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. Historical, philosophical, and mathematical bases for measurement of personal character, abilities, values, and needs. Perceiving, judging, and thinking about people and socially relevant stimuli.
Special attention is given to social stereotypes and responses to controversial communications.
Examines the relationship between emotion and cognition, including how emotion influences attention and memory, and the role of cognition in interpreting the emotional responses of ourselves and others. An introduction to the psychology of adolescence, with emphasis on personality development and socio-cultural issues in the period from puberty to adulthood. May be counted as one of the required courses for the bi-college teacher certification program. W. Sternberg Interrelations between brain, behavior, and subjective experience. The course introduces students to physiological psychology through consideration of current knowledge about the mechanisms of mind and behavior.