Listed in: Psychology, as PSYC-204
Elizabeth T. Kneeland (Section 01)
This course will help students better understand how psychological science has been used to investigate a broad range of human emotions. During the semester, students will explore questions such as: What are emotions, and how can we study them? How do personal factors, like our culture or gender, influence the emotions we experience and express? Can we regulate our emotions, and what influences our ability to do so? What factors are associated with greater happiness and emotional well-being? Students in this course will read existing empirical and theoretical literature focusing on how psychologists scientifically study emotions. Working in small groups, students will develop and execute original research studies in the area of emotion. These research projects will include data collection, data analysis, and the written and oral presentation of study findings. The goal of this course is for students to explore the existing research centering on the study of emotion, and to develop empirical answers to the fundamental questions of when, how, and why we feel the ways we do. This course fulfills the lab/research methods requirement for the Psychology major.
Prerequisite: Psych 122 Statistics. Limited to 18. Spring semester: Professor Kneeland. and to develop empirical answers to the fundamental questions of when, how, and why we feel the way
How to handle overenrollment: Priority will be given to sophomores and juniors.
Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Attention to Research and Quantitative Reasoning.
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