Religious Life Calendar Campus Tour Alumni Academics Departments Russell Program Study Abroad Women's Studies Instit. Topics include sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, behavior pathology, social interaction, and personality. The principles and procedures of learning psychology applied to education, with study of such topics as variables which affect learning, planning, directing, and evaluating learning.
Attention is directed to contrasting theories of human learning as applied in educational settings.
Experimental, survey and observational methods of data collection. Emphasis on the role of theories, the logic of hypothesis testing, control of variables, correlational techniques, and data description and interpretation. Includes student participation in research projects covering a variety of content areas. A study of developmental psychology from conception to adolescence, including theories of child psychology and descriptive characteristics of the stages of development. Field experiences with children.