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PSYCH 1101
Introduction to Psychology

Why are people superstitious? Why do people blush when they are embarrassed? What is intelligence (and are IQ tests a good way to measure it)? Why don't psychopaths feel guilty when they harm others? How ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1140 PSYCH 1101   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Kedar, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 1102
Introduction to Cognitive Science

This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  1591 PSYCH 1102   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Singh, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 1131
Introduction to Human Development

Introduction to Human Development provides a broad and foundational overview of field of human development, starting from conception and ending through process of death and dying. The course will start ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - Second.  Combined with: HD 1130

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1176 PSYCH 1131   LEC 001

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    • TBA Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2024

    • Carr, C

      Goktas, S

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - Three.  Combined with: HD 1130

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1565 PSYCH 1131   LEC 003

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 1500
Introduction to Environmental Psychology

Environmental Psychology is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: COGST 1500, DEA 1500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1049 PSYCH 1500   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Rahai, R

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 1650
Computing in the Arts

Over the centuries, artists in a wide variety of media have employed many approaches to the creative process, ranging from the philosophical to the mechanical to the virtual. This course unravels some ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: CS 1610, ENGRI 1610, MUSIC 1465

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1562 PSYCH 1650   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Lincoln Hall B20
    • Jun 24 - Jul 19, 2024

    • Bailey, G

  • This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 1990
Sports Psychology

Research, theory, and application in sport psychology. An interdisciplinary approach which applies social and personality psychology, motivation, clinical psychology, exercise physiology, and biochemistry ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - Second. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1141 PSYCH 1990   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Jul 12, 2024

    • DePalma, M

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 2230
Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience

Introduction to psychology from a biological perspective, which focuses on brain mechanisms of behavior. Topics include the structure and function of the nervous system, physiological approaches ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: COGST 2230, HD 2230

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1142 PSYCH 2230   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Jun, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: COGST 2230, HD 2230

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1143 PSYCH 2230   LEC 002

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Mora Macias, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 2350
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Early Childhood

Children who grow up in multilingual environments have a profoundly different experience compared to monolingual children. In this course, we examine the nature and impact of this experience ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: HD 2350

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1180 PSYCH 2350   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 2500
Statistics and Research Design

In a complex environment with many sources of variability, how can one tell with confidence whether a particular observed effect is real? And how much confidence is appropriate? This course introduces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1235 PSYCH 2500   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 24 - Aug 2, 2024

    • Montealegre, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 2750
Introduction to Personality

What is "personality"? How is it scientifically studied and measured? To what extent, do biological, social, and cultural factors shape personality? Is personality an expression of our genetic make up ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - First.  Combined with: HD 2600

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  1148 PSYCH 2750   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 2800
Introduction to Social Psychology

Introduction to research and theory in social psychology. Topics include social influence, persuasion, and attitude change; culture, social interaction and group phenomena; evolution, altruism, and aggression; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - First.  Combined with: HD 2810

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1150 PSYCH 2800   LEC 001

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    • MTWRF Online Meeting
    • Jun 3 - Jun 21, 2024

    • Ni, M

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 3800
Social Cognition

How do we form and change our first impressions of other people? What kinds of events put us into happy versus sad moods? What explains why we persist in holding stereotypes of groups? Can we explain why ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - First. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1153 PSYCH 3800   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

PSYCH 4700
Undergraduate Research in Psychology

Practice in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Summer Special Session 2. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2124 PSYCH 4700   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jun 3 - Jun 21, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

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