Cognitive psychology is the study of the fundamental capacities of the human mind.
Familiarity with the field is essential for students who plan to do advanced undergraduate or graduate work in psychology or the cognitive sciences. This course will consider memory, attention, learning, reasoning, problem solving, concept formation, and other topics. Research methods and statistics will also be a major focus of the course. Students will learn to understand the research designs and data analyses in the primary psychological literature at an advanced level. A term paper or laboratory project will be required.