Introduction to Psychological Science
	Course Number: PSY 141 A			CRN Number: 91943	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Justin Hulbert
	Schedule/Location:		Mon  Wed     3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Hegeman 102
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis
	Crosslists:	Mind, Brain, Behavior

How does the mind create the reality we perceive? How do experiences shape the brain, and how do processes in the brain influence thought, emotion and behavior?  This course investigates these and similar questions by studying the science of the human mind and behavior. The course covers topics such as memory, perception, development, psychopathology, personality, and social behavior. A focus is on the biological, cognitive, and social/cultural roots that give rise to human experience. Additionally, the course will consider how behavior differs among people, and across situations.

 

Introduction to Psychological Science
	Course Number: PSY 141 B			CRN Number: 91941	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Elena Kim
	Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Hegeman 102
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis
	Crosslists:	Mind, Brain, Behavior

How does the mind create the reality we perceive? How do experiences shape the brain, and how do processes in the brain influence thought, emotion and behavior?  This course investigates these and similar questions by studying the science of the human mind and behavior. The course covers topics such as memory, perception, development, psychopathology, personality, and social behavior. A focus is on the biological, cognitive, and social/cultural roots that give rise to human experience. Additionally, the course will consider how behavior differs among people, and across situations.

 

Introduction to Psychological Science
	Course Number: PSY 141 C			CRN Number: 91942	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
	Schedule/Location:		Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 201
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis
	Crosslists:	Mind, Brain, Behavior

How does the mind create the reality we perceive? How do experiences shape the brain, and how do processes in the brain influence thought, emotion and behavior?  This course investigates these and similar questions by studying the science of the human mind and behavior. The course covers topics such as memory, perception, development, psychopathology, personality, and social behavior. A focus is on the biological, cognitive, and social/cultural roots that give rise to human experience. Additionally, the course will consider how behavior differs among people, and across situations.

 

Design and Analysis in Psychology I
	Course Number: PSY 201			CRN Number: 91947	Class cap: 18	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Frank Scalzo
	Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Reem Kayden Center 115
			Wed     10:10 AM – 12:10 PM Henderson Comp. Center 106
	Distributional Area:		LS  Laboratory Science

This course provides an introduction to the research designs and data analyses central to psychological science, helping to build a strong understanding of research methods, ethics, and statistics. This course is required for students prior to moderation in Psychology and is built around hands-on laboratory experiences designed to illuminate experimental psychology for intended majors. This course must be taken before the second course in the two-part sequence, Design & Analysis for Psychology II (PSY 202). Together, these courses are intended to provide a strong foundation for designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating empirical research in the discipline. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychological Science or its equivalent, and sophomore status at the College.

 

Design and Analysis in Psychology II
	Course Number: PSY 202			CRN Number: 91944	Class cap: 36	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Justin Dainer-Best
	Schedule/Location:		Mon  Wed     10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Reem Kayden Center 103
	Distributional Area:		MC  Mathematics and Computing

This course continues the study of research designs and data analyses central to psychological science introduced in PSY 201. A focus will be on selecting appropriate research designs and analyses for specific research questions. Students will analyze data using the JAMOVI software package and practice communicating their results to diverse audiences. This course must be taken after the first course in the two-part sequence, Design & Analysis for Psychology I (PSY 201). Together, these courses are intended to provide a strong foundation for designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating empirical research in the discipline. Prerequisites: Design & Analysis for Psychology I 

 

Design & Analysis in Psychology II Lab A
	Course Number: PSY 202 LBA			CRN Number: 91945	Class cap: 18	Credits: 0
	Professor:	Justin Dainer-Best
	Schedule/Location:		Thurs    10:10 AM – 12:10 PM Albee 100
	Distributional Area:		MC  Mathematics and Computing

 

Design & Analysis in Psychology II Lab B
	Course Number: PSY 202 LBB			CRN Number: 91946	Class cap: 18	Credits: 0
	Professor:	Justin Dainer-Best
	Schedule/Location:		Thurs    1:30 PM – 3:30 PM RKC 103
	Distributional Area:		MC  Mathematics and Computing

