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Psych Snippets
Information for Davidson Psychologists & Friends of Psychology
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This Week's Opportunities
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Welcome to the Psychology Major meeting
Tuesday, Oct 27 | Common Hour (11:05am)
Chambers 1003
At this meeting, you will learn about the requirements for the psychology major and hear advice on how to schedule classes for next semester.
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Get tickets for Wearn Lecture
The Wearn Lecture takes place on Monday, November 2 at 7pm in Tyler-Tallman Hall. The 2015-16 Wearn Lecturer is Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. His talk is titled What Neurology Can Tell Us About the Human Mind. The lecture will illustrate how strange syndromes such as phantom limbs and synesthesia can give us fundamental insights into elusive questions about the mind, such as body image and creativity. Ramachandran is renowned for his work in neurology and perceptual psychology. He has been called the "Marco Polo of neuroscience" by Oxford's Richard Dawkins, and "The modern Paul Broca" by Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel. TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Tickets are free, but required, and are available at the ticket office in the Union, or online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. Tickets will be available to Davidson students, faculty, and staff starting Sep. 28 and are limited to two tickets per Davidson ID.
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In addition to advice from your academic advisor, these videos may help you with WebTree:
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Davidson in India - Fall 2015 with Dr. Munger
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Follow your fellow psychology students' adventures at the program's travel blog and two course blogs:
Best wishes to the group for safe travels and an enriching semester!
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Psychology-focused Study Abroad Spring 2016
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Meredith College is opening our Psychology-focused study abroad semester this Spring to qualified female undergraduates from other institutions. Students will live and study in Meredith's palazzo in Sansepolcro, Italy, a small Tuscan town about 1.5 hours from Florence.
Applications are due by November 1. Click here for more information.
Thanks to Dr. Barton (emeritus psy prof) for passing this along!
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From the APA Public Interest Directorate
From the APA Science Directorate
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Wearn Lecture
What Neurology Can Tell Us About the Human Mind
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, distinguished professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor of biology at the Salk Institute
Monday, November 02, 7:00pm
Tyler-Tallman Hall
Tickets are free, but required, and are available at the ticket office in the Union, or online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. Tickets will be available to Davidson students, faculty, and staff starting Monday, Sept. 28, and are limited to two tickets per Davidson ID
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Vann Center for Ethics Forum
Bioethics Fellowships at the Mayo Clinic
By Akanksha Das '16 and Max Feinstein '16
Tuesday, November 10, Common Hour (11:05 am)
Room 209, Alvarez College Union
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Psych Table Schedule
Special thanks to Ms. Murdock for her graphic design skills!
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The Psychology Department introduces PsychTable: An informal lunch chat with your favorite psychology professors.
The PsychTable fall schedule is below. Students are encouraged to use their meal plans to participate in these events. Locations may vary; stay tuned!
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National Conference on Undergraduate Research: April 7-9, 2016
- Student Abstract Submission and Application Deadline: 02 December 2015
- Follow link above for more details
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On This Day: 26 October
1925 - David Premack was born. Premack is known for his work in learning and motivation. He has argued that reinforcement consists of the opportunity to engage in a behavior. The "Premack principle" states that a low-probability behavior will be performed if access to a high-probability behavior is contingent upon it. He has also taught symbolic language to chimpanzees.
1925 - James V. McConnell was born. McConnell is best remembered for excellence in teaching and studies of chemical transmission of learning in flatworms. He founded the irreverent Worm Runner's Digest, a journal combining humor and serious experimentation, in 1959. American Psychological Foundation Distinguished Contribution to Teaching in Psychology Award, 1976.
1967 - The first report of the sign language performance of the chimpanzee named Washoe was delivered by R. Allen Gardner and Beatrice Gardner at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
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The mission of the Davidson College Psychology Department is to provide students with an outstanding education in all aspects of the science and practice of psychology. As committed teachers, researchers, practitioners, and advisers, we offer our students a rigorous curriculum of courses, research opportunities, and field experiences, combined with individualized mentoring. Thus are our students fully prepared to use their knowledge of psychology to flourish and to reach their highest level of professional attainment in their lives after Davidson. Critical to this mission, the department continuously works to maintain its standing as a nationally recognized center of psychological research and scholarship by supporting, encouraging, and facilitating the professional development of its faculty and staff. As psychologists who are dedicated to contributing to our discipline, we maintain a positive climate of collegiality, collaboration, high standards, and overall daily excellence within the department, from which our faculty as well as our students benefit both personally and professionally.
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