PSY 2215 - Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Laboratory

Credits: 4
This course will introduce students to current theory and research in cognitive psychology: how the human brain and mind give rise to our perceptions, thoughts, and feelings. Topics discussed will include perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, mental models, reasoning and judgment, conscious and unconscious mental processing, Buddhist and western collaborative study of cognitive techniques such as meditation and mindfulness, and the relationship of cognitive theories to therapeutic modalities such as psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Prerequisites Psychology 1106.
Scientific Inquiry with Laboratory.