How we perceive and think about people and social situations. All of these topics will be applied to the understanding of social stereotypes. One part of the course allows students to use a series of web pages in place of attendance at regular lectures. An introduction to principles of probability, central tendency, covariation, and statistical inference applied to empirical work in psychology. An examination of knowing processes from various paradigmatic perspectives.
Special emphasis is placed on evolutionary factors and the cognitive psychology of everyday events.
Both observational and experimental approaches to studying elementary learning processes will be considered. Students learn techniques and collect data with both perspectives in mind. A general overview of the experimental method and its use in the psychological study of behavior. Laboratory sessions examine topics within the area of cognitive psychology and include experiments on attending and remembering processes associated with naturalistic events. D. Davis Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.