Advanced Topics in Psychology

Advanced Topics in Psychology is a departmental seminar whose substantive focus may change with the instructor and term. The syllabus will change with the topic, which will be indicated by a topic subtitle on the syllabus. Across iterations, the focus of the course will be on advanced methodological and statistical issues in conducting psychological research. Central topics may include defining and measuring constructs, contemporary statistical and computational approaches, with special attention given to polarized psychological research questions examined through structured scholarly disagreement and adversarial collaboration.