PSYC 405: Mystery, Madness, and Murder
PSYC 405-B03: Mystery, Madness, and Murder
(Summer 2015)
Online
Section Information for Summer 2015
The focus of this section of PSYC 405 is exploring taboo, strange, and less explored topics in psychology. Topics we may explore include why psychopathy occurs, what motivates or predisposes individuals to commit violent or sexual crimes, what happens when human perception doesn’t match reality, and other topics. Throughout the course we will try to critically examine these topics through both behavioral and physiological data. My goal is to have us explore less covered topics and learn how to efficiently gather and process scientific information.
This course is aimed to refine student's research and writing skills. As such, we will be get our readings directly from primary scientific sources and will spend time both learning from the strengths of the articles and understanding their limitations.
PSCY 405-B03 is a distance education section.
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Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
Multidisciplinary approach to taboo topics that fascinate and frighten us. Instructors from disciplines across the arts and sciences bring expertise and diverse perspectives to provocative issues such as cannibalism and serial murder. Students learn to think critically and objectively while examining use in myth, literature, and popular culture. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Synthesis
Recommended Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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