| Psychobiology
Original Research Project
After thorough grounding in the fundamentals of Psychology and Biology followed by exploration of special topics in advanced courses, the capstone experience for the Psychobiology Major is the completion of an original research project on a topic that integrates Psychology and Biology. For example, student projects have investigated the relation between infant attachment style, response to a strange situation and stress as measured by salivary cortisol. Another project examined drug induced modification of aggressive display in male Siamese fighting fish. A third student compared male and female arousal to different types of film clips using the galvanic skin response and behavioral self report measures. |
