Professor Gleason's Courses
PSYC 207: Developmental Psychology
Behavior and psychological development in infancy and childhood. An examination of theory and research pertaining to personality, social, and cognitive development. Lecture, discussion, demonstration, and observation of children. Observations at the Child Study Center required.
Prerequisite: 101, AP Score of 5 or permission of instructor.
PSYC 307R: Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
An introduction to research methods appropriate to the study of human development. Individual and group projects. Laboratory. Each section limited to 12 students. Observations at the Child Study Center required.
Prerequisite: 205 and 207.
PSYC 343: Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: Psychology in the Public Interest
This Calderwood Seminar challenges upper-class students in an intimate workshop setting to grow as psychologists and writers. Throughout the semester, students will build a writing portfolio that might include op-eds, book reviews, journal article reviews, coverage of public talks, Wikipedia entries, articles for middle school STEM magazines, and interviews with research psychologists. Classes will include collaborative editing workshops, guest lectures from experts, and activities to build a strong writing foundation. In keeping with the structure of the Calderwood seminar, students choose areas of psychology to study in depth, and weekly deadlines are firm so as to allow classmates time to reflect and comment on each others' work. You have learned how to write for college, now learn how to write for life.
Prerequisite: Open to junior and senior psychology majors who have taken two 200-level courses, excluding PSYC 205, PSYC 250, and PSYC 299, or permission of the instructor.
PSYC 344: Social Imagination
An examination of the uses and types of imagination in both childhood and adulthood. This course will touch on the mechanics of mental imagery and discuss the ways in which imagery is manifest in cognition and particularly in management of social relationships. Emphasis will be placed on the connections between imagination and emotion, such as in children's enactment of scary or nurturant pretend play. How imagination affects interpersonal interactions will be considered, as will other topics such as children's creation of imaginary companions, imagination as pathology, and individual differences in imagination, imagery of individuals deprived of particular senses, and the influence of imagination on memory.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors who have taken two 200-level courses, excluding 205.