EXP-EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
EXP 3082 Experimental Psychology 3
Prerequisite:
PSY 2012, STA 2023.
Corequisite:
EXP 3082L.
Scientific
method and experimental techniques in psychology. Fundamental assumptions and
principles of scientific observation and research design are discussed.
Students learn a number of techniques specific to psychological research.
Relevant ethical issues are addressed. Students will learn to interpret and
evaluate research and to communicate research findings.
EXP
3082L Experimental Psychology Lab 1
Prerequisites;
PSY 2012, STA 2023.
Corequisite:
EXP 3082.
Scientific
method and experimental techniques in psychology. Students will conduct a
series of exercises and laboratory experiments, perform and interpret
statistical analysis of data collected, and report experimental findings in
standard technical format.
EXP 4204 Sensation and Perception 3
Prerequisite:
PSY 2012, STA 2023, EXP 3082.
Will
survey the theory and literature related to the study of sensation and
perception. Topics will include the neural mechanisms involved in coding
sensory information, visual processing, audition, speech perception, cutaneous
and chemical senses, development of perceptual processes, and impairment of
vision and hearing.
EXP 4250 Human Factors Psychology 3
Surveys
the field of human factors psychology. Specifically, the principles of
psychology from various specialty areas (e.g., cognitive, experimental, industrial/organizational,
physiological etc.) will be applied to the study of human performance in work
settings. Students will learn how work is designed to capitalize on cognitive
and physical capabilities and compensate for human limitations. Students will
also become familiar with the tools and techniques that human factors
psychologists use to study human-machine interaction and work design. Offered
concurrently with EXP 5256; graduate students will be assigned additional work.
EXP 4404 Psychology of Learning 3
Prerequisite:
PSY 2012.
Principles
and applications of learning theories, including conditioning and extinction,
reinforcement and punishment, attention, memory, cognitive processes and
physiological correlates of memory and cognition. It is preferred that the
student has had several other psychology courses.
EXP 4507 Memory and Cognition 3
Prerequisite:
PSY 2012, STA 2023, EXP 3082.
Will
Survey theory and literature related to the study of human memory and
cognition. Topics will include attention, memory, imagery, language and
bilingualism, problem solving, matamemory, expertise, and the development of
language and cognitive processes.
EXP
4507L Laboratory in Memory and
Cognition 1
Prerequisite:
STA 2023, EXP 3082, EXP 3082L.
Pre/Corequisite:
EXP 4404.
Students
will learn about the research methods used to investigate topics in memory and
cognition. Students will conduct experiments, perform statistical analysis
appropriate for the data generated, and prepare brief reports of results using
APA style. Students will complete a final project in which they design and
conduct an experiment in the area of memory and cognition, analyze the data,
and prepare an APA style research report.
EXP 5208 Advanced Sensation and Perception 3
Prerequisite:
EXP 4204 or PSB 4003.
Students
will develop an in-depth understanding of how human beings use environmental
energies to sense and perceive the world. Topics include the examination of
neural systems involved in vision, audition, somatosensation, olfaction, and
gustation. Physiological, psychophysical, and cognitive research methodologies
used to understand and predict human perception will be discussed.
EXP 5256 Human Factors Psychology 3
Surveys
the field of human factors psychology. Specifically, the principles of
psychology from various specialty areas (e.g., cognitive, experimental,
industrial/organizational, physiological etc. ) will be applied to the study of
human performance in work settings. Students will learn how work is designed to
capitalize on cognitive and physical capabilities and compensate for human
limitations. Students will also become familiar with the tools and techniques
that human factors psychologists use to study human-machine interaction and
work design. Offered concurrently with EXP 4250; graduate students will be
assigned additional work.
EXP 5575 Judgment and Decision Making 3
Seminar
on current theories of human judgment and decision making. Normative models of
decision making (based in statistics, philosophy, psychology, and economics)
and descriptive models of decision models of decision making (based on research
in cognitive psychology and social psychology) will be discussed. Naturalistic
decision making and the role of expertise in judgment and decision making will
also be discussed. Topics include judgment and decision making under a variety
of conditions of uncertainty, including aviation, diagnosis and treatment
decision in clinical psychology and medicine, forecasting, risk assessment, and
jury decisions.
EXP 6506 Advanced Cognitive Psychology 3
Prerequisite:
EXP 3082 and EXP 4404.
Students
will develop a broad understanding of current research and theorizing in the
various topics of memory and cognition, including attention, memory systems and
processes, representation of knowledge, metamemory, language, problem solving,
expertise, decision making, and creativity. Emphasis will be placed on current
research and theory in human memory cognition. Students will develop an
in-depth understanding of a selected topic in cognition and will write a
literature review paper discussing current research and theory in this topic.