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How can we scientifically measure and study happiness? How can we distinguish happiness from other emotion states? The goal of this course is to provide students with hands-on laboratory experience in data acquisition, experimental design, computerized software to score and analyze data, learn scientific writing, and current research techniques in happiness and human emotion.

Topics to be included are: overview of general research methods, paradigm development, generating and testing hypotheses, psychophysiology (cardiac, impedance, vascular, electrodermal), behavioral observation and coding (electromyography, FACS), and self-report assessment instruments (questionnaires, experience-sampling, narrative). Students will learn experimental design, acquire data, perform analyses in SPSS, and submit written research projects.

Course includes weekly lecture and hands-on laboratory sessions. Additional textbook and journal article readings, videos, and interactive laboratory exercises are included.

Prerequistes:

Psych 110 or 131, course in statistics, or permission of instructor. Prior research experience preferred.

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*ENROLLMENT CAPPED
Enrollment is near full at this point. Sorry. Contact instructor if you have questions.

*FIRST CLASS THIS WEEK!*
Thurs, August 30, 2012
9:25-11:15am
Kirtland Hall 207

*LAB SECTIONS: REQUIRED*
Thursdays 1:30-2:30pm or 2:30-3:30pm
Kirtland Hall B01F
Must Enroll Online (Max. 8 per section)