Psychology (PSY)

General survey of perception; learning and memory; cognitive, developmental, personality, abnormal, and social psychology; and behavioral neuroscience. Requires participation in research or a short paper. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

Substance Use and Abuse is a survey course designed to familiarize students with the terminology, concepts, and contemporary issues pertaining to drug and alcohol use from a social science perspective. In this course, you will become acquainted at the introductory level with the historical and cultural processes that define addictions today, the pharmacological aspects of drugs and their impact on humans and animals, psychological processes related to alcohol and drug use, the various treatment and recovery modalities available, and ever-evolving policies and public health debates regarding substance use. Students also will learn the methods that researchers use to study alcohol and drug use in animals and humans. This course is the same as SOC 121 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

The one credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps transition to UB through an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 198 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

The three credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps students with common learning outcomes focused on fundamental expectations for critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and oral communication, and learning at a university, all within topic focused subject matter. The Seminars provide students with an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 199 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

Graphs; permutations; combinations; probability; regression; correlation; analysis of variance; descriptive and inferential statistics; parametric and nonparametric tests appropriate to psychological research. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation weekly. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade other than W may repeat the course in the summer or winter; or only in the fall or spring semester with a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences Deans' Office.

This is a hands on class designed to take an early stage student through the scientific process including primary literature, data collection and presentation. This is a student centered classroom, active discussion and participation are required. At the conclusion of this course students should be competitive to begin research in other laboratories.

This course is designed to introduce students to the ways that psychologists communicate in scientific contexts, including writing technical research reports (journal articles), poster presentations at conferences, and oral presentations. You will learn how to structure a research report and write using the style guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA). The aim will be to foster confidence in a scientific style of communication one that is often quite different from that taught in the humanities. Conciseness, clarity, and exactness will be the hallmarks of successful written and oral products in the course. At the completion of Communicating in Psychological Sciences, students should have developed each of these traits in their written and oral expression.

Theory, research, and measurement related to the description, development, and dynamics of the normal personality.

Theory and description of the major behavior disorders and the psychopathology of everyday life; causes and treatment of these disorders.

Introduces theoretical concepts and developing practices in community psychology and community mental health.

Introduces clinical psychology. Methods of assessing abnormal behavior, modes of intervention, theories of treatment, and ethical issues.

Introduces the scientific study of the behavioral and social aspects of health.

Behavior of individuals and their relations with others; aggression; attraction; attitude formation and change; conformity; obedience; helping; stereotypes; group processes.

Overview of social conflict theory and of conflict resolution practice. Topics include the nature and cause of conflict, strategic choice in conflict, escalation, negotiation, and third-party intervention. Emphasizes psychological approaches, but is not limited to them.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology is the application of scientific methods and psychological principles to the work setting. Topics include personnel decisions; performance evaluation and management; leadership; teams; occupational health; motivation, attitudes, and behavior in work situations. This field seeks to address employee functioning and organizational effectiveness.

Major developmental changes in areas of human behavior, cognition, personality, and social life from the perspective of current theories about development across the lifespan.

Information-processing approach to human behavior; how people interpret and understand the environment; recognition; memory; language.

An interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of knowledge and mind, guided by principles of formal systems and computation. Concepts and approaches from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and neuroscience. This course is the same as LIN 342 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

This class explores how humans and other animals sense the environment around them. We cover the structure and function of the sensory organs, the perceptual organization of the world, and the neurophysiology involved in sensation and perception. This course will also cover the history and theories of perception and the experimental data that support how we see, hear, taste, smell, and touch.

This course covers the ways in which humans and animals acquire new patterns of behavior, factors which control and/or limit those acquisition processes, and the theories which have been proposed to explain the mechanisms underlying learning.

The research process; observational, correlational and survey, experimental techniques; nature of theory; hypothesis testing and empirical data; scientific knowledge and its applications.

Physiological studies, mainly on the nervous system, relevant to selected theoretical issues in perception, learning, motivation, and problem solving.

Basic brain chemistry and its influence on behavior. Distribution and elimination of drugs, drug-receptor interactions, and the neuroanatomical distribution of specific neurotransmitter systems. Special topics in biological psychiatry.

