Psychology

This course examines how biological and cultural factors influence the development of gender identities and gender roles and the concepts of masculinity and femininity. It also explores how these gender identities and roles affect our personal, social, and professional lives. This course enables students to understand some of the major conceptual and theoretical approaches to the study of the psychology of gender and the influence of gender on our thoughts and behaviors.

This course examines the broad treatment of human sensation and perception, with the main emphasis on vision, but also including the other senses.

The course introduces developmental psychology as a fundamental discipline focused on the study of psychological change with particular emphasis on childhood. It combines a solid theoretical foundation with an applied perspective, addressing prevention, assessment, intervention, and optimization in developmental processes. The course adopts a holistic view of development, highlighting the interaction between biological, psychological, social, cultural, and educational factors.

Social Neuroscience is one of the newest fields in psychology and explores the neural systems underlying social behavior. The course outline the theoretical origins of the field, basic neuroanatomy, and core methodologies including brain imaging techniques and behavioral paradigms. In addition, areas covered include how the brain enables the processing of faces, emotions, theory of mind, prejudice and stereotypes, moral judgments and economic decision making. The course also considers some of the ethical implications associated with our growing understanding of the neural determinants of interpersonal behavior and the impact this knowledge can have on our notion of free will and responsibility.

This course provides students with an opportunity to gain experience and skills of being an research assistant in a psychology research lab.

This course provides students interested in Forensic Psychology and Law with an introduction to topics typical for this field. Examples of such topics are paraphilic disorders, substance use disorder, child abuse, the fallibility of eyewitness memory, lie detection, and alcohol-related amnesia. In each tutorial, research articles and case material descriptions related to a theme are studied and discussed. The examination consists of writing a paper about a topic related to the field of Forensic Psychology or Psychology and Law and active participation during the tutorials through giving presentations and actively discussing the reading materials.

This course examines the theory and research on the evolution of the human mind, with emphasis on implications for cognition and behavior in contemporary environments.