Biopsychosocial Understanding of Human Behavior

Provides a survey of the processes involved in human learning and cognition. Introduces an overview of the foundational theories of how experience results in relatively permanent changes in behavior as well as the underlying mental processes that proceed with behavioral change. Foundational instruction on current theories in both cognitive and behavioral psychology. Includes: learning, perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and cognitive development. Application to counseling and clinical psychology are examined across all topics. Restricted to students in the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology program.