Timeroom: Spring 2025

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 722 (02) - Behaviorism, Culture, and Contemporary Society

Behavior, Cult & Contemp Socty

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 53593

Introduces behaviorism as a philosophy of science. Concentration on modern behaviorism as exemplified in the works of B.F. Skinner. Implications of behaviorism for the development and evolution of cultures. Consideration of societal issues (for example pollution, overpopulation, conflict, drug abuse) from a behavioral framework. No credit for students who have completed PSYC 522.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 402 and PSYC 502 and PSYC 521

Equivalent(s): PSYC 522

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Mark Henn

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	3:10pm - 4:30pm	MCC 350

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 733 (01) - Drugs and Behavior

Drugs and Behavior

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 51545

Introduces the principles of psychopharmacology and the effects of psychoactive substances on behavior. Focuses on the therapeutic and recreational use of drugs and the mechanisms of drug action, that is how the drugs affect the brain. Neuropsychiatric function and dysfunction are discussed as they relate to the use or abuse of particular drugs.

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502 and PSYC 531) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Mutual Exclusion : PSY 710

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: NEUROSCI LA, NEUROSCI LSA, PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Jill McGaughy

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	MCC 350

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 735 (01) - Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 52730

Neurobiological and neurochemical substrates underlying various psychopathologies, using both animal models and human data. Study of disorders from the field of biological psychiatry including aggression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, unipolar depression, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The effectiveness of current behavioral and pharmacological therapy.

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502 and PSYC 531) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: NEUROSCI LA, NEUROSCI LSA, PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Elizabeth Caldwell

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	9:40am - 11:00am	MCC 245

Manchester Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 735 (M1) - Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 56057

Section Comments: Capstone option with PSYC 798.M3

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502 and PSYC 531) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Daniel Seichepine

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	T	9:10am - 12:00pm	PANDRA P502

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 741W (01) - Special Topics

SpcTop/Fund of Substance Abuse

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 54531

New or specialized courses are presented under this listing. Advanced material not normally covered in a regular course in which instructor has specialized knowledge through research and study. May be repeated for different topics.

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): PSYC 741, PSYC 741A, PSYC 741B, PSYC 741C, PSYC 741D

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: NEUROSCI LA, NEUROSCI LSA, PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Sergios Charntikov

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	MURK G01

Additional Course Details:

Fundamentals of Substance Abuse

The objective of this course is to introduce students to a broad field of Neuroscience and particularly to understand relationships between neurobiological processes and behavior. We will be covering functional neurobiology of the brain and its involvement in the wide variety of behaviors including addiction and most common neurobiological diseases including Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's." Prerequisites: 402, 502, 531, or permission

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 741W (02) - Special Topics

SpcTop/Fund of Cognitive Sci

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 54532

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): PSYC 741, PSYC 741A, PSYC 741B, PSYC 741C, PSYC 741D

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Omer Daglar Tanrikulu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	MCC 245

Additional Course Details:

Minds, Brains & Intelligent Behavior

(Fundamentals of Cognitive Science)

What is the difference between the "mind" and the "brain"? What does it mean to have a mind? What is "artificial" about Artificial Intelligence? Answers to these questions determine how we scientifically study the human mind. This course will introduce Cognitive Science to answer the age old question: How can we scientifically study something that is as intangible as our "minds"? We are going to look at relevant developments in psychology, philosophy of mind, computer science, and linguistics. The interdisciplinary nature of this course will teach students to tackle both theoretical (i.e., critical thinking on deep philosophical questions about the mind) and quantitative (i.e., solving equations to train an artificial neuron) problems.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 741W (03) - Special Topics

SpcTop/Neuroscience of Memory

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 56209

Section Comments: Topic: Neuroscience of Memory

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): PSYC 741, PSYC 741A, PSYC 741B, PSYC 741C, PSYC 741D

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Elizabeth Caldwell

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	12:40pm - 2:00pm	MCC 245

Additional Course Details:

Neuroscience of Memory

The case of Henry Molaison, more famously known as H.M., illustrates there are multiple different forms of memory. In this class, we will explore these different memory systems from theoretical and neurobiological perspectives. In the first half of the class, we will explore behavioral memory including sensitization, habituation, classical conditioning and instrumental/operant conditioning. The second half of the class will focus on cognitive forms of memory including episodic, semantic and working memory. We will also explore how episodic memories are represented and stored in the brain and end with a discussion about how these different memory systems might interact.

Prereqs: PSYC 402, PSYC 502, PSYC 513 or PSYC 531 or NSB 502

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 741W (04) - Special Topics

SpcTop/Psychology of Curiosity

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 56210

Section Comments: Topic: Psychology of Curiosity

Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 402 and PSYC 502) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): PSYC 741, PSYC 741A, PSYC 741B, PSYC 741C, PSYC 741D

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Emily Liquin

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	10:40am - 12:00pm	MCC 350

Additional Course Details:

Topic: Psychology of Curiosity

Curiosity is fundamental to the human experience: it's what makes us ask questions, Google things, experiment, and explore. The goal of this course is to introduce students to research on curiosity through the lens of cognitive science. We will consider questions like: What kinds of situations make people curious? How does curiosity manifest in the brain? Are children more curious than adults? Is curiosity present in non-human animals? How does curiosity shape decision making, memory, and learning? Through reading, writing, and discussion, students will learn about these topics and deepen their understanding of empirical research in psychology.

Dr. Emily Liquin will be joining the psychology department in the fall of 2024.
Research Interests

Cognition
Child development
Learning
Curiosity
Question asking

Her research investigates how humans learn and discover new things, with a particular focus on curiosity, exploration, and question asking. For example, her recent work has asked: How are curiosity, exploration, and question asking shaped by a person’s prior knowledge, experience, and context? And how does information-seeking behavior change between childhood and adulthood? Dr. Liquin takes an interdisciplinary approach to answering these questions, incorporating perspectives and methods from cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. Her ultimate goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how humans play an active role in their own learning—with the potential to inform interventions to improve learning in everyday settings. Lab Website: liquinlab.github.io

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 755 (01) - Psychology and Law

Psychology and Law

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 54533

Applications of psychology to the study of the law, including theories of legal and moral judgment, participants in the legal system (judges, police, victims, witnesses), the trial process, and plea bargaining. Special focus on the death penalty, the insanity plea, and child witnesses.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 402 and PSYC 502

Equivalent(s): PSYC 755H

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 103

Durham Liberal Arts :: Psychology

PSYC 756 (01) - Psychology of Crime and Justice

Psychology of Crime & Justice

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 56829

Examines the psychological aspects of crime and justice, including the following origins and causes of crime: developmental, biological, biopsychological, learning, and mental disorder. Focuses on issues related to homicide, profiling, and serial killers. Examines aggression and violence as well as causes and consequences of criminal homicides. Discussion of the future of crime.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 402 and PSYC 502

Only listed campus in section: Durham

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Only listed majors in section: PSYCHOLOGY

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	12:40pm - 2:00pm	HS 332