Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe how scientists use to experience sampling as a tool for understanding the human mind.
2. Describe the different features of human cognition that experience sampling are useful for understanding.
3. Critically evaluate the validity of claims that are made based on studies which use experience sampling studies of human cognition.
4. Develop skills for oral and written communication, and presentation skills.
5. Summarize and communicate research findings in this research domain.
6. Generate new research questions that can be addressed using experience sampling.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply cognitive and psychological principles to technology use.
2. Analyze the impact of technology on mental health and well-being.
3. Describe the role of technology plays in shaping social interactions and societal norms.
4. Evaluate the ethical implications of technological advancements.
5. Develop critical thinking skills through analysis of current research and case studies.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand the foundational concepts that drive how our memory functions.
2. Integrate knowledge from different methodologies and theoretical perspectives.
3. Discuss, communicate, and disseminate current (and future) research projects.
4. Connect theory with practice, learning how textbook concepts are derived in real life, and how data are presented.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe, execute, analyze, and interpret the results of standardized experimental measures used to study social decision-making.
2. Work in teams to achieve common goals.
3. Critically evaluate the strengths and potential pitfalls of experimental approaches to study social decision-making, apply this ability when designing their own experiment, and communicate perceived strengths and shortcomings of experiments in a constructive, respectful and effective manners to their peers.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will integrate clinical psychology within allied professions, recognizing overlapping and independent features.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate basic skills in interviewing people in a clinical context.
3. Students will be able to recognize proper psychological assessment techniques and critique how errors in assessment can influence interpretation and formulation.
4. Students will be able to debate critical topics in the field.
5. Students will be able to perform introductory skills in diagnostic and clinical case conceptualization.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Define, provide examples of, and apply concepts of language research.
2. Compare and apply models of language learning, processing, and use.
3. Apply knowledge to derive conclusions from sample data.
4. Communicate orally and in writing with various audiences (peers, academics) about current language research.
5. Develop and execute teamwork strategies for disseminating information.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe developmental trends in socio-emotional behaviour and interrelated changes in brain structure and function across infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
2. Synthesize knowledge about developmental change across several functional domains.
3. Critically appraise empirical research findings in developmental social neuroscience.
4. Effectively communicate concepts, findings, and implications of empirical research in developmental social neuroscience to a layperson audience.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe how fMRI works and how it is commonly used to investigate cognitive processes in the brain.
2. Interpret both basic and advanced fMRI analyses and develop appropriate interpretation of results.
3. Identify basic human functional neuroanatomy and topography.
4. Critically read and scrutinize an fMRI paper and articulate the strengths and weaknesses of the presented findings (i.e., appreciate what a research paper does and does not show).
5. Compare and contrast the merits and limitations of fMRI in relation to other methodologies used in cognitive neuroscience.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and interpret academic research.
2. Generate research questions using scholarly evidence.
3. Analyze and discuss scholarly research and texts.
4. Apply oral presentation skills in a seminar setting.
5. Apply analytic writing skills in the context of research.
6. Analyze and critically discuss broader impacts of course content across socio-cultural contexts and applications.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe and evaluate the methods used for understanding spontaneous thought.
2. Critically evaluate different theories of spontaneous thought ability to account for observed data.
3. Evaluate the different methods used to study spontaneous thought.
4. Be able to communicate about theoretical and applied aspects of research into spontaneous thought.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the basic anatomy and function of the autonomic nervous system and other peripheral systems relevant to emotion; describe methodology commonly used to measure them; understand common psychological interpretations of these functions, including ambiguities.
2. Apply principles from affective psychophysiology to socially important outcomes, especially phenomena in clinical psychology and selected processes in developmental and social psychology.
3. Integrate principles across different aspects of the course, for instance, integrating principles from assigned readings to independent and group work, or from class discussions to weekly reading assignments.
4. Demonstrate improved reading, writing, and communication mechanics in psychology and related fields; read more carefully and with deeper comprehension, even of content outside one’s knowledge area; communicate more clearly orally and in writing.
5. Participate in learning as an active and self-motivated partner; evaluate one’s own progress in learning and scholarship.
6. Practice balancing autonomy and collaboration in academic endeavors; develop original ideas in response to coursework and develop ideas further in collaboration with peers.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and interpret academic research.
2. Generate research questions using scholarly evidence.
3. Analyze and discuss scholarly research and texts.
4. Apply oral presentation skills in a seminar setting.
5. Apply analytic writing skills in the context of research.
6. Analyze and critically discuss broader impacts of course content across socio-cultural contexts and applications.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and interpret academic research.
2. Generate research questions using scholarly evidence.
3. Analyze and discuss scholarly research and texts.
4. Apply oral presentation skills in a seminar setting.
5. Apply analytic writing skills in the context of research.
6. Analyze and critically discuss broader impacts of course content across socio-cultural contexts and applications.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand, evaluate, and discuss with classmates major constructs in language and reasoning, such as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, conceptual metaphors, and distributed semantics.
2. Facilitate active and productive classroom discussion of course-related concepts.
3. Develop and present an original research project proposal related to language and reasoning.
4. Write an APA-style proposal of the original research project.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and interpret academic research.
2. Generate research questions using scholarly evidence.
3. Analyze and discuss scholarly research and texts.
4. Apply oral presentation skills in a seminar setting.
5. Apply analytic writing skills in the context of research.
6. Analyze and critically discuss broader impacts of course content across socio-cultural contexts and applications .

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe contemporary issues in the field of autism spectrum disorders.
2. Synthesize, interpret, and communicate effectively about academic research articles, and their connections to the broader academic field.
3. Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of research in the field of autism spectrum disorders.
4. Develop and share discussion questions for topics in autism.
5. Articulate and justify a position, grounded in scholarly evidence.
6. Identify, articulate, and justify considerations of inclusion within this field.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Develop and hone high-level critical inquiry skills.
2. Review and apply theories of normative social and emotional development.
3. Critically evaluate research on digital phenomena in youth and families.
4. Formulate a coherent application of social or emotional developmental theory to one aspect of digital experiences in youth or families.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and interpret academic research.
2. Generate research questions using scholarly evidence.
3. Analyze and discuss scholarly research and texts.
4. Apply oral presentation skills in a seminar setting.
5. Apply analytic writing skills in the context of research.
6. Analyze and critically discuss broader impacts of course content across socio-cultural contexts and applications.