Lecture 3 hours, lab 2 hours. This course is equivalent to PS 210, except that PS 211 has no laboratory component. Special attention is given to current issues in learning theory. Cognition An introduction to how information about the world is gained, represented and transformed into knowledge, and how information is stored and used to direct behavior. Cognition involves the total range of psychological processes, including perception, attention, learning, memory, thinking, imaging, language, intelligence, motivation, emotion, and creativity.
Students conduct experiments and write reports based on the data that they acquire.
Lecture 3 hours, lab 2 hours. This course is equivalent to PS 230, except that PS 231 has no laboratory component. Provides students with an introduction to the psychological processes involved in gaining, representing, transforming, using and storing information about the world. Topics covered include perception, attention, learning, memory, thinking, imaging, language, intelligence, motivation, emotion, and creativity. An overview of human development from conception to death.