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Page 1: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - Psychology/brightspotcdn...BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY graduate programs #1 most-livable state #1 in volunteerism #1 spot for new college

WEB PSYCHOLOGY.BYU.EDU

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE 801-422-4287

CAMPUS 1001 SWKT

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGYgraduate programs

Page 2: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - Psychology/brightspotcdn...BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY graduate programs #1 most-livable state #1 in volunteerism #1 spot for new college

#1 most-livable state #1 in volunteerism #1 spot for new college graduates #1 in Internet access #1 best state for business #1 lowest health-care expenditure Known for the “Greatest snow on earth”13 National Parks, Monuments, and Recreation AreasHost to the Sundance Film Festival

PROVO

#1 in U.S. in quality of life #1 in U.S. in community optimism #1 in U.S. for business and careers #1 most-religious metropolitan area in U.S. 3rd city in the U.S. to get Google Fiber

BYU

#1 largest religious university in the U.S.#2 largest private university in the U.S.#1 in accepted students who enroll#1 Stone-Cold Sober School for 17 years running Nationally recognized athletic programTop 10 in graduates going on to earn doctorates Library consistently ranked as one of best in the U.S.

STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS

31,000 undergraduate students3,000 graduate students26 doctoral programsStudents from all 50 states and 110 countries70% of students speak a second language

MISSION STATEMENT

Dedicated to the discovery, dissemination, and application of truth about human nature.

FACULTY

33 full-time facultyProductive researchers, passionate teachers, and supportive mentors

DEGREE PROGRAMS

Clinical Psychology, PhD• Child, Adolescent, and Family• Clinical Neuropsychology• Clinical Research• Cross-Area Health Psychology Emphasis

Psychology, PhD• Applied Social Psychology• Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience• Developmental Psychology

Cross-AreaHealthPsychologyEmphasis

OUR DEPARTMENT FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS

OUR GRADUATE PROGRAM

OUR COMMUNITY

OUR UNIVERSITY

RESOURCES

Comprehensive Clinic (mental health training facility)Research-dedicated MRI scannerEEG equipmentAnimal facilities (rodent and pigeon)Up-to-date computers and classroom technologyAnalysis software (SPSS, SAS, Stata, etc.)Funding for research and travel

• Addictions• Assessment, Measurement, &

Testing• Behavioral Genetics• Cognitive & Behavioral

Neuroscience• Cognitive Psychology• Clinical & Clinical Child

Psychology• Comparative & Evolutionary

Psychology• Cross-Cultural Psychology• Developmental Psychology• Developmental Psychobiology• Experimental Methods• Experimental Analysis of

Behavior• Family Psychology• Group Psychology &

Psychotherapy• Health Psychology• Industrial & Organizational

Psychology• Law Psychology• Learning & Memory• Media Psychology

• Neuroimaging• Neuroscience &

Neuropsychology• Pediatric Psychology• Personality Psychology• Positive & Moral Psychology• Prevention & Intervention• Program Development &

Evaluation• Psycholinguistics• Psychology of Religion &

Spirituality• Psychology of Teaching• Psychology of Women• Psychopharmacology• Psychophysiology• Psychotherapy• Qualitative Psychology• Quantitative Psychology• Sensation & Perception• Social Neuroscience• Social & Applied Social

Psychology• Theoretical & Philosophical

Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY SUB-DISCIPLINES

• First doctoral program offered at BYU• Highest number of graduating PhDs at BYU• Enrolling 60–70 graduate students

UTAH

SOURCES: bizjournals.com, CNN Money, Forbes, Gallup, Glassdoor,

Kiplinger, Princeton Review, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. News, Volunteering and

Civic Life in America, Wall Street Journal

APPLICATION AND ADMISSION

Fall-semester entrance onlyApplication deadline: December 1st (date subject to change, check website to confirm)

See PSYCHOLOGY.BYU.EDU for more information

APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Altruism & Morality• Cancer Control• Cross-Cultural Differences• Forgiveness• Gender & Gender Stereotypes• Human Agency &

Responsibility• Media Influences on Behavior• Motivation• Personality Development• Predictors of Health Testing• Prevention of Marital Distress• Program Development &

Evaluation• Psychology of Religion

• Qualitative Research• Romantic Relationships • Relational Approaches to

Psychology• Relationships & Health

Outcomes• Religion & Health Outcomes• Religion & Spirituality• Self & Identity• Sexual Harassment• Statistical Modeling• Stress & Coping• Teaching of Psychology• Theistic Approaches to

Psychology

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Assessment, Measurement, & Testing

• Autism Spectrum Disorders• Child & Adolescent

Psychotherapy• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy• Cognitive Neuroscience• Conceptual Underpinnings of

Psychotherapy• Depression• Dissemination &

Implementation• Eating Disorders• Emotion Processing• Group Psychotherapy• Marital Relationships• Neuroimaging• Novel Treatment Delivery

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Pediatric Weight Control• Prevention & Intervention• Prevention of Marital Distress• Program Development &

Evaluation• Psychotherapy Outcomes• Psychotherapy Process• Relationships & Health

Outcomes• Religion & Health Outcomes• Religion & Spirituality• Research Methodology• Statistical Modeling• Stress & Coping• Traumatic Brain Injury

COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

• Addiction• Aging• Alzheimer’s• Anesthesia & Consciousness• Autism Spectrum Disorders• Behavioral Analysis• Behavioral Economics• Behavioral Genetics• Behavioral Neuroscience• Cognitive Neuroscience• Critical Illness• Electroneurophysiology• Emotion Processing• Epilepsy

• Gene-Environment Interactions

• Language Processing• Learning & Memory• Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(MRI)• Neuroanatomy• Neuroimaging (Structural &

Functional)• Neurodegenerative Disease• Reading• Traumatic Brain Injury• Visual Processing

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

• Autism Spectrum Disorders• Behavioral Genetics• Childhood & Adolescence• Cognitive Development• Developmental

Psychobiology• Developmental

Psychopathology• Gene-Environment

Interactions• Identity Formation• Infant Perception & Cognition• Language Processing• Moral Development

• Motivation• Parent-Child Relationships• Pediatric Weight Control• Prevention & Intervention• Program Development &

Evaluation• Reading• Religion & Spirituality• Self-Change• Social & Personality

Development• Visual Processing• Youth Psychotherapy

Outcomes


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