Description:

The course is intended to introduce students to the principles of conditioning and learning and to the investigative techniques used in this area of psychology. Much of the course will deal with how discrete responses and emotions are controlled by environmental stimuli and how stimulus-response relationships are altered by experience. Research on learning and behavior involving animal and human participants will be reviewed, as well as practical applications of the principles provided by this research.

Texts:

Domjan, M. Principles of learning and behavior. (4th ed.) 1998

CD-ROM: Sniffy: The virtual rat. Bundled w/textbook.

Grading and Requirements:

Exams: 2, mid-terms		45% (22.5% ea.)
Lab reports: 6		30% (5% ea.)
Final Exam:		25%

Prerequisites:

Psychology 301 with a grade of C or better, Psychology 418 or an equivalent statistics course with a grade of C or better, and upper division standing.

Updated 19 October 1998
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
University of Texas at Austin

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