This course is concerned with how humans learn, think, reason, and solve problems. It addresses the ways in which humans input, encode, transform, store, retrieve, and output information. The course presents major concepts, methods, research findings, and controversies concerning human cognition and examines application of cognition to topics such as eyewitness testimony, autobiographical memory, childhood amnesia, and expertise.
Social Scientific and Historical Perspectives
Prerequisites
PSYC 201 and one additional 200-400 level psychology course, or permission of instructor.
Course UID
002506.1
Course Subject
Catalog Number
335
Long title
Cognitive Psychology