Introduction to Psychology  This course will provide a general introduction to the field of psychology. The most central and important theories, concepts, findings, controversies, and applications in the following areas will be considered: biological bases of behavior, learning, perception, thinking, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior. (Open to Juniors and Seniors by waiver only) 3 hrs lect./1 hr. disc.

Research Methods in Psychology This course will provide students with an understanding of the research methodology used by psychologists. Students will learn to read psychological studies and other related research as informed consumers. Students will collect, analyze, and interpret data during lab assignments. They will also design an empirical study, review the related literature, and write a formal APA-style research proposal. (PSYC 0105 and PSYC 0201 or MATH 0116 or STAT 0201 or ECON 0111 (formerly ECON 0210); not open to first-year students; open to psychology and neuroscience majors)

Introduction to Psycholinguistics This course will provide an overview of the topics and experimental methods that are central to the field of psycholinguistics. Through lectures, discussions and demonstrations we will learn how language is acquired, organized, and represented in our minds and what experimental research techniques psycholinguists use to answer questions about various language phenomena such as speech perception and production, sentence processing, language development, bilingualism, and language disorders

Bilingualism and Cognition Across Lifespan In this course we will discuss an interplay between bilingualism and cognitive processes throughout the human lifespan. Through discussions of empirical papers and demonstrations, we will explore how learning two or more languages shapes cognitive development from young ages to adulthood. The topics that we will cover include the bilingual advantage debate with respect to memory, attention, cognitive control and language, as well as bilingual language disorders and cognitive decline

Cognitive Psychology Questions about the nature of the mind, thinking, and knowledge have a long and rich history in the field of psychology. This course will examine the theoretical perspectives and empirically documented phenomena that inform our current understanding of cognition. Lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and experiments will form the basis for our explorations of cognition in this class. Topics to be considered include attention, perception, memory, knowledge, problem solving, and decision making.

Olga Parshina

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The course was interesting, and I learned a lot from it; however, I believe this course is more enjoyable for students whose focus is psycholinguistics, not so much psychology. However, there were some concepts in this course that really changed the way I view some language- affecting diseases. 

Research methods is not the most fun or interesting course, but Olga made it much more digestible. She was an amazing professor and incredibly accommodating to students' needs. While methods is not the most enjoyable, it is very useful. I highly recommend taking this course with Olga if you have the option! 

Super fun class with really interesting material. No need for a solid background in linguistics. Some psych knowledge is helpful, but I took this as my first psych class at Middlebury and was fine. Olga could be a tough grader, and there were only about 200 points the whole semester so any points taken were magnified. Would highly reccomend if the topic interests you!