Human Memory and Learning

Catalog description

Advisory: Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition course, or English Placement Level 6 or higher. <br> <br> This course explores human memory, learning, and thinking. Topics include how memories are formed and retrieved, how learning and memory can be improved, factors that influence our abilities to learn and remember, learning new habits and behaviors through conditioning, and typical and atypical memory flaws, including disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and amnesia. This course may be offered in a distance education format.