From the pressure of taking an exam to the threat of global terrorism, from irritation over commuting to grief over a loved one's death, stress is an inescapable part of life. And stressful experiences, through their psychological and physiological effects, can affect human health and well-being. The influence of stress can be seen in health problems including depression, anxiety disorders, cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases, and cancer...to say nothing of the reduced quality of life we all feel when we're under stress. In this course, we will come to understand more about the nature of stress and its effects by exploring classic and cutting-edge theory and research.

The relationship between alcohol use and psychological, social, and physical well-being. Conceptualizes problem drinking within a social psychological paradigm; implications of different conceptions for the prevention and treatment of alcohol problems.

Instruction and application of R statistical package to conduct univariate and multivariate analyses. Tests reviewed include nonparametric statistics, t-tests, various ANOVA forms (e.g. repeated measures, factorial, ANCOVA), correlation and regression, factor analysis, and MANOVA.

Examines how the unconscious mind works, how much of the self resides in the unconscious, and how the unconscious can and can not be accesses. Class is broken up into a number of different activities; each is designed to develop different skills while learning about consciousness and the self.

Studies methods of working with organizations to improve their effectiveness. Involves individual, group, and organizational-level change processes.

Social psychological theory and research on the self. How the self-concept and self-esteem develop; consequences of self-views on affect, cognition, and behavior.

Theory and data about the causes and control of human violence and aggression.

Overview of recent theory and research in social cognition, including automatic and controlled processing, stereotyping, social memory, and cultural influences on cognition.

Personality differences and intellectual functioning; IQ tests; projective tests; behavioral assessments.

Examines legal issues related to selected social problems in light of psychological theory, research, and clinical experience.

Discusses some principles of rational thought and some of the psychological processes that lead to successful and unsuccessful resolution of problems and other conceptual tasks. Explores how age and experience affect these processes.

Conceptions of identity or self as they appear in current psychological literature; how people develop and maintain a view of self and the self-referent nature of their world.

Surveys recent research in the neurosciences concerning the processes involved in long-term registration of information in the central nervous system. These processes range from the level of single synapses to complex brain systems.

Focuses on current research and theory concerning close relationships. Topics to be covered will include attachment, attraction, love, interdependence, communication, relationship conflict, social support, and health.

Historical antecedents and the evolution of contemporary theoretical approaches and concepts of psychology.

In-depth analysis of the symptoms, etiology, and treatment of the major anxiety disorders from the perspective of both the practicing clinician and the research scientist.

Contemporary ideas and research on mood disorders, including their classification, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment.

Description, diagnosis, causes, and treatment of childhood disorders, including ADHD, aggression, depression, anxiety, autism, and others.

Biological factors in mental disorders; for example, in schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Developmental theory, methods, and empirical evidence needed to describe and understand the psychological changes that take place in adulthood and old age.

Starting with a consideration of the infant's basic perceptual capacities, examines the role of innate and experiential factors in developing the capacity to speak and understand language.

Basic physiological processes; physiological aspects of behavior, emotions, and cognition; psychophysiological methods.

The connection between mind and body from a social psychological perspective; effects on various physiological systems; using body responses to understand psychological process.

This course builds upon PSY 336 (Developmental Psychology), integrating the topics of development during infancy/childhood and eating behavior. Students will explore eating-behavior-related topics relevant to these developmental periods and will think critically about the role of the current environment in the development of eating habits and health outcomes beginning early in life.

In this course, we will take an integrative approach to the study of behavior in animals looking at topics such as learning, animal personalities, aggression, play, cooperation, communication, natural selection, and foraging.

Research on brain and hormone involvement in the control of behaviors relevant to all phases of reproduction (parental behavior and sex); infrahuman and human systems.

Reviews and, wherever possible, synthesizes research studies carried out mainly on humans that increase our understanding of how the brain works.

Examines the difference in concepts of the self, interpersonal processes, and group processes across cultures.

Topics include the nature of sport psychology, personality and sport, motivational orientations in sport, self-referent thought in sport and physical activity, the arousal-athletic performance relationship, gender and sport behavior, and group dynamics.

Familiarizes students with the structure, function, and principles of the endocrine/neuroendocrine system and how this system helps to initiate and regulate behavior (e.g. stress, reproduction, cyclicity in behavior, ingestion, and aggression).

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the fundamental principles of genetics, especially in terms of their application to the study of behavior. Using this natural-science perspective, we will examine how genetic variables influence behavior of both humans and nonhumans, and how these variables interact with environmental factors. We will discuss the basic principles of Mendelian and molecular genetics, how these principles are studied in the laboratory and what they mean for behavior in the real world. At all times, we will evaluate the material from a rigorous scientific perspective. This course is dual-listed with PSY 715.

