PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS: FROM BIOLOGY TO CULTURE

PSYCH 508

Course Description

Emotional experience affects and defines every facet of our life, but it seems mysterious and unsuitable for scientific inquiry. Explore how and why emotion is not unsuited to scientific research and provides an in-depth examination of research from all sub-disciplines of the field of Psychology. This includes neuroscience and the biological bases of behavior, questions of the developmental curve for emotional phenomena and the relationship between feeling and thinking, and the study of social groups and culture. Readings and discussion attempt to integrate existent theory and research and apply their implications to the individual, the group, and society.

Prerequisties

PSYCH 403 , 428, PSYCH 456 , PSYCH 460 , or PSYCH/SOC 453 , or GEN&WS/PSYCH 522

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.52

6.97% from Historical

Completion Rate

98.71%

1.52% from Historical

A Rate

56.13%

40.61% from Historical

Class Size

155

28.9% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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Paula NIEDENTHAL

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4.0

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