 

Child Abnormal Psychology
	Course Number: PSY 211			CRN Number: 91948	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
	Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Hegeman 308
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

This course investigates the early and multiple factors contributing to psychopathology emerging in childhood, as well as the diagnostic and treatment standards now in practice. We will emphasize an empirically-based developmental psychopathology perspective, with an emphasis on the risk and protective factors that shape abnormal and normal developmental trajectories. We will explore various models for understanding maladaptive development (e.g, the role of genes, psychosocial influences) through the examination of current research and diagnostic practices in specific diagnostic areas (e.g., autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Throughout this course, students will be encouraged to relate empirical findings to the field’s theoretical models in considering the genetic, biological, cognitive, and cultural influences on child development.  Prerequisite:  PSY 141

 

Gender in the History of Psychological Disorders
	Course Number: PSY 216			CRN Number: 91949	Class cap: 16	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Elena Kim
	Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    11:50 AM – 1:10 PM Hegeman 201
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

This course examines the history of abnormal psychology from the perspective of women’s experiences within this field. We will explore the role that psychiatry has played in defining and shaping what has been considered ‘normal female’ as opposed to ‘normal male’ behavior. The course begins with the history of conceptualizing the ‘female madness’ starting from the witchcraft persecution in Europe to the emergence of diagnostic categories such as “neurasthenia’ and ‘hysteria’ which were frequently applied to women in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. We will discuss biological explanations used to explain mental disorder in women and associated psychiatric practices of the past. The key point of the course is to look at how gender roles and stereotypes may have contributed to definitions of mental illness with varied impacts on women and men. For example, we will read materials about how women who deviated from their ascribed gender roles were continuously likely to be categorized as ‘insane’. In the second part of the course, our focus will be on how diagnoses have changed over time and the modern day gender biases still found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Intersections of gender with race, class and sexual subjectivity in the history of abnormal psychology will be examined throughout the course. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychological Science or permission of the instructor. This course fulfills the Cluster A requirement for the psychology major.

 

Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior
	Course Number: PSY 219			CRN Number: 91951	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Joshua Nelson
	Schedule/Location:		Tue  Thurs    10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Hegeman 102
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

This course will provide students with an introduction to the field of forensic psychology through the in-depth study of criminal behavior. Topics will include biological and developmental risk factors for criminality, crime and mental disorders (especially psychopathy), sexual assault and abuse, criminal profiling (with a focus on perpetrators of serious crimes), and extremism and terrorism. The material will be considered from a range of theoretical perspectives with an emphasis on social-learning models. The course will involve a combination of lecture, discussion, and student presentations and fulfills the Cluster A requirement for the Psychology Major. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology or permission of instructor. While not required, it is recommended that students have taken Adult Abnormal Psychology prior to this course.

 

Social Psychology
	Course Number: PSY 220			CRN Number: 91950	Class cap: 22	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Kristin Lane
	Schedule/Location:		Tue   Fri   1:30 PM – 2:50 PM Reem Kayden Center 103
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis
	Crosslists:	Gender and Sexuality Studies; Sociology

Social Psychology is the scientific study of human thought, behavior, and feelings in their social contexts. This class will survey many of the processes that influence and are influenced by our interactions with others, such as attitude formation and change, conformity and persuasion. We will also use principles of social psychology to understand the ordinary origins of benevolent (e.g., altruism, helping behavior) and malevolent (e.g., aggression, prejudice) aspects of human behavior. Throughout the course, we will emphasize the influence of culture, race, and gender on the topics addressed. Students should have completed Introduction to Psychological Science or its equivalent. This course fulfills the Cluster B requirement for the Psychology Major.