Familiarizes students with the biological basis of feeding and drinking. Covers broader concepts including homeostasis, sensory systems, structure and function of the nervous system, chemical signaling, learning and public health, all in the context of the control of feeding and drinking.

Focuses on the evolution, function, design, and diversity of animal communication systems such as song and visual signaling in birds, calls and echolocation in dolphins, echolocation and olfactory signaling in bats, olfactory signaling in insects, and electrical signaling in fish.

This course will examine the importance of timing in behavior as well as the internal timekeeping systems that regulate this timing. We will cover a diverse array of biological rhythms with an emphasis on daily and seasonal rhythms to gain an in-depth understanding of their formal properties, underlying physiological mechanisms, importance for animal behavior, and impact on human health. This course is dual-listed with PSY 744.

How knowledge is represented, stored, and retrieved by humans; attention; language comprehension; nature and causes of forgetting.

Focuses on animal minds, including perception, attention, representation, concept and rule learning, judgments of time and number, tool use, communication, self-awareness, and awareness of the other. This course is dual-listed with PSY 648.

How we perceive, remember, and respond to music. Representation of musical knowledge, emotional and aesthetic response to music, listening styles of novices and experts, music's role in human culture.

What individuals know when they know a natural language; how that language is acquired; what the facts of language tell us of the structure of the mind.

Development of ideas concerning the problem of motivation; important experiments in the development of these ideas; current theories of motivation; data relevant to an examination of these theories.

Development and application of skills needed to conduct and evaluate research. Strongly recommended for students who plan to attend graduate school.

The scientific study of drug addiction, emphasizing biological and psychological theories.

Psychological aspects of historical and contemporary race and gender relations in the United States. Topics include stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, conflict, and cooperation.

The purpose of this course is to assist students in becoming familiar with the link between equity, inclusion, and social justice movements and the way they shape various fields of psychological research and practice. Students will learn about foundational theoretical and methodological concepts, historical and contemporary research, as well as community movements of cultural and social equity in research with marginalized and minoritized populations.

This course surveys core topics and recent work fundamental to the interdisciplinary field of human cognitive development. Major aspects of children's thinking are reviewed through the examination of the various approaches to the study of early cognition. Emphasis will be placed on early development from infancy until the preschool years.

Emphasizes how growth and development during the adolescent period are influenced by contemporary culture. Three major themes of adolescent development (self, stress, and love) are examined, and the course considers various psychological, biological, and sociological theories which attempt to explain changes associated with these themes.

This course covers the application of neuroscientific methods to the study of human cognition, with a focus on the analysis and interpretation of functional Neuroimaging data using the General Linear Model. Topics covered include the basic principles of fMRI/PET/FNIRS/EEG, application of these methods to the study of normal and disordered cognitive processes including perception, memory, attention and reading. Students will gain theoretical and hands- on experience with processing and analysis of BOLD MRI time series using the General Linear Model. These topics will be covered a sufficient level to provide students with the ability to critically evaluate cognitive neuroscientific literature.

Topical seminars and laboratory courses.

Topical seminars and laboratory courses.

Topical seminars and laboratory courses.

Topical seminars and laboratory courses. PSY 470-PSY 475 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses.

Topical seminars and laboratory courses. PSY 470-PSY 475 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Current theories, research, and controversies in the major subareas of psychology. PSY 485-PSY 490 are part of the Cognitive and Behavioral neurosciences courses. Specific topics and content change each semester.

Undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) positions are available for certain psychology courses to those students who have completed the course or its equivalent with a grade of A, have achieved junior status, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 overall. Students must apply for UTA positions with the appropriate instructor. Credit does not count toward the major. Graded P/F.

A program of applied work in a community, government, or private agency or organization related to the major in psychology. Must be agreed upon by the student and a faculty sponsor in the department. Credit does not count toward the major. Graded P/F.

Independent research for two semesters with a faculty member. Apply in junior year.

A program of supervised research to be agreed upon by the student and a faculty sponsor in the department, including procedures for evaluating student performance.. Student receives a letter grade.

A program of scholarship to be agreed upon by the student and a faculty sponsor in the department, including procedures for evaluating student performance. Student receives a letter grade.