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RESEARCH SEMINAR COURSES – FALL 2014 PSYC 412.01 – Research Seminar in Biological Psychology – Dr. Jennifer Mailloux I’m freaking out! I’m pumped! I have butterflies! Generally, the experiences reflected by these expressions indicate that the individual is feeling something that could be referred to as anxiety, tension, or worry. Collectively, we can refer to these experiences as stress, and stress is what we will study in this seminar. We will examine the different ways in which stress can be conceptualized, as both a negative and positive experience. Then, we will examine how we can operationally define different kinds of stress, both subjectively and objectively. Students will use this knowledge to design a study measuring stress in a context of their choice and, especially as they interpret the outcome of their research, learn the pros and cons of conceptualizing and measuring stress in different ways. PSYC 411-01 – Research Seminar in Abnormal, Personality and Social Psychology – Dr. Christine McBride This course will focus on relationships. From sibling relationships, to parent/child relationships to dating and marriage, all relationships exist in a social context and are driven by an intrinsic need for companionship. We will study various forms of relationships by examining how they develop, how they are nurtured, and what tears them apart. We will read contemporary and classic literature covering various theoretical perspectives, learn how researchers assess the strength of relationships, and discuss how relationships vary across cultures. PSYC 413.01—Research Seminar in Learning and Cognition—Steve Hampton Consider the following: (1) If your grocery store put up a sign that says “Soup—40% Off” their customers would buy significantly more cans if they added the phrase “Limit, 12 Cans Per Customer.” (2) People answer the question “Does a chicken have 3 legs?” faster than they answer the question “Does a chicken have four legs?” (3) When students answer the questions “How many dates have you had in the last month?” followed by the question “How happy are you these days?” the two answers are extremely highly correlated, more datesmore happy. If you reverse the order of the questions there is no correlation between the answers! These are just a few of the hundreds of examples of how humans think. This course will explore Thinking, Fast and Slow the New York Times best seller by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer in the study of human thought, reasoning and decision making.