Introduction to Clinical Psychology
PSYC 40383

Course overview:
In this course we will explore what it means to be a clinical psychologist by examining both traditional and non-traditional roles they play. This includes learning the historical roots of the field and current conceptual models relating to diagnosis, evaluation, consultation, and therapeutic interventions. We will examine factors underlying work as both a practitioner and researcher. This includes discussion of the basics of clinical practice (diagnosis and evaluation, interviewing, common therapeutic techniques, alternative treatments, and consultation). We will also focus on the endeavor of clinical research from a broader perspective, exploring both related basic and applied research and how this contributes to the field both now and in the future.

Current Syllabus:_Spring 2017

Clinical Research Methods
PSYC 6/71685

Course overview:
This course will cover issues in measurement, sampling, design, and analysis pertinent to research in clinical psychology. The primary goals of the course are 1) to improve your critical acumen in consuming research performed by others and 2) to assist you in formulating and bringing to fruition your own research ideas. The course consists of classes addressing basic issues in clinical research (e.g., philosophy of science, forms of clinical inquiry, sampling and measurement, threats to methodological rigor, research design and interpretation, replication, and ethics) as well as applications to your own Thesis research question.

Current Syllabus:_Spring 2016

Seminar: Emotion
PSYC 80391br>
Course overview:
This course will cover contemporary theory and research on emotion in relation to behavior, culture and health. Current theories of emotion generally agree that emotions evolved to facilitate adaptation to environmental threats. This is evident in humans as well as most other species. In this course, we will discuss current literature on basic or discrete emotions (e.g., anger, fear, sadness, disgust, shame, joy) within this evolutionary framework. In addition, we will discuss current evidence supporting the conceptualization of emotion responses as occurring on three loosely-coupled dimensions (autonomic/neuroendocrine; cognitive/affective; behavioral) and how we can understand emotion responses and emotion regulatory processes in relation to social behavior and health.

Current Syllabus:_Fall 2018