PSY 315 Human Thought and Learning

The main foci of this course are the foundational and contemporary research studies that have contributed to the various approaches to learning (Behavioral, Cognitive, Social Learning, Humanistic, and Neurological) and how these approaches can be applied to enhance one's own learning as well as to facilitate the learning of others. Topics include but are not limited to: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, information processing, triadic reciprocal causation, modeling, self-efficacy, motivation, attribution, and self-actualization. The lab component of this course will further students research and statistical skills and will require human subjects' experimentation.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PSY 101, STA 120, and junior standing; Pre or co-requisite: PSY 299

Corequisite

Pre or co-requisite: PSY 299

Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer