PSYCH 155B
Psychology and Neuroscience of Emotion
Psychology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Formerly numbered 137K.) Designed for junior/senior Psychology majors. Broad overview of science of human emotion. Covers topics such as history of emotion research, current dominant models of emotion, purpose of facial expressions, experience of emotions in our closest social relationships, how we regulate our emotions, whether emotions can make us sick, and what it means to be happy. Exploration of range of perspectives in psychology, ranging from social, cultural, developmental, health, and clinical psychology. Consideration also of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience.
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 10, 100A.
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PSYCH 155B
- PSYCH 10Introductory Psychology
- PSYCH 100APsychological Statistics
- COMPTNG 10AIntroduction to Programming
- STATS 10Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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