Psychological Science Department

Chair: Kevin Holloway;

Professors: Abigail A. Baird, Kevin Holloway, Sue Trumbetta, Michele Tugade^b, Debra Zeifman;

Associate Professors: Hadley Bergstrom, John Mark Cleaveland^ab, Allan D. Clifton, Dara N. Greenwood, Jannay Morrow^a, Lori Newman, Carolyn F. Palmer, Bojana Zupan;

Assistant Professors:  Rebecca Peretz-Lange^a, Payton Small;

Senior Lecturer: Nicholas A. de Leeuw;

Visiting Assistant Professor: Thomas Kim.

^a On leave 2026/27, first semester

^b On leave 2026/27, second semester

^ab On leave 2026/27

Advisers: The department.

Programs

Major

• •  Psychological Science Major

Courses

Psychological Science: I. Introductory

• •  PSYC 105 - Introduction to Psychological Science
• •  PSYC 108 - Reading and Writing in Psychological Science

Psychological Science: II. Intermediate

• •  PSYC 200 - Statistics and Experimental Design
• •  PSYC 201 - Principles of Social Psychology
• •  PSYC 204 - Media Psychology
• •  PSYC 209 - Research Methods in Social Psychology
• •  PSYC 221 - Learning and Behavior
• •  PSYC 222 - Psychological Perspectives on the Holocaust
• •  PSYC 223 - Evolutionary Psychology
• •  PSYC 229 - Research Methods in Learning and Behavior
• •  PSYC 231 - Principles of Development
• •  PSYC 233 - Health Psychology
• •  PSYC 239 - Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
• •  PSYC 241 - Principles of Physiological Psychology
• •  PSYC 243 - Topics in Physiological Psychology
• •  PSYC 249 - Research Methods in Physiological Psychology
• •  PSYC 253 - Individual Differences and Personality
• •  PSYC 259 - Research Methods in Personality and Individual Differences
• •  PSYC 262 - Principles of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
• •  PSYC 269 - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
• •  PSYC 274 - Topical Applications in Psychological Science
• •  PSYC 283 - Born This Way: Essentialism across disciplines
• •  PSYC 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• •  PSYC 298 - Independent Work

Psychological Science: III. Advanced

• •  PSYC 301 - Seminar in Social Psychology
• •  PSYC 321 - Seminar in Animal Learning and Behavior
• •  PSYC 323 - Seminar in Evolutionary Psychology
• •  PSYC 331 - Seminar in Developmental Psychology
• •  PSYC 334 - Seminar: Tools for Transformation
• •  PSYC 341 - Seminar in Physiological Psychology
• •  PSYC 353 - Seminar in Individual Differences and Personality
• •  PSYC 362 - Seminar in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology
• •  PSYC 364 - Seminar in Behavior Genetics
• •  PSYC 375 - Advanced Topical Applications in Psychological Science
• •  PSYC 379 - Advanced Research Methods in Psychological Science
• •  PSYC 384 - Seminar: Grand Challenges of Global Mental Health
• •  PSYC 390 - Senior Research
• •  PSYC 397 - Senior Empirical Thesis
• •  PSYC 398 - Senior Empirical Thesis
• •  PSYC 399 - Senior Independent Work