Jul 30, 2025

The Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year

The Elmira College Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSY 2650 - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

credits: 3.0
Objectives: The purpose of the course is to provide students with an overview of learning theory and research. Introductory coverage will include information on the basic philosophical and historical basis of modern learning theory. Respondent, instrumental and operant conditioning literature will be covered extensively. Further study of cognitive models of learning and memory will be included. In addition, problems with current models will be studied. Method of Instruction: Lecture, readings, and student projects. There will be four tests and a term paper, and a presentation.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 1010 - INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY