David Becker
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SANCA 150F MESA, AZ 85287-0180
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Mail code: 2880Campus: Poly
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David Becker is a cognitive and social psychologist, strongly influenced by evolutionary theory and complexity science. His work explores how social and emotional forces affect cognitive processing in order to facilitate basic biological and social goals (for example, self-protection and resource acquisition). He uses a wide variety of experimental methodologies to explore the full spectrum of information processing, from perception and attention to memory, categorization, and decision making. He wants to know how these things work in the real world. His latest efforts involve using mobile technology to implement field replications of some basic findings of laboratory cognitive science. This has the potential to both generalize these results to non-traditional populations and to address traditional limitations of cognitive science research. To this end, he is developing and coordinating a network of international collaborators who can both implement and inform the direction of these investigations.
Becker has an abiding interest in how the dynamics and self-organization of complex social systems might be influenced by ecological and evolutionary factors, particularly with regard to social traps, mating-related behaviors, and the dynamics of popular culture. He is also interested in the role that computers can play in allowing us to visualize and understand these complex dynamics, how these visualizations can help people to engage in appropriate regulatory behaviors, and more generally how these displays can augment cognitive capabilities.
Ph.D. Arizona State University
- Becker,David Vaughn*, Kenrick,Douglas T, Neuberg,Steven Laurence. Toward A Functionalist Psychophysics of Social Perception. NSF-SBE(5/1/2007 - 4/30/2011).
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 792 | Research |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 223 | Applied Biology Human Behavior |
HSE 390 | Qualitative Research Methods |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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PSY 598 | Special Topics |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 540 | Found Applied Cognitive Scienc |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 224 | Applied Social Science |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 223 | Applied Biology Human Behavior |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 540 | Found Applied Cognitive Scienc |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 592 | Research |
EGR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 540 | Found Applied Cognitive Scienc |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MTC 500 | Research Methods |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 540 | Found Applied Cognitive Scienc |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
MTC 500 | Research Methods |
2019 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 792 | Research |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 540 | Found Applied Cognitive Scienc |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 584 | Internship |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
2018 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSE 324 | Applied Cognitive Science |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
2018 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 560 | Advances/Theoretical Psych |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 101 | Human Systems Engineering |
HSE 792 | Research |