PSY 212 Learning and Memory

Lectures, demonstrations, and review of experimental research in the areas of animal and human learning. Variables that influence learning will also be considered including stimulus-response connections, discrimination, chaining, verbal association, concept formation, and problem solving. Memory, transfer of learning, forgetting, insight and observational learning will also be covered.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Recommended: one introductory psychology course before taking this course

General Education Requirements

Sci/Math/CS Non-Lab

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Gain an understanding of the concepts of implicit learning and explicit learning
2. Examine how classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning principles can be applied and develop clinical approaches to treatment
3. Evaluate how emotion influences learning and memory
4. Evaluate research methods and techniques used to measure learning & memory