PSYC 255 - Memory

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Lafayette College

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Description:

This course examines human memory processes. The human brain contains a system for classifying, storing, and retrieving information that exceeds the capacity of the best computers in flexibility and speed. Yet the same system is often so unreliable that it cannot consistently remember a seven-digit phone number long enough to dial it. How can memory be so efficient in some regards and unreliable in others This course considers psychological research and theories that address this question. Prerequisite: Psychology 110 or permission of instructor Talarico

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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