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Department of Psychology
5246 Robert C. Brown Hall, 778.782.3354 Tel, 778.782.3427 Fax,
Chair
(to be announced)
Graduate Program Chair
R.D. Wright BA (Br Col), MA, PhD (WOnt)
Faculty and Areas of Research
See “Department of Psychology” on page 131 for a complete list of faculty.
K. Bartholomew – adult attachment, abuse in intimate relationships, male same-sex relationships
M. Blair – concept acquisition, perceptual learning, attention, computational modeling, expertise, cognitive science
J. Carpendale – social cognitive development, moral development and cognitive development
A.L. Chapman – borerline personality disorder (BPD), emotion regulation, impulsive and self-damaging behavior, mindfulness and acceptance, behavioral theory and theory
R.J. Cobb – role of social support and attachment in the development of marriage, prevention of marital distress and dissolution, the effects of the marital context on child development, dating relationships
D. Connolly – psychology and law, children and the law, children’s autobiographical memory, eyewitness memory
D.N. Cox – health psychology, sport psychology, forensic psychology, cognitive behavior therapy
K.S. Douglas – violence, risk assessment and management, mental disorder and violence, forensic assessment, law and psychology
R.T. Fouladi – multivariate statistics, statistical modelling, measurement, health psychology
S.D. Hart – psychology and law, psychopathy, mentally disordered offenders, violence, wife assault, psychological assessment, personality disorder
A. Herdman – cognitive neuroscience, child development, magnetoencephalography, electroencephalography, eye tracking, literacy, language, attention, multisensory processing, memory
G. Iarocci – developmental psychopathology, autism, development of visual attention and perception, risk and protective factors and cultural identity in the development of first nations children
W.R. Krane – multivariate statistics, psychological scaling, psychometric theory
R.G. Ley – forensic psychology (criminal and civil), trauma and PTSD adolescent psychopathology and delinquency, psychodynamic psychotherapy
M. Liotti – neuroscience of emotion in health and disease, normal and abnormal development of executive control functions, brain functional reorganization in neuropsychiatric disorders
M.D. Maraun – psychometrics and philosophy of science
J. Martin – theoretical and philosophical psychology, history of psychology, social developmental psychology
J.J. McDonald – cognitive neuroscience, human electrophysiology, event-related potentials, attention, multisensory perception, error processing, executive functioning
C.G. McFarland – social cognition, autobiographical memory, mood and social judgment, social and temporal comparison processes
R. Mistlberger – neurobiology of circadian rhythms and sleep; shiftwork adaptation
M.M. Moretti – self, attachment and psychopathology; developmental psychopathology particularly conduct disorder, aggression and violence in girls; systemic intervention; program development and evaluation
T.P. Racine – joint attention, early communication, social cognitive development
J.D. Read – memory in forensic contexts, applied cognition, recovered memory debate and memory impairments, autobiographical memory and eyewitness testimony
U. Ribary – cognitive neuroscience brain imaging, non-invasive structual and functional brain imaging to study sensory-motor and cognitive processing in children and adults, analysis of brain’s network
R.M. Roesch – psychology and law, including forensic assessment, jail mental health, competency to stand trial, juvenile delinquency
M.T. Schmitt – collective identity, responses to social inequality, political attitudes and ideology
K.L. Slaney – history of psychology, philosophy of science, introductory and advanced statistics, measurement
T.M. Spalek – visual attention; cognition; memory; word recognition; controlled vs. automatic processing
A.E. Thornton – adult clinical neuropsychology, neurocognitive models of memory and executive functions, encoding and retrieval processes in cognitively impaired patients
W.L. Thornton – positive and negative modifiers of cognitive aging, everyday problem-solving and decision-making, executive function, clinical neuropsychology
J.L. Viljoen – adolescent offenders, youth violence, risk assessment and management, legal rights and competencies, forensic psychology
N.V. Watson – sexual differentiation of the nervous system, hormones and behaviour, neuroplasticity, psychopharmacology, sex differences in humans and non-human animals
D.J. Weeks – attention, perceptual-motor behavior, stimulus-response translation, cerebral specialization in Down syndrome, human-machine interaction
R.D. Wright – visual attention; cognitive neuroscience
S.C. Wright – Intergroup relations/social identity: responses to discrimination and collective action; prejudice and prejudice reduction; minority language education.
A. Young – child psychopathology, anxiety, learning disabilities
S.L. Zaitsoff – eating disorders, peer relationships and psychopathology
Associate Members
For areas of research, refer to the department listed.
