Principles of Learning. A historical approach to traditional and contemporary theories of learning. Discusses biochemical bases of learning and biological constraints on learning. Includes a computer laboratory that incorporates data collection and analyses of basic conditioning phenomena with a virtual rat. Principles of Learning Laboratory.
Students conduct basic conditioning exercises through computer simulations.
This course concentrates on development from conception through death. The approach is life-span. Issues include the nature versus nature, continuity versus stages, and stability versus change debates. Special Topics in Psychology. This senior college course is an elective designed for faculty to teach special courses in their areas of expertise, to offer courses of particular interest to students, and to address contemporary issues in the study of psychology.