Cognitive Psychology

Catalog description

This course examines cognitive processes, often called "higher mental processes." Cognitive psychology includes topics such as perception, memory, language, and thinking. This course will give you and appreciation of research and theory in cognitive psychology, an understanding of the methods used to gather and evaluate evidence about cognitive processes, and an understanding of the ways in which knowledge of these processes has been applied to solve problems and improve the quality of life. Though this course requires a fairly sophisticated background in psychology, it will begin with a basic overview of cognition. Note that much of the research in cognitive psychology is methodologically complex, especially because of the challenge of assessing covert mental processes.