Dr. Gentes regularly teaches the following courses in the psychology department:
PSY 100- Introduction to Psychology
A survey of the principal methods and findings of the scientific psychology in a variety of areas, including biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, motivation, emotion, cognitive processes, personality, abnormal psychology, and social psychology.
PSY 264- Child and Adolescent Development
A survey of human psychological growth and development from conception through adolescence, including biological, physical, cognitive, and social transitions. Mechanisms of change, influences on development, and the contexts in which development occurs will also be reviewed, drawing on current theory and empirical research. Prerequisite: PSY 100 or permission of the instructor. Previously PSY 306.
PSY 268- Psychopathology
A survey of the major forms of abnormal behavior, including a description of the disorders, theoretical explanations of their origins, assessment, and treatment procedures. Prerequisite: PSY 100 or permission of the instructor. Previously PSY 324.
PSY 368- Methods and Analysis: Psychopathology and Mental Health
Covers established and emerging methods in mental-health-focused research. Clinical, cognitive, and computational approaches to mental health, biopsychosocial mechanisms of psychopathology, and behavioral and physiological markers in healthy and clinical populations. Students propose and design a research study, collect and analyze data, and summarize and present the results of mental health research. Prerequisites: PSY260 and PSY 268 or 315.
PSY 395- Research in Psychology
Students work as an assistant in a faculty member's laboratory, conducting psychological research. Prerequisites: PSY100 and permission of the instructor.
PSY 483- Behavior Therapy
This seminar on the practice of behavior therapy emphasizes its basic principles and surveys the wide array of therapy procedures used. Behavioral assessment and applications to problems of everyday life are included. The procedures are critically examined in the light of research evidence. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor or junior/senior status.