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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Meets General Education Requirement In: Social Science

Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Summer. Fall 1.


Course Description:


Understand and use the terminology and methods used for experimental psychology. Engage in online laboratory work, and become familiar with the research questions and current thinking in a number of different topical areas in the field of psychology, specifically: psychophysics, perception, attention, conditioning and learning, memory, thinking and problem solving, individual differences, social influence, environmental psychology and human factors.

Prerequisites: Completion of a course in Statistics or equivalent, and Introduction to Psychology, plus completion of at least one intermediate or advanced course in psychology.

Note: Access to a Windows-based PC is required for this course as the software needed for the course is not designed for a Mac.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.