Welcome to Psychology at Haverford
The aim of the Psychology Department is to provide students with an understanding of human behavior that will support their ability to participate as informed members of our society, to help others, and to add to scientific knowledge.
One path to this goal involves mastery of the theoretical concepts psychologists use in describing and understanding behavior; the other involves competence in the use of the scientific methodologies employed in the study of behavior. We emphasize the importance of both concepts and methods across diverse topic areas within psychology, including biological, cognitive, social, and personality.
Why Psychology at Haverford: Student Resources
A central feature of our curriculum is to involve students directly in our research as we pursue the answers to questions about the mind and behavior. Laboratory opportunities provide hands-on experience in current research methods in psychology. More on Student Resources >
Why Psychology at Haverford: Student Research
Your capstone academic experience is the year-long senior research project, which you'll produce in close collaboration with a faculty member. Faculty and students often co-author scholarly publications together, or present their scholarly work at scientific conferences. More on Student Research >
Why Psychology at Haverford: Curriculum
You'll learn about the mind from biological, cognitive, social, and personality perspectives. Why can some people tolerate pain better than others? How do people tell their life stories? Why do people experience time distortions? Why do romantic relationships break up? What happens in your brain when you make a mistake? More on Curriculum >
Inside Psych @ Haverford
Prof Wendy Sternberg answers questions about Haverford's Psychology program.
Sketches on Courses lets you take a look at what Psychology courses are really like.
Get a snapshot of research and the faculty and student groups.
News
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Now accepting applications for Summer 2012
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75 fellowships are available in this research program, which includes cancer biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, and more.Website and online applications
10 students studying in the fields of mathematics, computer science, physics, or chemistry are also eligible to apply for the Quantitative and Physical Science Summer Undergraduate Research fellowship. www.utsouthwestern.edu/QP-SURF
The application deadline is February 9, 2012. Both programs runs from June 4-August -
The associate professor of psychology’s Science of Relationships project translates the field’s scientific research for general audiences
Events
Monday, April 30th, 2012
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7:30BiCo Psychology External ReviewsBiCo Psychology External Reviews http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/191532/1335785400 WCC 205A 2012-04-30T07:30:00 2012-04-30T17:00:00
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7:30Bi-Co Psychology external reviewsBi-Co Psychology external reviews http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/191542 WCC 205B 2012-04-30T07:30:00 2012-04-30T17:00:00
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
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7:30BiCo Psychology External ReviewsBiCo Psychology External Reviews http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/191532/1335871800 WCC 205A 2012-05-01T07:30:00 2012-05-01T17:00:00