Students discover the classic and modern theories on classical and operant conditioning and the application of these in such phenomena as drug addiction, marketing and the formation and treatment of phobias. The second part of the course explores the concept of memory and the application of theory and research in understanding everyday memory phenomena, such as autobiographical memory, childhood amnesia, flashbulb memory, false memories and eyewitness testimony. The course also focuses on memory loss and memory training.
Code
PY3065
Name
PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING & MEMORY
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
PY1000CCI
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
PY (Psychology)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
3017
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Students will be able to explain major theories and concepts as related to memory and learning
apply these theories and concepts to everyday settings
understand developmental and cultural differences in memory
This course will introduce students to the basic tenets, methods of study and controversies of narrative psychology. Particular attention will be paid to narrative analysis, identity and the influence of social interactions and culture on how we talk about the past. Students will apply narrative research and theory to the interpretation of life stories.
Code
PY3066
Name
LIFE STORIES
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
College Level=Sophomore OR PY1000CCI
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
PY (Psychology)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
3018
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Knowledge of basic theories on the significance of narrative for understanding human lives.
An understanding of linguistic strategies in how persons talk about the past.
Competence interpreting transcripts using different analytic strategies.
An appreciation of the influence of social and cultural forces on subjective experience.
Skills listening to others and empathizing with their experience.
This course explores autobiographical remembering as an issue of neuroscientific, cultural, and narrative psychology, while also considering it as a subject of other memory studies. It draws particular attention to how scientific, psychological, social, technological, artistic, and conceptual changes in various cultural fields have transformed the traditional idea of memory as an archive of the past.
This course examines health and illness in a social, cultural and historical context. The first part of the course focuses on physical or behavioural 'symptoms' without any apparent organic aetiology (e.g. sick-building syndrome), appearing in members of specific groups or localities (socio-genic illness). The second part of the course considers socio-cultural shaping and experience of other more prevalent disorders.
Code
PY3069
Name
SOCIETY, ILLNESS, & HEALTH
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
College Level=Sophomore OR PY1000CCI
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
PY (Psychology)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
3020
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understand the concepts of medicalization and healthicization and be able to formulate their own point of view concerning the pertinence of these concepts
Students should understand the role played by patient advocacy groups in the fight for medical recognition of “emergent illnesses”
Students will be able to historically situate and define the term “Culture Bound Syndrome”, as well as understand the debate about using this term in Psychiatry
Students should be able to analyse current media representations of dissociative identity disorders, depression, stress, phobias and conduct disorders
Students should be able to develop their own points of view in ethical debates about health behaviour modification
Students will learn how to write a mini-monograph on a possible occurrence of sociogenic illness (either a historical or a contemporary one), on an “emergent illness” or on media representation of mental illness
In addition to reading assignments students are expected to compile a bibliography for their mini-monograph, and will learn how to develop strategies for bibliographical research
Students will learn about the use of historical archives in Psychology
Topics change every year. The course uses French literary or cinematographic material in order to introduce and illustrate important psychoanalytical notions which will help students understand the complexity of the human psyche and its cultural constructions. Course subjects have included: Fairy Tales and the Complexity of growing up, Psychoanalysis as Detective Story, Scandal as a cultural pathology, Islam and the invention of the Self... Taught in French.
Treats a series of topics that change every year and deal with various aspects of psychology. Courses are taught by permanent or visiting faculty and are generally related to their fields of specialization.
This course is designed for students involved in editing, writing and producing The Planet and The Peacock. It offers basic instruction and hands-on experience in newspaper and magazine composition. The course will cover everything that comes up in the process of producing a publication, from reporting, writing and editing to page design to working according to a production schedule. A constant concern will be the challenge facing print editors in the Internet age: how to create reader-friendly publications that are informative and attractive enough to appeal despite the draw of the Web. The production of The Planet and The Peacock will be the main work of the course.
This course is intended to introduce non-scientists to key concepts and approaches in the study of the environment. With a focus on the scientific method, we learn about natural systems using case studies of disruptions caused by human activity. Topics include global warming, deforestation, waste production and recycling, water pollution, environmental toxins and sustainable development. The relationships between science and policy, the media, and citizen action are also addressed. Must take lab. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
Code
SC1020
Name
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
SC1020LLAB AND (MA1005CCM OR MA1020CCM OR MA1025CCM OR MA1030CCM OR MA1091CCM OR ELECMA-30 OR CCMCCM OR MA1010)
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
SC (Science)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
CCS
CAMS ID
4503
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Develop a basic understanding of ecology, sustainability, and the anthropogenic impact on the environment.
Students will apply the scientific method to solve problems.
Think critically about possible means of preventing, adapting to, or mitigating major threats to the environment.
Students will demonstrate written and oral presentation skills to communicate scientific knowledge.