Description:
Overview of basic behavioral processes. Presents information relating to human and nonhuman learning with a focus on the experimental analysis of behavior. Topics covered include environmental feedback mechanisms, nonassociative learning, respondent conditioning, schedules of reinforcement, motivating operations, multioperant performances, stimulus control, remembering, and behavioral phenotyping. The course also focuses on N=1 research methodologies and the critical analysis of research. Students apply their skills using computer-based simulations of laboratory experiments. Spring (3) Kennedy.