PSYCHOLOGY OF REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Catalog description

This course studies the nature of critical thinking, and models and strategies of reasoning and problem solving. Topics include common fallacies of reasoning, self-regulation in the thinking process, the relationship between thought and language, the detection of psychological myth, hypothesis testing, and the application of critical thinking skills to complex issues of everyday life. Credit may be earned in either PSYC 13 or 13H, but not both.