There are three primary Ph.D. training tracks or specializations in the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Cluster: Behavior Analysis and Learning, Cognition and Perception, and Neuroscience.
For the Behavior Analysis and Learning specialization, faculty research interests include: human nonverbal communication; stimulus control of operant behavior; optimal foraging; time integration.
For further information or questions concerning the Brain, Behavior, & Cognition Cluster contact:
Dr. Robert Weisberg
Director, Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
Email: weisberg@temple.edu
FOR A GRADUATE APPLICATION CLICK HERE
Philip N. Hineline -- Verbal, Especially Interpretive and Rule-Governed Behavior, Functional Analysis and Functional Communication, Choice in Situations of Uncertain or Diminishing Returns; Temporally-Extended Behavioral Process; Translational Research on Gratuitously Malevolent Behavior; Innovative Teaching Methods
Graduate Courses:
Core Course in Learning and Behavior Analysis
Topical Seminar on Functional Analysis
Topical Seminar: "B. F. Skinner and His Critics."
Donald Hantula -- Behavior Analysis in Organizational Settings; Financial and Consumer Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty; Escalation and Persistence of Commitment; Occupational Health and Safety; Consumer Choice on the Internet; Computer and Technology Applications.
Graduate Courses:
Behavioral Economics
Human Performance Technology
Single-Case Experimental Research Designs
COLLABORATING FACULTY -- available for research projects or elective courses
Dr. Saul Axelrod --Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology, College of Education
Interventions for Disruptive Behavior; Implementation of Behaviorally-Informed Curricula for Public Schools; Instructional Design for Students with Special Needs.
Graduate Courses:
Managing the Learning Environment
Seminar on Research in Special Education
Dr. Ralph Spiga -- Department of Psychiatry, Temple University Medical School
Behavioral Economics of Drug Addiction; Behaviorally-Based Drug-Counseling Techniques
Dr. T. Chris Riley-Tillman -- Department of School Psychology, College of Education
Behaviorally-Based Consultation in Public Schools; The Analysis of Performance for the Use of Empirically Based Interventions in Practice; Analysis of Acceptability and Usage
Graduate Courses:
Applied Behavior Analysis in the Schools
Dr. Patrick Progar -- Bancroft NeuroHealth
Staff Training and Management for Working with Difficult Populations; Translational Research involving Preference Assessments and Behavioral Economics; Translational Research, Functional Analysis, and Behavioral History
Graduate Courses:
Supervised Research,
Implementations of Functional Analysis
Dr. Glenn Snellbecker -- Department of Psychological Studies in Education, College of Education.
Instructional Design Methods and Procedures, Technology in Education and Training, Relating Theories of Learning to Instruction.
Graduate Courses:
Program Evaluation
Educational Design
Theories of Learning in Education
For more information on the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Cluster, or for application information:
Click to link to our Applications Web Page
OR
Write the Temple University, Psychology Department
6th Floor Weiss Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
OR
Call the Psychology Office at (215) 204- 7321.
Comments to: mweinrau@temple.edu
Last Modified: August 6, 2006
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