Graduate training in Psychology:

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PSY 620: Seminar in Experimental Psychology
Dr. David Waller
12:30-1:45, TR

In the last decade, researchers have begun to embrace real-time interactive 3D computer graphics (a.k.a., “virtual Environments”) as a powerful tool for investigating basic issues in human perception, cognition, and social interaction. Much of the appeal of virtual environments in these basic research settings derives from their relatively great control over stimuli, and the precise measurement of behavior that they allow.
• Approximately ½ of the seminar will be discussion-oriented, involving readings of important original works in the field.
• The other ½ of the seminar will be devoted to lecture and discussion of the technical issues that arise in using virtual environments in applications and research. This will involve hands-on-lab-based experience in which students will learn the details of programming virtual environments.

PSY 730: Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology
Dr. Heather Claypool
5:00-7:40, M

• The ease with which information is identified and/or processed is referred to as fluency.
• This course will examine factors that produce fluency and its effects on affect, cognitive processing, social perception, and social behavior.