An examination of the theories and paradigms of learning and their multiple interactions with animal drives and incentives constitutes one half of the course. Course also examines the motivational forces that push and pull animal behavior, both learned and instinctive. Consideration of contemporary research and theory related to sensation and perception. Non-lab Science 306. The study of theoretical models that address the mental processes underlying knowledge and thought and the empirical research in support of those models.
Emphasis is placed on how people solve problems, reason, remember, and learn.
Much of the material is applied to real-life settings. Includes six three-hour laboratories per semester. Given in alternate years. The study of neural, glandular, and metabolic processes mediating behavior, thought, and feelings. May be taken concurrently with Psychology 322.