Description:

"And so to completely analyze what we do when we read would almost be the acme of psychologist's achievements, for it would be to describe very many of the most intricate workings of the human mind, as well as to unravel the tangled story of the most remarkable specific performance that civilization has learned in all its history." - Edmund Burke Huey

Review what has been learned since Huey penned these words in 1908. Discuss nature of reading, process of skilled reading, acquisition of this skill, its failure in reading disability and dyslexia.

Texts:

To be announced.

Grading and Requirements:

Exams: 3 midterms. Final. Multiple choice and essay.

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 16 June 1998
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
University of Texas at Austin

Some graphics courtesy of Ann Pommerehn