Complutense University of Madrid

The course discusses the main theoretical aspects and empirical findings on learning and memory processes in humans. It examines human memory and learning from a behavioral, cognitive, and neuroscientific perspective with a special emphasis on current research trends and topics. 

This course focuses on developmental psychology including affective, emotional, and social development throughout the life cycle.  

The course examines the goals and tools of public policy in the economic sector. Topics covered include: economic policy theory; economic well-being; Keynesian economics; schools of economic policy; institutionalism; public choice theory; monetarism and new classic macroeconomics; price equilibrium and employment; growth, rent distribution, and quality of life; monetary policy; fiscal policy; and supply policy. Previous study of micro- and macroeconomics is recommended.

This course discusses the basic characteristics of international economy, the process of economic globalization and the influence on firms’ behavior. It examines economic growth and its main drivers, international inequality and international relationships-- trade, foreign direct investment, and the financial system.

This course explores the relationship between ecology and cultural processes. It examines various current ecological issues, from an anthropological perspective. This course also discusses means of subsistence, sustainable development, land management, and conservation.

The course offers an introduction to anthropology and sociology within the framework of the human sciences. Topics include: nature, culture, society, and conduct; forms of sociocultural construction of subjectivity; the ecological-economic domain; the socio-structural domain; the cognitive domain; conflicts and sociocultural problems.

This course offers a general introduction to perception. Topics include: sensation; sensory psychophysics; human perception; experimental psychology.