PSYCH 380 Cognitive Psychology

3 Credits

The experimental approach to human cognition and how the mind perceives, encodes, organizes, stores and uses information is presented. At the end of the course, students should be able to: define and correctly use essential terms and concepts of cognitive psychology (e.g. attention, working memory, long term memory, encoding, etc.); trace the path of information as it moves through the cognitive system; and demonstrate the practical application of an understanding of human cognition.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing (or permission of the instructor) and PSYCH 101 (with a minimum grade of C).