ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Psychology Classes

Spring 2018 | PSY 5015 Section 001: Cognition, Computation, and Brain (68902)

Instructor(s): Chad Marsolek
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, East Bank

Elliott Hall N391
Enrollment Status:: Open (37 of 40 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Human cognitive abilities (perception, memory, attention) from different perspectives (e.g., cognitive psychological approach, cognitive neuroscience approach). prereq: [Honors or grad] or [[jr or sr], [3011 or 3031 or 3051 or 3061]] or instr consent
Class Description:: This course covers human cognitive abilities, such as perception, memory, and attention, from different perspectives. The first part of the course examines such abilities from the perspective of cognitive psychology. An emphasis is placed on the behavioral/functional approach to research and theory, and limitations of this approach are discussed. The second part of the course examines these abilities from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. An emphasis is placed on the neural processing subsystems that underlie these abilities and on a theoretical framework that integrates cognitive, computational, and neuroscientific evidence. Ways in which this approach overcomes limitations of the cognitive psychological approach are highlighted.
Grading:: 40% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
Exam Format:: Short answer
Class Format:: 80% Lecture
20% Discussion
Workload:: 50 Pages Reading Per Week
7 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68902/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 21 May 2007

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