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WEB PSYCHOLOGY.BYU.EDU
EMAIL PSYCHOLOGY@BYU.EDU
PHONE 801-422-4287
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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGYgraduate programs
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PROVO
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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
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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