General Information

Faculty in the Department of Psychology are engaged in a wide range of active research programs in all six graduate training areas. In behavioral neuroscience, research topics include psychopharmacology, recovery of neural function, neurobiology of pain and stress, neurobiology of drug addiction, neurobiology of learning and memory, and neurobiology of feeding behavior. Research by Clinical faculty is currently focused on issues such as psychopathology of eating disorders and dissociative disorders, psychoneuroimmunology, assessment and treatment of couples, psychological assessment and test development, the interaction between reproductive and mental health, and cross-cultural aspects of theories and treatment of substance abuse and eating disorders. Cognitive faculty are working on problems such as false, blocked, and recovered memories, meta-cognition, infant speech perception, biological vs. cultural influences on brain organization of language in monolinguals and bilinguals, biological bases of sex differences in human cognitive ability, and concept formation and knowledge structure. In developmental psychology, faculty are studying infant cognition, development of human sex differences in behavior, figurative language processing, and child/ family assessment. Industrial-organizational faculty research is investigating complex skill acquisition and retention, team selection and training, sexual and racial harassment in organizations, measurement and improvement of organizational productivity, measurement and prediction of efficient behavior in workplace, and computer-mediated communication in groups. Current research by Social faculty includes such topics as attachment theory, close relationships, evolutionary social psychology, social influence, and habits and social behavior. To learn more about current faculty research programs, review the Ph.D. program area of interest and the individual faculty profiles associated with that training area.

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In addition to the Department of Psychology's 6 areas of specialization, there are research focus groups that bridge traditional area groups.

The Department is housed in an attractive four-story building that contains faculty and graduate student offices, research laboratories, administrative offices, and classrooms. Laboratory facilities are excellent, including labs designated for faculty and student research in behavioral neuroscience, cognitive, developmental, industrial/organizational, and social psychology. The Department also maintains a Psychology Clinic in which Clinical students are trained to provide a range of psychological services and conduct applied research under supervision from the Clinical faculty.

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