PSYC 242 Cognitive Psychology

This course will review the major theories associated with cognitive psychology as they relate to cognitive processes of attention, perception, memory, memory problems, imagery, knowledge, problem solving, reasoning, and decision making. The course will explore also how cognition is influenced by biological and cultural processes. In this course students will study the approaches and research methods psychologists use to study cognition. At the conclusion of the course, students will have a basic understanding of how varying theories are applied to these processes.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PSYC 105 or instructor's permission

Course Tags

SOCSCI