Center for Psychology
The Center for Psychology represents a diverse and highly interdisciplinary field of study that involves the application of systematic methods of inquiry to the exploration of behavior, mental processes, and social relationships. Our mission is to educate students in the core knowledge and skills of the discipline of psychology, together with Goucher’s unique perspective that reflects a history and tradition of respecting diverse viewpoints and methods and connections with other traditions and disciplines. Across the varied perspectives represented in our Center, we strive to create an open, supportive, challenging and vibrant learning culture. We value sharing our passion for the field of psychology through close and active mentoring inside and outside of the classroom. We encourage and model experiential learning in the form of community engagement, social justice, active involvement in research, collaborative construction of knowledge, and self-directed exploration. Students cultivate the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will position them well to facilitate their own and others’ holistic development and well-being. The Center for Psychology offers a major and minor in Psychology.
Center for Psychology News
- March 21, 2024
A contingent of Psychology Department students and faculty attended the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) conference in Philadelphia from February 29th to March 2nd. There were five Goucher-affiliated research posters presented at the conference and one faculty presentation.
- January 3, 2024
Dr. Amanda Draheim's first co-authored paper with a student mentee (Ishita Agarwal, who is first author) has been published in Archives of Women's Mental Health!
- November 29, 2023
On November 17th, Dr. Tom Ghirardelli and Goucher students and alums co-presented a research poster at the 2023 Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, CA. The poster, authored by Josh Lichti (’23), Claudine Schwartz (’23), Mariah Lees (’23), Sam Byrne (’24), Laura Juda (’24), Olive Scott (’24), and Marissa Spacht (’23) was entitled, Does Instruction on “Part-Whole” Relationships Affect Search Efficiency for a Color x Color Conjunction in a Three-Dimensional Search Display? Congratulations on this accomplishment!>On November 17th, Dr. Tom Ghirardelli and Goucher students and alums co-presented a research poster at the 2023 Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, CA. The poster, authored by Josh Lichti (’23), Claudine Schwartz (’23), Mariah Lees (’23), Sam Byrne (’24), Laura Juda (’24), Olive Scott (’24), and Marissa Spacht (’23) was entitled, Does Instruction on “Part-Whole” Relationships Affect Search Efficiency for a Color x Color Conjunction in a Three-Dimensional Search Display? Congratulations on this accomplishment!