision making, learning, and memory. PSY:3055 Interdisciplinary Science of Sound and Prerequisites: PSY:2701. Hearing 3 s.h. PSY:3005 Scientific Communication in Psychology 3 s.h. Introduction to physics of sound, biology/psychology of Training in modes of communication in psychological science; hearing, and audio technology; theories and experimental scientific writing; APA format for scientific papers; describing methods; music, speech, and environmental sounds. Same as psychological research; creating research presentations CSD:3119, MUS:3055. tailored to different audiences. Prerequisites: PSY:2811 with a PSY:3060 Sensation and Perception 3 s.h. minimum grade of C-. Principles of sensory processes in vision, audition, and other PSY:3010 Health Psychology 3 s.h. modalities; perception of objects and events. Psychological contributions to understanding etiology, PSY:3066 Aging Mind and Brain 3 s.h. prevention, treatment of physical illness; basic and clinical Current theories and research on cognitive, affective, research that addresses reciprocal effects of behavior and socioemotional, and decision-making changes that physical health. Prerequisites: (PSY:2811 with a minimum occur during aging; behavioral, cognitive, and cognitive grade of C- or PSY:2810 with a minimum grade of C-) and neuroscience methodologies applied to study of aging in these (PSY:2301 with a minimum grade of C- or PSY:2501 with a domains; lifespan perspective with emphasis on decline and minimum grade of C- or PSY:2701 with a minimum grade of adaptation. Prerequisites: PSY:2811 with a minimum grade C-). of C- and (PSY:2701 with a minimum grade of C- or PSY:2601 PSY:3020 Mind and Behavior 3 s.h. with a minimum grade of C-). Theories of what it is to act and know, of what intelligence PSY:3080 Barking and Talking: What Is might be in animals, humans, machines; perspectives from Communication? 3 s.h. philosophy, psychology. Prerequisites: PSY:2811 with a Similarities and differences in human language and animal minimum grade of C- and (PSY:2701 with a minimum grade of communication; contexts of communication, function of C- or PSY:2601 with a minimum grade of C-). Requirements: communication, cognitive bases of communication, and