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Course Description: This course will introduce you to the field of cognitive psychology and the critical methods used in this field of study. As indicated in your textbook, “cognitive psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information” (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2012). Major topic areas that will be covered include visual perception, attention, memory, language and problem solving, among others. For each of these topics students will learn about relevant experiments that helped to shape or test critical theories related to that topic. Some of the course will also cover what functions are served by different parts of the brain as well as different neuroimaging techniques used to study brain structure and function. You will also have the opportunity to delve more deeply into a specific topic related to cognitive psychology by reviewing, editing and adding content to a Wikipedia entry on that topic. To accomplish this you will receive training on information literacy and will engage in research, writing, and peer-review activities throughout the semester.

Course Objectives: •	Learn about and articulate the history of and major topics in cognitive psychology. •	Learn the critical research methodologies used in the field of cognitive psychology. Be able to provide examples of important experiments and articulate how and why they were designed to test particular theories in cognitive psychology. •	Hone critical thinking, information literacy and communication skills through class participation, Wikipedia research activities and assignments, and peer-review exercises.

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