PSYC G6001. Proseminar I. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Open only to psychology graduate students.

PSYC G6002. Proseminar II. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Open only to psychology graduate students in GSAS.

PSYC G6003x. Proseminar III. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Open only to psychology graduate students.

PSYC G6006x. Introduction To Statistical Modeling In Psychology. 4 pts. Corequisites: Additional lab statistical exercises, R 10:00-12:00 200B Schermerhorn Hall

Methods of data analysis and mathematical modeling illustrated with examples from psychological research.

PSYC G6007. Analysis of Change. 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Graduate course in ANOVA, General Linear Model or permission of instructor.

A survey course in statistical methods for the analysis of repeated measures data, including data from experimental and nonexperimental studies. Surveys classical (e.g., MANOVA) and modern methods (e.g., Multilevel Models) for both continuous and categorical outcomes.

PSYC G6100x. Communicating Science. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.

How to write about and present scientific information in a clear and interesting way. We will use: 1) individualized writing projects; 2) oral presentations; and 3) concise books on good writing to develop skills for communicating scientific ideas, design, results and theory.

PSYC G6200. Practicum In the Teaching of Psychology. 2-3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Open to graduate students in psychology. Practical and theoretical issues relating to the teaching of psychology and the psychology of teaching.

PSYC G6500x and y. Supervised Teaching Assistance. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty member who will direct the teaching.

Participation in ongoing teaching.

PSYC G6600x and y. Supervised Individual Research. 1-4 pts.

Prerequisite: permission of the departmental adviser to Graduate Studies.

PSYC G4220x. Cognitive Deficits in Psychopathology. 4 pts. Prerequisites: At least two other psychology courses and the instructor's permission.

Discussion of issues and research on the breakdown of basic neurocognitive processes in psychopathology. The focus will be on working memory and cognitive control-- the cognitive processes most vulnerable in many psychiatric disorders, including: Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Reaction, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Substance Abuse. Discussions will focus on issues such as: What can we learn about the neural circuitry involved in a particular psychiatric disorder from studying deficits in cognitive tasks? What can we learn about normal cognition from studying cognitive deficits in psychopathology?

PSYC G4222y. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging. 4 pts. Prerequisites: Courses in introductory psychology, cognitive psychology, and the instructor's permission.

Comprehensive overview of various conceptual and methodologic approaches to studying the cognitive neuroscience of aging. The course will emphasize the importance of combining information from cognitive experimental designs, epidemiologic studies, neuroimaging, and clinical neuropsychological approaches to understand individual differences in both healthy and pathological aging.

PSYC G4240y. Theory of Mind & Intentionality. 4 pts. Prerequisites: At least two psychology courses and instructor's permission.

Survey and critical analysis of the developmental and neurological research on theory of mind--the attribution of mental states like belief, desire, and knowledge to others--in humans and non-human animals. Emphasis will be on the role of intentionality, the stages of acquisition, the neurological and genetic bases, and seen deficits in theory of mind.

PSYC G4430y. Learning and the Brain. 4 pts. Prerequisites: Courses in introductory psychology and/or neuroscience, and the instructor's permission.

What are the neural mechanisms that support learning, memory, and choices? We will review current theories in the cognitive neuroscience of human learning, discuss how learning and decision making interact, and consider the strengths and weaknesses of two influential methods in the study of human brain and behavior--functional imaging and patient studies.

PSYC G4615y. The Psychology of Culture and Diversity (Seminar). 4 pts. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission, some basic knowledge of social psychology is desirable.

A comprehensive examination of how culture and diversity shape psychological processes. The class will explore psychological and political underpinnings of culture and diversity, emphasizing social psychological approaches. Topics include culture and self, cuture and social cognition, group and identity formation, science of diversity, stereotyping, prejudice, and gender. Applications to real-world phenomena discussed.

PSYC G4225y. Consciousness & Attention (seminar). 4 pts. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission. Some basic knowledge of cognitive science and neuroanatomy is desirable, but not necessary.

