Best colleges for behavioral psychology

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@45 Percenter

Make sure that Penn is on your list. Its Biological Basis of Behavior program is one of the oldest, most comprehensive, and most research-intensive undergraduate neuroscience programs in the country

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<p>Thanks for this. I’ll take a look at Penn; their program looks pretty good and I’ve heard a couple of friends mention that it’s worth looking into as well.</p>

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@rjkofnovi

Michigan

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@UCorBust1

Definitely Michigan. Aim for a large research school. Usually the publics (Berkeley, LA, SD, Michigan) pour tons of money into research. Non-pubs like UPenn, JHU(huge research school), MIT as well.

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<p>Right on, good to know that. Thanks!</p>

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@45 Percenter

^ As a general guide, here’s a list of the top recipients (universities and hospitals) of NIH (National Institutes of Health) research funding in 2010:</p>

<p>Top NIH grant funding by institutions, states for 2010 - MedCity News

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<p>Nice, it looks like a lot of the places I’m looking at are up there.</p>

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@zapfino

Behavioral psychology and cognitive science are quite different approaches.
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Among other courses you will take, make sure you take coursework that focuses on learning/conditioning and animal behavior. You also would benefit from coursework in economics (including behavioral economics) and philosophy, among other areas.

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<p>Thanks for this informed view of it. To be honest, I don’t really know yet what my specialization is going to be, but most likely leaning towards behavior. Good call on the other courses; I’m definitely interested in them, and will certainly be taking those classes.</p>

<p>Thanks for the other options mentioned. I’ll definitely check them out and see what the programs are like and talk to some folks from there. I’m also still looking at Stanford, Columbia, and MIT, potentially Brown and UPenn. For those, any ideas on which is a better program with more of the smart people?</p>