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May 09, 2025
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PSY-799 Research Seminar on the Integration of Emotional, Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Developmental Aspects of Behavior4 semester credits
The foundation courses in Developmental, Social, and Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior are designed to enable a comprehensive understanding of theories, concepts, and important empirical issues represented by these separate subdisciplines in psychology. In this course, students will expand upon that understanding to engage with research literature that integrates these subdisciplines with the goal of deepening their understanding of contemporary interdisciplinary behavioral psychological research. Students read at least two contemporary empirical articles weekly on integrative topics. Weekly classes combine lecture, student presentations of the research, and collaborative discussion. The focus of discussion will be on hypothesis testing, research design, measurement of constructs, data interpretation, and diversity issues. In addition to presenting the research for one week’s readings to the class, students will turn in papers that analyze/critique the research from 5 week’s readings of their choosing. Students are expected to attend seminars every week, and to actively participate in discussion. Additionally, during the semester, students are required to attend a 1 day in-person training seminar at the associated National Session (i.e., the National Session that occurs during the semester you are taking this course).
Required topics of this course include:
- Theories and models of research domains involving the integration of Cognitive, Affective, Social and/or Developmental aspects of behavior
- Operationalizing emotion, cognition, and psychosocial constructs
- Methods of interdisciplinary research in the subdisciplines
- Diversity issues in research relevant to the empirical articles under discussion
Pre-requisites: PSY-702 , PSY-705 , PSY-706
Co-requisites: During the semester, students are required to attend a 1 day in-person training seminar at the associated National Session (i.e., the National Session that occurs during the semester you are taking this course).
Delivery Method: Blended
Grading Default: Letter Only
Note: Elective
Learning Outcome(s): Students completing the Research Seminar on the Integration of Emotional, Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Developmental Aspects of Behavior will be expected to:
- Discuss the models and theoretical perspectives used by researchers who investigate the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive, emotional, developmental, and psychosocial aspects of human behavior.
- Compare and contrast how psychological constructs used by the researchers are defined and measured.
- Critically evaluate research methods employed by interdisciplinary researchers.
- Present, discuss and criticize scientific papers.
- Reflect upon the developmental nature of the integrative processes under discussion (cf., early development and the conceptual processing of emotion; development, stress, emotion and cognition; lifespan development of cognitive and emotional processing).
- Reflect upon and discuss diversity issues relevant to the empirical studies covered.
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