D. Goodman, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
A. Horvath, Faculty of Education
N. O’Rourke, Department of Gerontology
F.J. Pelletier, Department of Philosophy
J. Sugarman, Faculty of Education
C. Waddell, Faculty of Health Sciences
H. Weinberg, Office of Research Ethics
Advisor
Ms. A. Turner, 778.782.4367, anita_turner@sfu.ca
Overview of Graduate Training
The department offers graduate programs culminating in MA and PhD degrees. The department is organized around training and research in clinical psychology, cognitive and biological psychology, developmental psychology, law and forensic psychology, social psychology, and psychological theory and methods. Graduate training in all areas is research intensive. In addition to training in general clinical psychology, the Clinical Program offers specializations in clinical child psychology, clinical forensic psychology, and clinical neuropsychology.
Application and Admission Requirements
All applicants
must complete an online application form that is available on the dean
of graduate studies website (http://www.sfu.ca/gradstudents/applicants).
Refer to the department’s website for yearly deadlines and additional
requirements (http//:www.psyc.sfu.ca/
grad). Applicants must submit all supporting documents in one complete
package (two copies of official transcripts of all post-secondary course
work, three academic referee forms with supporting letters, Graduate
Record Examinations [GREs], a CV, a check list, and if applicable, TOEFL
results). GRE and TOEFL scores can be submitted separately but must
be received by the departmental deadline. Incomplete application packages
will not be considered. The online application is received by
the department only after the application fee is processed.
Note: the department reserves the right to admit only qualified applicants for whom departmental resources and appropriate faculty supervisors are available.
Application as Special Student
Admission requirements for special students are outlined in the Graduate General Regulations (see 1.3.5 Admission Under Special Arrangements). Applicants apply online on the Dean of Graduate Studies website (). Students seeking admission as a special student must also submit all post-secondary transcripts to the department no later than one month prior to the term in which they plan to undertake the proposed course of study. Applicants must obtain written permission from the instructor of each course that they wish to complete. Special students completing psychology graduate courses must obtain a grade no lower than B- (2.67) in each course to be admitted as a special student in subsequent terms.
Program Continuance
Satisfactory Performance
Each graduate student's performance in research and course work is assessed at least once a year, with a formal annual review being conducted every spring. Each student receives feedback on his/her progress following this review. It is the policy of the Department of Psychology that a grade of less than B (3.0) on any course is deemed unsatisfactory. Any graduate student who obtains a grade of less than B (3.0) in two or more courses in the preceding calendar year, or who fails to maintain a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 3.5, may be required to withdraw from the program.
A student in the Clinical Program whose behavior raises the question of possible violations of the ethical codes binding the profession (CPA Code of Ethics, APA Ethical Principles, and CPBC Code of Conduct) will be advised of the nature of the problem behavior in writing, and requested to meet with the clinical program in a confidential closed session to determine the facts. Access to clinical clients may be immediately suspended pending the outcome of this meeting. The student will be invited to present any information and to respond to any questions. Whether or not the student attends, the committee members subsequently will meet in camera to consider the facts, and to decide on a recommendation to make to the graduate studies committee (GSC) of the department. Possible outcomes of this process include limitation of clinical training work, restriction of contact with clinical clients or research participants, remedial work, and recommendation of termination from the program. Issues pertaining to ethical integrity of students who are not in the Clinical Program are subject to the same codes of conduct and will follow the same procedures as described above, but will be handled directly by the graduate studies committee.
A student may appeal the decision to the GSC of the department. The GSC will adjudicate the appeal using procedures outlined in graduate general regulation 1.8.2 Review of Unsatisfactory Progress. The grounds for appeal are errors or unfairness in the procedures that were followed.
Students are required to present a written thesis proposal to their supervisory committee before the end of their fourth term in the program. After the thesis has been submitted, an oral defence will be scheduled. Students are expected to have completed their MA thesis by the end of their second year in the program. For further information and regulations, see Graduate General Regulations 1.9.2.
Before starting dissertation research, the candidate presents a formal proposal for evaluation. The candidate must present a dissertation proposal before the end of the second program year, and is expected to complete the PhD dissertation within four years of program entrance. The completed dissertation will be defended in oral examination. Judgment will be made by an examining committee. For further information, see Graduate General Regulations 1.9.4.
Supervisory Committees
For the MA thesis, students establish a supervisory committee before the end of their first term. The MA supervisory committee will normally consist of at least two Department of Psychology tenure-track or tenured faculty members, one of whom will be the senior supervisor and committee chair. Other individuals who are considered necessary by the student and senior supervisor may serve on the committee. For the PhD dissertation, students establish a supervisory committee by the end of the second term following program admission. The PhD supervisory committee will consist of a Department of Psychology tenure-track or tenured faculty member who will be the senior supervisor and committee chair, and two or more additional members, at least one of whom must be a tenure-track or tenured faculty member in the Department of Psychology.
