PSY 160 Cognition and Perception

Surveys our current understanding of how the human mind acquires information about the environment and how it manipulates that information in both verbal and non-verbal form. The course will begin with an examination of the perceptual phenomena that relate to cognition. The course will then examine the cognitive processes involved in selective attention, perception, memory storage and retrieval, representation of knowledge language comprehension and production, thought and decision making. Stress is placed on understanding the relevance of cognitive research to practical problems in normal and clinical situations. Prerequisite: PSY 1