Catalog 2016-2017

PSY 424 Cognitive Psychology

The various roles of the mind are examined in this course. Central topics investigated may include neurocognition, pattern recognition, selective and divided attention, sensory memory, working memory, long-term memory, acquisition and retrieval processes, memory errors, models of long-term memory, language, visual knowledge, and conscious versus unconscious thinking.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PSY 220. Recommended: PSY 318.

Distribution

(SS)

Offered

every year