COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PSYCH 202 , ( ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 and 102 ), ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , or ( BIOCORE 381 and 382 ) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the anatomical structures associated with the following major classes of cognition: perception, attention, motor control, memory, and cognitive control. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the process of the transduction of information from the outside world into a neural code, and the brain’s representation of that information on any of multiple mental codes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret graphical depictions of experimental data, including accuracy and reaction time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically evaluate claims about cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience as the appear in popular press. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the anatomical structures associated with the following major classes of cognition: perception, attention, motor control, memory, and cognitive control. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the process of the transduction of information from the outside world into a neural code, and the brain’s representation of that information on any of multiple mental codes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret graphical depictions of experimental data, including accuracy and reaction time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically evaluate claims about cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience as the appear in popular press. Audience: Undergraduate