The psychology program at amjs澳金沙门 is broad and includes students and faculty with a variety of interests. 学生 who plan to do graduate work in any area of psychology are strongly encouraged to gain experience through research and internship activities. The department has developed around five major areas of emphasis:

1. Perception, cognition, and 认知 neuroscience (PCCN) involves the study of awareness and thought, and includes such topics as perception, 学习, 内存, language and cognition.
2. Biological psychology covers a broad spectrum of topics including evolutionary, 神经生物学的, and molecular mechanisms of behavior.
3. Social-personality psychology involves the study of the individual in his or her social environment and includes such topics as personality and individual differences, 情绪, stereotyping and prejudice, 群际关系, the psychology of religion and psychological health and dysfunction.
4. Developmental psychology involves the study of changes in behavioral, 认知, 情感, and social abilities that occur throughout the lifespan. Typical and atypical development is examined using a variety of methods including behavioral, 神经影像学, and physiological assessments.
5. Quantitative psychology involves the study of linear and nonlinear models, 心理测验学, mixed-effects模型, 以及动态模型, including experimental design, 方差分析, 回归, multivariate analysis, 潜在增长模型, 时间序列模型, and factor analytic models.

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