This graduate-level course introduces theoretical and applied background on individual processes, including personality, intelligence, emotions, perception, and learning. We will discuss issues such as person vs situation and nature vs nurture debate, evolutionary perspective, psychological assessment and its principles, and review both traditional (e.g., tests and questionnaires) and modern (e.g., digital behavioral footprints) approaches to collecting data and measuring psychological constructs.
3 units · GSB Letter Graded
This graduate-level course introduces theoretical and applied background on individual processes, including personality, intelligence, emotions, perception, and learning. We will discuss issues such as person vs situation and nature vs nurture debate, evolutionary perspective, psychological assessment and its principles, and review both traditional (e.g., tests and questionnaires) and modern (e.g., digital behavioral footprints) approaches to collecting data and measuring psychological constructs.