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Courses
Taught
Undergraduate
Courses
Mind I (SocSci 122)
This undergraduate course is one of the Core Courses in the
Social Sciences Division and provides a general introduction to the
concepts and methods of psychological research. Mind I is offered in the
Fall Quarter and is taught by myself, Steve Shevell, Susan Levine, and
Amanda Woodward every other year. Each of us gives 2-3 lectures on topics
such as visual perception, learning and intelligence, and the animal mind.
Primate Behavior and Ecology (BIOS23248, HUDV34300,
EVOL37300) syllabus
This course explores the behavior and
ecology of nonhuman primates with emphasis on their natural history and
adaptation to the environment. Specific topics include methods for the
study of primate behavior, history of primate behavior research, foraging, predation,
demography and dispersal, evolution of social and mating systems, affiliation, aggression,
sexual behavior,
parenting, development, communication, and cognition.
Graduate Courses
Behavioral Ecology
(HUDV 40900; EVOL 40900)
Graduate seminar. We will meet once per week to discuss
current topics in behavioral ecology, as selected by participating
students.
Biopsychology of Attachment (HUDV34900, PSYC34900, EVOL37100)
This course explores parent-child
attachment from a biological and evolutionary perspective. Part I
focuses on maternal and paternal attachment and includes: neuroendocrine
regulation of maternal and paternal behavior in rodents, nonhuman primates
and humans; sensitive periods and mother-infant bonding in animals and
humans. Part II focuses on human infant attachment and includes: Bowlby-Ainsworth
attachment theory, normative aspects of attachment and individual
differences in attachment, internal working models of attachment,
cross-cultural studies of attachment, attachment and adult romantic
relationships, and attachment and psychopathology.
Evolution of Parenting (HUDV34200, EVOL37200)
This course explores parenting behavior
in animals and humans from an evolutionary perspective. Part I includes an
overview of parental care systems in animals, parental investment theory,
the distribution of male and female parental care among different
taxonomic groups, adaptive variation in parental investment among
individuals in relation to costs and benefits of parental care, sex-biased
parental investment, and parent-offspring conflict. Part II includes
possible scenarios for the evolution of parental care in early hominids,
parental care in hunter-gatherers and other human cultures, sex-biased
parental investment and infanticide in contemporary human societies,
evolutionary approaches to child abuse and neglect, and other aspects of
human parenting viewed from an evolutionary perspective.
Evolutionary Social Psychology (HUDV37800, PSYC37800,
EVOL37400)
syllabus
In this graduate seminar we will read
and discuss articles in which evolutionary theory has been applied to
different aspects of human behavior and social life such as: developmental
sex differences in behavior and cognition, cooperation and altruism,
competition and aggression, physical attractiveness and mating strategies,
incest avoidance and marriage, sexual coercion, parenting and child abuse,
language and cognition, and psychological and personality disorders.
Primate Psychology (HUDV48411, PSYC48411)
syllabus
In this graduate seminar we will discuss recent research on
primate behavior in relation to parallel areas of research on human
behavior. Emphasis will be given to psychological theories of behavior and
integration of primatological and psychological research, both
conceptually and empirically. Both proximate (e.g. physiological,
cognitive, and neurobiological) and adaptive aspects of primate and human
behavior will be addressed. Topics to be covered include: history of
primate psychology, aggression and conflict resolution, sexuality,
parenting and attachment, social development and affiliation,
communication, cognition, and language, cognitive neuroscience and
psychopathology.
Publications, Grants, and the Academic Job Market (HUDV48412)
In this graduate seminar we will discuss how to write and publish
scientific articles, prepare grant applications, write CVs and job
applications, and give job talks and interviews. In other words,
everything you always wanted to know about being successful in academia
but were afraid to ask.
Mind and Biology Proseminar I, II, III (PSYC38000, PSYC38100, PSYC38200)
This graduate seminar is taught with the other faculty
members of the Institute for Mind and Biology. We typically meet the first
Monday of every month and present and discuss ongoing research projects in
our laboratories.
Research Seminar in Animal Behavior I, II, III (EVOL37600, 37700,
37800)
This graduate workshop involves weekly research seminars in animal
behavior given by faculty members, post-docs, and advanced graduate
students from this and other institutions. The seminars are followed by
discussion in which students have the opportunity to interact with the
speaker, ask questions about the presentation, and share information about
their own work. The purpose of this workshop is to expose graduate
students to current comparative research in behavioral biology and meet
some of the leading scientists in this field. Students must register for
this course in the Autumn quarter and will receive credit in the Spring,
at the end of the 3-quarter sequence.
Course Schedule
2008-2009
Fall 08: Primate Behavior and
Ecology
Primate Behavior and Ecology - in Paris
Winter 09: Publications, Grants, and the Academic Job Market
Spring 09: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior, I, II, III
(with Jill Mateo)
2007-2008
Fall 07: Mind I (with B. Keysar, S. Levine, S. Shevell)
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Winter 08: Evolutionary Social Psychology
Spring 08: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior, I, II, III
(with Jill Mateo)
2006-2007
Fall 06: Behavioral Ecology
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Winter 07: Publications, Grants, and the Academic Job Market
Spring 07: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior, I, II, III
(with Jill Mateo)
Mind and
Biology Proseminar (with other IMB faculty)
2005-2006
Fall 05: Mind I (with B. Keysar, S. Levine, S. Shevell)
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Winter 06: --
Spring 06: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior, I, II, III
Mind and
Biology Proseminar (with other IMB faculty)
2004-2005
Fall 04: --
Winter 05: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Biopsychology of Attachment is taught by Brent Finger
Spring 05: Primate Psychology
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior, I, II, III
Mind and
Biology Proseminar (with other IMB faculty)
2003-2004
On Leave
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior is taught by J. Mateo
2002-2003
Fall 02: Primate
Behavior and Ecology
Evolutionary Social Psychology is taught by Jim Roney
Winter 03: --
Spring 03: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior I, II, III
Mind and
Biology Proseminar (with other IMB faculty)
2001-2002
Fall 01: Mind I
(with S. Levine, S. Shevell, A. Woodward)
Evolutionary Social Psychology is taught by Jim Roney
Winter 02: Nonverbal Communication in Humans and other Primates
(with S. Goldin-Meadow)
Biopsychology of Attachment is taught by Christine Glover
Spring 02: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Research Seminar in Animal Behavior I, II, III
Mind and
Biology Proseminar (with other IMB faculty)
2000-2001
Fall 00:
Evolutionary Social Psychology
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Winter 01: Biopsychology of Attachment
Spring 01: --
Fall, Winter, Spring: Mind and Biology Proseminar (with other IMB
faculty)
1999-2000
Fall 99:
Mind I (with S. Kurtz, C. Joseph, H. Lindkvist)
Evolution of Parenting
Winter 00: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Biopsychology of
Attachment
Spring 00: --
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