Description:

Animal cognition is a vital contemporary area of psychology that deals with the evolution of cognition and intelligence. The area is also important for studies of the neurophysiology of cognitive functions because in many cases neurophysiological investigations require experimentation with nonhuman organisms. The course will cover animal studies of perception and attention, working and reference memory, associative learning, concept formation, spatial cognition, timing, serial pattern learning, numerical processing, and reasoning and language in primates.

Texts:

Roberts, W. Principals of animal cognition. 1998 (tentative)

Grading and Requirements:

Exams: 2		60% of grade
Papers: 5, essays, 3-4pp. ea		30%
Class Participation:		10%

Prerequisites:

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

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

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