Graduate students must maintain continuous registration (fall, spring, summer terms) throughout their graduate program in the department.
MA students must achieve satisfactory performance in all course work including two breadth courses that are outside the student’s research or specialization area, unless otherwise specified as in the clinical area and program, a minimum of two area courses, and must complete an MA thesis (PSYC 898). MA students are expected to complete their thesis by the end of their second year in the MA program. MA students can apply mid-program to the fast-track PhD program (http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/grad); students who are accepted are not required to complete an MA thesis.
PhD students must complete a minimum of two area courses, comprehensive examinations (PSYC 999), and a dissertation proposal within two years of doctoral program admission. PhD students complete their doctoral dissertation (PSYC 899) by the end of their fourth year in the PhD program.
All students must register in area research seminars (PSYC 912, 913, 914, 916, 917 or 918) every fall and spring term during their MA and PhD programs and to complete the requirements of their area of specialization. Failure to meet department timelines is noted in the student’s annual performance review.
Area Specializations
Cognitive and Biological Psychology
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
PSYC 913-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in the fall and spring terms)
Area course 1*
Area course 2*
Area course 3*
Area course 4*
Area courses are determined for each student individually and may include courses both from within and outside of the department.
Developmental Psychology
PSYC 750-3 Proseminar in Developmental Psychology (Area course 1)
PSYC 824-3 Research Issues in Psychology
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
PSYC 914-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring terms)
PSYC 950-3 Seminar in Developmental Psychology (Area course 2)
PSYC 950-3 Seminar in Developmental Psychology (Area course 3)
PSYC 950-3 Seminar in Developmental Psychology (Area course 4)
Law and Forensic Psychology
PSYC 790-3 Proseminar in Law and Psychology (Area course 1)
PSYC 810-3 Seminar in Social Psychology and Law (Area course 2)
PSYC 815-3 Mental Health Law and Policy (Area course 3)
PSYC 824-3 Research Issues in Psychology
PSYC 892-3 Research/Policy Practicum in Law and Psychology
PSYC 897-3 Research Project/Law&Psyc/Forensic Psyc
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
PSYC 916-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring terms)
PSYC 990-3 Seminar in Law and Psychology (Area course 4)
PSYC 990-3 Seminar in Law and Psychology (Area course 5)
Social Psychology
PSYC 760-3 Proseminar in Social Psychology (Area course 1)
PSYC 760-3 Proseminar in Social Psychology (Area course 2)
PSYC 824-3 Research Issues in Psychology
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
PSYC 917-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring terms)
PSYC 960-3 Proseminar in Social Psychology (Area course 3)
PSYC 960-3 Proseminar in Social Psychology (Area course 4)
Theory and Methods
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
PSYC 918-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring)
Area course 1*
Area course 2*
Area course 3*
Area course 4*
Area course 5*
Area course 6*
*four to six area courses are determined for each student individually and may include courses both from within and outside the department.
Clinical Psychology Area and Program
Students in the clinical program are all members of the clinical area. The PhD program, accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), is based on the scientist-practitioner training model. The program provides generalist training and specialization streams in clinical child psychology, clinical forensic psychology, and clinical neuropsychology. Standing in the program is contingent upon maintenance of satisfactory performance in course work, thesis work, practicum skills development, comprehensive exams, and adherence to professional ethical standards (CPA Code of Ethics, APA Ethical Principles, and CPBC Code of Conduct), as evaluated in the annual review of student progress. Unsatisfactory academic progress and/or CPA ethical code of conduct violations (e.g. dishonesty, boundary violations, etc.) may lead to withdrawal from the clinical program.
Students may pursue generalist training or specialize in one of clinical child psychology, clinical forensic psychology, or clinical neuropsychology. Each specialty stream has another associated research area (see requirements for specialty streams below). MA program students who wish to specialize pending acceptance into the PhD program must have course selections consistent with the specialty stream requirements. Specialty stream students are members of the clinical area and an associated area. Associated areas include clinical child (development psychology), clinical forensic (law and forensic psychology), and clinical neuropsychology (cognitive and biological psychology).
MA Requirements
MA students must satisfactorily complete all of
PSYC 744-3 Proseminar in Psychopathology
PSYC 770-3 Proseminar in Personality
PSYC 820-3 Seminar in Individual Assessment
PSYC 821-2 Practicum in Individual Assessment
PSYC 822-3 Seminar in Intervention
PSYC 823-2 Practicum in Intervention
PSYC 824-3 Research Issues in Psychology
PSYC 880-3 Practicum
PSYC 898-6 MA Thesis
PSYC 910-3 Research Design I: Experiments
PSYC 911-3 Research Design II: Research Studies
plus two area courses (within the clinical area for general clinical students or in keeping with the specialty stream requirements as outlined below).
