MINOR

What You’ll Study

Explore the intricacies of the mind and human behavior from theoretical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives.

Professors go beyond the traditional classroom with experiential learning techniques, such as:

  • service projects
  • data collection and analysis
  • virtual rats
  • field work

Meet Professor Jen Mozolic

With her background in cognitive neuroscience, psychology professor Jennifer Mozolic says she is “fascinated by the way the brain supports human thought and behavior. In my classes, I love connecting students to the basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology by providing them opportunities to experience things firsthand – like touching a human brain or hearing nerve cells sending signals.”

With Professor Mozolic’s guidance, you’ll learn brain-behvaior fundamentals in the classroom, lab, and within the community. Students consistently describe Mozolic with such adjectives as challenging, supportive, and dedicated.

“It is really exciting to see students use their understanding of the brain to explore complex abilities like sensory perception, movement, learning and memory,” Mozolic says. “Many students are passionate about gaining insight into conditions such as dyslexia, ADHD, autism, addiction and Alzheimer’s Disease that have had an impact on their lives or the lives of their loved ones.”

Explore Classes in This Program

PSY 310

Biopsychology I

生物心理学是一门研究我们的行为、思想和情绪如何由神经系统支持的学科。了解基本的大脑结构和生物学过程,它们是心理学家研究的许多不同行为和障碍的基础,包括发育、脑损伤、自闭症、运动、动机和成瘾。如果你喜欢这门课程,那么生物心理学II将主题扩展到包括神经可塑性、中风、记忆和语言。

PSY 324

Sensation and Perception

Explore how human beings gather and interpret information provided by the sensory systems. We’ll examine the physical properties of the sensory signal; the physiological mechanisms of the sensory organs; and the psychological processes that filter, construct, and influence our perceptual experiences.

PSY 425

Social Neuroscience

Integrate theories and methods of social psychology and cognitive neuroscience in order to explain social and emotional behavior. Students use key concepts and methods from social neuroscience to analyze core areas of social psychology, including emotional appraisal, person perception, emotion regulation, stereotyping, attitudes and beliefs, social decision making, cooperation, personality, and individual differences.

Meet Our Faculty

I love teaching at Warren Wilson because the students are so interesting and engaging. I'm incredibly lucky that I have a job where I get to come to work every day and learn something new or think about the world in a different way.

Jen Mozolic, Ph.D.
Jen Mozolic
Jen Mozolic, Ph.D.
Robert Swoap

在威尔逊教书让我保持年轻。我的学生经常嘲笑我的愚蠢,但他们知道,为了让他们茁壮成长,我几乎愿意做任何事情。我视自己为向导和导师。为此,我深感感激。

Robert Swoap, Ph.D.
Robert Swoap
Robert Swoap, Ph.D.
Martha Knight-Oakley

我的学生喜欢复杂。他们想要了解人们所有美丽而血腥的细节。他们希望对生活质量产生影响。他们的问题、研究和行动绝对激励了我。

Martha Knight-Oakley, Ph.D.
Martha Knight-Oakley
Martha Knight-Oakley, Ph.D.
Cristina Reitz-Krueger

我相信社会科学的力量可以让世界变得更好,我喜欢和那些想要走出社会并真正做出改变的学生一起工作!

Cristina L. Reitz-Krueger, Ph.D.
Cristina Reitz-Krueger
Cristina L. Reitz-Krueger, Ph.D.
Jen Mozolic
Hinds Feet Farm
Meet Our Students

Neuroscience with a Personal Touch

The ‘Explorations of the Psychology Major’ class visitedHinds Feet Farm (HFF)这是一个为人们从后天或创伤性脑损伤中恢复的一天计划。

The Psychology Department has partnered with HFF for more than five years in a number of courses; together, they engage in various activities from murals and brochures to listening projects.

“The social interaction and engagement with Warren Wilson students set a great example of working together as a team. It was fun and generated an abundance of smiles; the personalities had open hearts and a caring, compassionate disposition,” the HFF day program coordinator said.

“One of the projects where I see students really flourish is in our collaboration with Hinds’ Feet Farm, a post-rehabilitation program for folks with brain injuries,” professor Jen Mozolic says. “Through this partnership, students work and learn alongside the HFF members to explore their interests and values; complete artistic and informational projects like paintings, podcasts and documentary films; and educate the wider community about the causes and effects of brain injury.”