High School: Cognitive Psychology

Get introduced to the basic concepts of cognitive psychology including topics such as perception, attention, memory, language, and problem solving. Apply research experiments to understand human mental processes and their role in thinking, feeling and behaving.

 

Study the internal mental processes of the human brain. This includes the things that go on inside the human brain, including perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving and learning. Students will define cognitive psychology and learn the anatomy of the brain. Through applied research methods, students will learn about visual consciousness, pattern recognition and modularity. Students will focus on filter theories, capacity theories, automatic processes, central bottleneck and visual attention. By the end of the course, students will know the difference between sensory memory and working memory and the general model of problem solving.

What You Will Learn

Students in High School: Cognitive Psychology will:

• Be introduced to basic concepts of cognitive psychology
• Learn and apply the knowledge of perception, attention, memory language and problem-solving
• Apply research experiments to understanding human mental processes and their role in thinking, feeling and behaving

Return to the Sally Ride Science online professional website here. 

Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment.

Course Number: PSYC-90010
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)

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7/10/2023 - 7/14/2023

$199

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San Diego

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• SECTION ID:

  171587

• CLASS TYPE:

  This is a traditional classroom setting.
  
  All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Rivera, Valerie

  Valerie Rivera is a STEAM instructor with UC San Diego's Sally Ride Program and an English educator at the grade school and college level. Passionate about building students' mathematic, scientific, and literary skills, she also emphasizes the importance of building confidence in students' continually expanding academic abilities. Her goal is to assist students to achieve the success and advancement in their education that they strive for.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 7/5/2023.
  

• NOTE:

  This course does not require any supplies. Please contact srs@ucsd.edu with questions.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
7/10/2023	Mon	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Room 111, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
7/11/2023	Tue	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Room 111, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
7/12/2023	Wed	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Room 111, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
7/13/2023	Thu	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Room 111, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
7/14/2023	Fri	1:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Room 111, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego