PSYC302

Fundamentals of Learning and Behavior

Prerequisite: PSYC100, BSCI170, and BSCI171. Restriction: Restricted to psychology majors during the registration period; all other majors will be placed on a hold file. Overview of the fundamental types of learning that occur without formal instruction. The course covers fundamentals of classical and instrumental conditioning as studied in a variety of species in addition to more modern theories of learning. We will then explore how these principles influence diverse processes such as memory, attention, extinction, categorization, motivation, and in some cases, how they are implemented in the brain and disrupted in disease. Restricted to PSYC (major code: 20010/2001S) students only.