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4.00 Credits
Examines one of the basic goals of cognitive psychology, which is to describe categorization-how humans organize what they know-and reasoning-how they use what they know to make guesses about what they don't know. Gives an in-depth look at psychological research and theory relevant to these issues. Topics include similarity, categorization, models of conceptual structure, inductive and deductive reasoning, mental models, problem solving, and expertise.
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4.00 Credits
Studies our senses, with emphasis on vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Focuses on how we measure our sensory abilities and relates findings to the functioning of sensory organs-eyes, ears, skin, mouth, and nose-and of the sensory nervous system.
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4.00 Credits
Offers a study of our awareness of the world around us, with an emphasis on visual and auditory perception. Covers perception of light; sound; space; form; motion; auditory scene analysis; and one or more of color, attention, music, and speech perception. Discusses biological reductionism, Gestalt theory, Gibson's direct perception theory, and Marr's computational theory.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the application of information about human characteristics and behavior to the design of machines, environments, and systems. Emphasis is on the sensory, perceptual, and cognitive characteristics of people (for example, their ability to respond to differently colored warning lights, recall instructions, and make appropriate decisions), and how those characteristics interact with technological systems. Topics may include decision making, displays and warning signals, control devices, human-computer interaction, aviation and other transportation systems, consumer products, and medical systems.
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4.00 Credits
Offers students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in PSY U364 about eating disorders in college populations to their own and neighboring campuses. Students conduct a research project in which they design and implement an education, information, and prevention program for at-risk populations including school athletes, dormitory residents, and students coping with academic and social stresses. Students interested in early intervention focus on middle and high school curricula, while other students develop media, Internet, and other educational materials designed to promote awareness and behavioral change.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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