HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY

Undergraduate

This course provides a survey of contemporary approaches to the problem of human learning and memory. It involves an examination of theories and research relating to the structure and content of human memory, information encoding, and retrieval processes. A variety of related topics including mental imagery, mnemonics, the structure of intelligence tests, and the effects of drugs on memory may also be included. Laboratory exercises will involve work with human subjects. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1010, 1020 AND EITHER all three of PSY 2700, 2730, 2750 OR PSY 2780 and 2790. Students who do not have PSY 2700, 2730, and 2750 OR 2780 and 2790, but do have equivalent statistics research methods courses may enrol with permission of the instructor. Three hours a week class, two hours a week laboratory