Psychology

This course examines (and sometimes challenges) the common premises and approach of today’s psychological researchers, practitioners, and educators. By reading, thinking, discussing, observing, and writing, it also reflects on our own values and assumptions, which would hopefully make us better members of this increasingly globalized world. The course discusses core concepts and frameworks of cross-cultural psychology and culturally sensitive research; cross-cultural research methods (types of cross-cultural comparisons, research, and Bias and equivalence); culture, cognition, and emotion; culture and self; culture and human development; cultural understanding and sensitivity in mental health and psychotherapy; and multicultural competence (acculturation, challenges, and strategies for intercultural interactions).

The course focuses on neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques and their neuroscientific application for the study of interindividual brain differences in healthy and pathological populations, with a particular focus on forensic psychiatry. This course explores the fundamental concepts of neuroimaging, neurostimulation, and machine learning, and the main applications of these promising approaches to brain disorders. The course focuses in depth on each of these techniques, as well as on the advantages of their combined used for the study of the human brain connectome organization and its deviances. The course discusses theoretical knowledge on the following topics: 1) why are neuroimaging methods important in clinical settings; 2) how neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques can be combined to study the patterns of information flow in the brain; 3) how machine learning methods differ from classical statistics; 4) what are the main machine learning methods used in clinical neuroscience; 5) how these methods can be used to investigate the neural basis of brain disorders in a research setting; 6) how these methods can be used to inform diagnostic and prognostic assessment in a clinical setting; 7) how the results obtained at the level of the group can be translated to the single individual; 8) how this approach can be helpful in clinical and forensic settings; 9) what do we mean by “multimodal approaches” and how can we use them to individualize the study in the brain; 9) how results should be interpreted; 10) how neuroscientific approach and classical psychiatry approach can run side by side. The course requires students to have basic knowledge of statistics, clinical neuroscience, neuropsychology, neuroanatomy, and psychiatry as a prerequisite.

The course offers a study of the concept and method of psychobiology, evolution, development and inheritance, comparative and evolutionary psychology, and principles of cell signaling and transmission in the nervous system. 

This course offers a study of the foundations of the psychological assessment process including history, concepts, and general methodology. It covers psychological reports and psychopathological and personality assessment tests.

The seminar examines selected areas of development in early childhood. The focus is on emotional development in infancy and toddlerhood, supplemented by important milestones in early social and social-cognitive development.

This course is designed to help foster an understanding of the psychology of new media. New media are forms of media that are native to computers; they are computational and rely on computers (including smart devices) for distribution, such as social media, websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, mobile games, human-computer interface, etc. This course seeks to illustrate the relevance of psychology theory and research in understanding cognitive, emotional, and social processes that people have in new media (e.g., motivation, self-presentation in SNSs, social interactions in virtual worlds). 

Students should have basic knowledge of key theories, concepts, and research methods to succeed in this course. By the end of the semester, students will demonstrate an understanding of the psychological mechanism underlying the processes of new media consumption and how new media impacts us.

This course equips students with a thorough understanding of the causes and consequences of brain damage in humans. It provides knowledge on how the study of individuals with brain damage can lead to a better understanding of human brain function, and it educates students on the core ideas of recovery and neuro-rehabilitation.  
 

This course examines how thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals influence the behavior of others. It is the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole. 

This course examines the process of understanding human behavior in the workplace through the lens of psychological theories, perspectives, and approaches.