 

Psychology of Baseball
	Course Number: PSY 312			CRN Number: 91953	Class cap: 12	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Kristin Lane
	Schedule/Location:		Thurs    12:30 PM – 2:50 PM Olin 301
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

This course will use baseball as a lens to understand psychological phenomena and processes.  We will first explore how relying on mental heuristics can lead to biases and suboptimal decisions about players or in-game strategy, and how the shift to data-based decision-making has transformed the sport.  In the second half of the class we will explore the social psychological aspects of baseball.  Baseball’s status as America’s “national pastime” helps us understand the construction of  national identity, and how ardent fandom, identification with a team, and fierce rivalries illustrate general processes that underlie a broader range of intergroup conflicts.  We will end with an exploration of how prejudice and stereotypes about groups such as race and gender shape the sport today.  Sources will include primary empirical research, popular press stories, podcasts, and conversations with players and/ or executives in professional baseball.  No prior knowledge about baseball is required.  Prerequisite: Moderation into Psychology or consent of the instructor.

 

Science of Forgetting
	Course Number: PSY 335			CRN Number: 91952	Class cap: 12	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Justin Hulbert
	Schedule/Location:		Tue      3:10 PM – 5:30 PM Olin 107
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

Forget something? Of course, we all have. From annoying tip-of-the-tongue moments to more embarrassing (or worse) memory lapses, forgetting is a regular—and sometimes even advantageous—occurrence. But we still have a lot learn about exactly how and why these episodes occur. In this seminar, we will consider leading psychological and neuroscientific theories of forgetting, as well as the empirical evidence for them. Do memories simply decay over time or is interference to blame? Can memories be repressed only later to be recovered? How do drugs, alcohol, and traumatic head injuries affect memory consolidation? By the end of the course, you will have acquired the scientific background necessary to address these questions in relation to forgetting in your own life, as well as notorious cases of memory failures in the public sphere. This course is open to moderated students who have completed at least one of the following prerequisites: Cognitive Psychology (PSY 230), Human Memory (PSY 243), Neuroscience (PSY 231), or with instructor’s permission.

 

Global Perspectives on Mental Health
	Course Number: PSY 350			CRN Number: 91954	Class cap: 12	Credits: 4
	Professor:	Elena Kim
	Schedule/Location:		Wed     9:10 AM – 11:30 AM Olin 304
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis
	Crosslists:	Global Public Health

In this seminar, students will develop expertise in the cross-cultural study of mental health. We will examine the multinational nature of mental health and cultural differences in presentation of mental distress, drawing on in-depth accounts from Cambodia, Japan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Zanzibar, the United States, and other geographies. Together, we will explore the contemporary global mental health movement, paying special attention to the global development agenda and intersections between human rights and the rights to mental health. Part of the semester will be spent learning about globalization of biomedical psychiatry and the troubling homogenization of expression and treatment of psychological disorders. We conclude the course by considering innovative approaches in cultural adaptation of psychiatric intervention. Prerequisite: Moderation into Psychology or consent of the instructor

 

Senior Conference
	Course Number: PSY 405			CRN Number: 91955	Class cap: 36	Credits: 1
	Professor:	Frank Scalzo
	Schedule/Location:		Thurs    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Preston 110
	Distributional Area:		SA  Social Analysis

In Senior Conference, psychology majors will cultivate the skills necessary to complete a successful Senior Project and continue to build community among their cohort. Topics will include: scientific writing, approaches to evidence, data collection, data analysis, and data management. Professional development and preparing for life after Bard will also be emphasized. Enrollment is required for psychology majors who will begin their psychology Senior Project during the Fall 2022 semester.

 

Research in Developmental Psychology
	Course Number: PSY DEV			CRN Number: 91956	Class cap: 6	Credits: 2
	Professor:	Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
	Schedule/Location:		Thurs    1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Preston
	Distributional Area:		None

In this course, students will participate in laboratory research in child developmental psychology. Special emphasis will be placed on 3- to 5-year olds’ social cognition, perspective-taking, and memory in the context of games. The majority of time in this course will consist of independent laboratory work and research, and students will work with young children, parents, and members of the community to initiate research protocols in our Preston-based laboratory. There will be a weekly laboratory meeting, readings, assignments, two short papers (a literature review and a summary of your empirical project) and student presentations. Open to first-year, second-year and junior students with consent of the instructor. (This course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits).