Classes

Laboratory in Early Cognitive Development

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2017

Fall 2012 - Present

Co-Instructor, under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Spelke

This is a laboratory methods course that provides students with hands-on experience in a cognitive development lab. The aim of the course is for students to engage in all aspects of the scientific process - from experimental design to data collection and interpretation - by working in a lab, and...

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Contemporary Issues in Psychology: Intensive Cross-level Analyses

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2017

Instructor

Examines selected issues and phenomena in contemporary psychological research. Special attention to examining topics from a variety of perspectives, to reading primary sources in the field, and to developing thinking, writing, research, and discussion skills.

Contemporary Issues in Psychology: Intensive Cross-level Analyses

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2016

Instructor

Examines selected issues and phenomena in contemporary psychological research. Special attention to examining topics from a variety of perspectives, to reading primary sources in the field, and to developing thinking, writing, research, and discussion skills. 

Contemporary Issues in Psychology: Intensive Cross-level Analyses

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2016

Instructor

Examines selected issues and phenomena in contemporary psychological research. Special attention to examining topics from a variety of perspectives, to reading primary sources in the field, and to developing thinking, writing, research, and discussion skills.

Abnormal Psychology

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2015

Teaching Fellow, under Instructor Dr. Joshua Buckholtz

Introduction to the study of psychological dysfunction. Focuses on abnormal behavior as it relates to the definition, etiology, and treatment of major symptom domains. This course will emphasize critical evaluation of the causes and mechanisms of mental illness, with special attention paid to recent neuroscientific and genetic research on the neurobiology of psychopathology.

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Psychological Science

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2015

Teaching Fellow, under Instructor Dr. Steven Pinker

An introduction to the sciences of mind, including foundational concepts from neuroscience, evolution, genetics, philosophy, and experimental methods, and specific topics such as perception, memory, reasoning and decision-making, consciousness, child development, psychopathology, personality, language, emotion, sexuality, violence, morality and social relations.

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Abnormal Psychology

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2014

 

Teaching Fellow, under Instructor Dr. Joshua Buckholtz

Introduction to the study of psychological dysfunction. Focuses on abnormal behavior as it relates to the definition, etiology, and treatment of major symptom domains. This course will emphasize critical evaluation of the causes and mechanisms of mental illness, with special attention paid to recent neuroscientific and genetic research on the neurobiology of psychopathology.

 

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