In addition, students must participate in area research seminars (PSYC 912 annually in the fall and spring terms) during their MA programs.
PhD Requirements
PhD students must satisfactorily complete all of
PSYC 600-3 Biological Bases of Behavior
PSYC 819-3 Ethics and Professional Issues
PSYC 886-9 Internship
PSYC 899-6 PhD Thesis
PSYC 999-6 PhD Comprehensive Examination*
plus one breadth course (see Clinical Program Breadth/Domain Requirements below)
plus two area courses
At least two courses must be from the advanced topics courses in assessment or intervention, as listed below. Note that the chosen courses will depend upon specialization.
PSYC 806-3 Advanced Topics in Assessment
PSYC 807A-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Child Therapy
PSYC 807B-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Family Therapy
PSYC 807C-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Group Therapy
PSYC 807D-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Marital Therapy
PSYC 807E-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
PSYC 809-3 Advanced Topics in Applied Psychology
*including an ethics oral examination
Students will not be permitted to enrol in PhD course work beyond the seventh term in the MA program, until the MA thesis is complete, or they receive joint approval from their senior supervisor and the director of clinical training.
Students are required to enrol in PSYC 825 (ongoing clinical training) every term prior to internship (PSYC 886) except when formally exempt.
In addition, students must participate in area research seminars (PSYC 912 annually in the fall and spring terms) during their PhD programs.
Students must successfully defend dissertation proposals before applying for internship (by September 30th).
Clinical Specialization Requirements
Clinical Child Stream (Developmental Psychology)
PSYC 750-3 Proseminar in Developmental Psychology (Area course 1)
PSYC 807A-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Child Therapy (Area course 4)
PSYC 807B-3 Advanced Topics in Intervention: Family Therapy
PSYC 830-3/831-2 Seminar/Practicum in Child Evaluation and Treatment Formulation (Area course 2)
PSYC 912-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring)
PSYC 944-3 Seminar in Psychopathology (Area course 3)
Clinical Forensic Stream (Law and Forensic Psychology)
PSYC 790-3 Proseminar in Law and Psychology (Area course 1)
PSYC 815-3 Mental Health Law and Policy (Area course 2)
PSYC 835-3 Special Topics in Civil Forensic Psychology (Area course 3)
PSYC 836-3 Special Topics in Criminal Forensic Psychology (Area course 4)
PSYC 890-3 Practicum in Clinical Forensic Psychology
PSYC 897-3 Research Project/Law & Psyc/Forensic Psychology
PSYC 912-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring)
Clinical Neuropsychology Stream (Cognitive and Biological Psychology)
PSYC 882-3 Neuropsychology Practicum
PSYC 912-1.5 Research Seminar (annually in fall and spring)
PSYC 806-3 Advanced Topics in Assessment (Area course 1)
PSYC 907B-3 Advanced Topics in Biological Psychology: Neurocognitive Disorders (Area course 2)
PSYC 907F-3 Advanced Topics in Biological Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience (Area course 3)
ANAT 516-3 Functional Human Neuroanatomy: Central Nervous System (UBC) (Area course 4)
Breadth/Domain Requirements
A breadth course is a course that is outside of the student’s research or specialization area. For students in the Clinical Program, it must be a non-clinical psychology course that falls within one of the five foundational areas described below. The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) require that five foundational areas be covered by the curriculum of all accredited programs. These include:
• biological bases of behavior
• cognitive-affective bases of behavior
• social bases of behavior
• individual differences
• history and scientific foundations of general psychology
When choosing elective and breadth courses, students must ensure adequate coverage of each foundational area during their graduate training.
SFU/UBC Law and Forensic Psychology Stream
The Simon Fraser University Program in Law and Forensic Psychology, in co-operation with the University of British Columbia, offers forensic psychology students the option of completing both a PhD and an LLB degree. Students completing the co-operative PhD/LLB stream will be enrolled in either the law and forensic psychology area, or the clinical forensic stream. This program permits students to be on-leave from one university while completing requirements in the other. All 91ÅÝܽ and department MA and PhD requirements must be met. Co-operative SFU/UBC stream students must complete the requirements for both a PhD in law and forensic psychology, and an LLB in law. For application and admission information for the 91ÅÝܽ PhD degree, see the Department of Psychology’s Application and Admission Requirements. Applicants seeking the LLB degree must apply separately to the Faculty of Law at UBC.
The PhD is awarded by 91ÅÝܽ’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the LLB is awarded by UBC’s Faculty of Law. Students must satisfy all requirements for the PhD and LLB degrees.
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