Discussion of current issues in the scientific studies of consciousness, including the search for the neural correlates of visual awareness, volition, and the various kinds of impairments of consciousness and attention as described in clinical cases. Specific topics may vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

PSYC G4227y. Philosophical and Empirical Issues in Consciousness (Seminar). 4 pts. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission. Some basic knowledge of cognitive science and neuroanatomy is desirable.

Discussion of current issues in the empirical and theoretical study of consciousness, including the definitions of consciousness, the relationship between attention and consciousness, and the search for the neural correlates of visual awareness and volition. Specific topics may vary from year to year; may be repeated for credit.

PSYC G4230y. Sensation and Perception (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission. Some background in perception is required.

Topics on the perception of space. Discussions, reviews, and recent literature.

PSYC G4235x. Special Topics In Vision (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: instructor's permission.

May be repeated for additional credit. [Please contact Prof. Graham by e-mail (nvg@psych.columbia.edu) if you are interested in this course].

PSYC G4255y. Modern Classics In Visual Perception, Visual Science and Visual Neuroscience (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: Some background in perceptual or sensory processes or neurophysiology or physical sciences/math/computer science or instructor's permission.

Reading and discussion of classic articles from the past 60 years providing a foundation for the rapidly expanding fields of visual perception, visual science, and visual neuroscience and their connections with computer modeling (with a sprinkling from research on audition); primary source articles will be accompanied by secondary source and brief lecture material to introduce each topic.

PSYC G4270y. Cognitive Processes (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: for undergraduates: one course in cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience, or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.

Metacognition and control processes in human cognition. Basic issues include the cognitive mechanisms that enable people to monitor what they know and predict what they will know, the errors and biases involved in self-monitoring, and the implications of metacognitive ability for people's self-determined learning, behavior, and their understanding of self.

PSYC G4275y. Contemporary Topics In Language and Communication (Seminar). 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites:PSYC W2240 or the equivalent or the instructor's permission.

Intensive examination from a social-psychological perspective of selected topics relevant to current theory and research on the use of language and other communication behaviors. May be repeated for additional credit.

PSYC W4285y. Multidisciplinary Approaches To Human Decision Making (Seminar). 1-3 pts. Prerequisites:PSYC W1490 or PSYC W2235 and the instructor's permission.

Discussion of selected topics and issues in human decision making. May be repeated for additional credit.

PSYC G4410. Human Psychophysiology (Seminar). 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: permission of instructor.

Examines how electrophysiological measures of neural, cardiac, somatic, and electrodermal activity can inform our understanding of human psychological states, dispositions, and cognitive processes.

PSYC G4420x or y. Animal Cognition Seminar. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Prerequisite for undergraduates: instructor's permission.

Seminar concerning a nonverbal animal's use of internal representations of past experience as a basis for action. Topics include how representations are formed, what aspects of experience are encoded, how information is stored, and how it is used later to guide behavior.

PSYC G4440x or y. Topics In Neurobiology and Behavior (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.

Examines current topics in neurobiology and behavior.

PSYC G4450x. The Evolution of Intelligence & Consciousness (Seminar). 3 pts. Prerequisites: instructor's permission.

A systematic review of the implications of Darwin's theory of evolution, Freud's theory of the unconscious, and Skinner & Chomsky's theories of language for contemporary studies of animal and human cognition.

PSYC G4460y. Cognitive Neuroscience and the Media. 4 pts. Prerequisites: PSYC 1010 or other neuroscience course, and the instructor's permission

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PSYC G4490x. Inheritance (Seminar). 4 pts. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of biology and neuroscience recommended. Instructor permission required.

Explores the concept of inheritance and the mechanisms through which inheritance is mediated. Will focus on the generational transmission of physiology and behavior, but will also consider the inheritance of culture and language.

PSYC G4630x. Advanced Seminar In Current Personality Theory and Research. 3 pts. Prerequisites: instructor's permission.

Open to psychology graduate students and advanced undergraduate psychology majors with the instructor's permission. Critical review and analysis of basic and enduring issues in personality theory, assessment, and research.

