Learning and Behavior

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of conditioning and learning with an emphasis on applying these principles to better understand, define, measure, and change behavior. The ethics of behavior change (particularly as it relates to people with disabilities, children, and animals) will be discussed. Meets the Learning, Cognition, and Language requirement for the Psychology major. Qualifies as an Academic Service-Learning course, involving a 15 hour community placement commitment (see Academic Service-Learning for more details).