PSY362H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Classical Conditioning, Learning, Design Of Experiments
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Cognition: mechanisms by which animals acquire, process, store, and act on information from the environment. Animal cognition: studies on cognition across the animal kingdom in nature and labs. Monkeys have the ability to keep track of what has happened to himself and his friend: some sense of self and other, has the ability to compare himself to others and show emotions in regards to that. Aim of this course: identity mechanisms underlying animal behaviors. 8 long answer questions: synthesis (1 question) Ability to understand the available literature, identify a gap in the knowledge, and propose novel ideas and experiments: adaptation (3 questions) Ability to modify the existing ideas and experimental designs. Apply acquired knowledge to a new situation: memorization (4 questions) Materials will be on lecture content only. In the introduction: can use articles talked about in lecture. However for the literature review portion, need to find 5 articles that have not been covered.