PSYC G4635. The Unconscious Mind (Seminar). 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: The instructor's permission. Some basic knowledge of social psychology is desirable.

Discussion of the unconscious mind from the perspective of social cognition, with an emphasis on both theoretical and empirical background, as well as current issues in measuring automatic processing. Topics include: implicit memory systems; unconscious attitudes, goals and behavior, emotions, and decision making; the activation and deactivation of knowledge systems; and priming.

PSYC G4670. Theories In Social and Personality Psychology (Seminar). 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.

Comparison of major theoretical perspectives on social behavior. The nature of theory construction and theory testing in psychology generally. Exercises comparing the predictions of different theories for the same study are designed to acquire an appreciation of how to operationalize theories and an understanding of the various features of a good theory.

PSYC G4680. Developmental Affective Neuroscience (Seminar). 4 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Courses in Developmental Psychology, and either research methods or affective neuroscience, and the instructor's permission.

Introduction to leading theoretical perspectives employed by developmental psychology in the study of affective neuroscience. Exploration of the development of brain and behavior relationships in humans and animal models of typical and atypical emotional behavior, with critical reading of recent research findings in this field.

PSYC G4685. Social Cognitive Neuroscience (Seminar). 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: For graduate students course equivalents of at least two of the following courses (W1001, W1010, W2630, W3410, W3480, W3485) and/or the instructor's permission.

An introduction to the emerging interdisciplinary field of social cognitive neuroscience, which examines topics traditionally of interest to social psychologists (including control and automaticity, emotion regulation, person perception, social cooperation) using methods traditionally employed by cognitive neuroscientists (functional neuroimaging, neuropsychological assessment).

PSYC G4690. Social Factors and Psychopathology (Seminar). 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.

Reviews and integrates current research on the role of social factors in psychopathology. The immediate and long-term effects of chronic and traumatic stressors originating outside the family (e.g., natural disasters, chronic poverty) and inside the family (e.g., family violence, divorce, parental psychopathology) on psychopathology.

PSYC G9010x and y. The Serial Organization of Behavior. 3 pts. Prerequisites:G6001 or instructor's permission.

Maximum student enrollment: 12-priority given to advanced students and to students who are engaged in research on topic. A critical review of literature on serial learning by animals with emphasis on its relationship to relevant aspects of the human literature.

PSYC G9020. Research In Space Perception. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission and appropriate background.

Original research articles on the perception of space and orientation in space will be read and discussed. Experiments will be planned and executed as appropriate, and reports of work will be written.

PSYC G9165x and y. Research Seminar In Cognition. 3 pts.

Open only to graduate students. Weekly seminar of presentations and discussion of current topics in cognition. This course may be repeated for additional credit.

PSYC G9180. Multidisciplinary Approaches To Human Decision Making. 1-3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010.

Prerequisite: instructor's permission. Discussion of selected topics and issues in human decision making. Course may be repeated for additional credit.

PSYC G9397x. Research Seminar In Social & Personality Psychology. 1 pt. Prerequisites: The permission of one of the instructors.

Open only to doctoral candidates.

PSYC G9398y. Research Seminar In Social & Personality Psychology. 1 pt. Prerequisites: the permission of one of the instructors.

Open only to doctoral candidates.

PSYC G9410. Behavioral Neuroscience. 3 pts. Not offered in 2009-2010. Prerequisites: At least one undergraduate neuroscience course and instructor's permission. Graduate students only.

Advanced seminar on the fundamentals of brain organization, development and function in the generation and control of behavior. Using lecture, text and original literature, a basic graduate education on neurons, circuits, systems and behavior taught by faculty experts.

PSYC G9650y. Theories and Research In Social Science of Psychology. 3 pts. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.

Advanced seminar on selected topics and issues in social cognition and social motivation. Emphasis on common languages (i.e., common nomethetic processes and idiographic contents) underlying social, personality, abnormal, and developmental psychology.

PSYC G9999x and y. Departmental Colloquium.

All graduate students are expected to attend the meetings of the seminar. Members of the staff, graduate students, and outside speakers present current research.