Advanced Tutorial in Psychology: Evidence-based Interventions to Alleviate Poverty

3 credits · Undergraduate

The goal of this course is to dive deep into academic research, learn how to critically evaluate it, identify unanswered questions, and design your own experiments to answer them. We will build these skills by focusing on the insights that Psychology can offer to understand and alleviate poverty. We will explore questions such as (i) how can we ensure that children from low-income families fulfill their potential for learning in school and (ii) how can we encourage people to adopt practices that will positively impact their health and wellbeing. We will evaluate interventions aimed to address these real-world challenges and think about how Psychology can contribute to enhance the efficacy of such interventions. The class is open to Psychology majors that are Juniors or Seniors. Pre-requisites are PSYCH 1 and at least two Core Courses in PSYCH.