Emphasis will be placed on psychophysical methods, experimental techniques used to investigate perception, and changes in perception over the lifespan. Lecture, discussion and laboratory. 332 Learning and Adaptive Behavior. Functional relations between animal and environment which define learning. The course emphasizes the significance of behavior and plasticity in adaptation and concentrates on learning and how evolutionary processes affect learning.
Experimental work involves a range of animals.
Lecture, discussion and laboratory. 1 unit Horner. The process of knowing explored from an empirical perspective. Topics include remembering, thinking, categorizing, meaning, representing, problem solving, imaging, sensing, perceiving and acting. The course has a significant laboratory component of original research using human subjects.