HS303 Psychology (Autumn 2017-18)
Instructor Name: Prof. Aziz Course Type: Humanities Elective Prerequisites: N.A. Course Content: 1.) Language and Thoughts: Structure of language, How our brains interpret and learn a language, Influence of language on our culture and thoughts and vice versa, Whorfian Hypothesis, Evolution of language. 2.) Learning: Theories of learning and conditioning of stimulus to response, Pavlov's conditioning experiment, Reinforcement learning, Effects of punishment and rewards on learning, Latent learning, Insight learning, Experiments done by Skinner. 3.) Memory: Mechanism of remembering, Working of memory, Different types of memory (like iconic, echoic, sensory), Case study of some memory disorders, Factors affecting the retrieval process 4.) Motivation and Emotions: Theories of motivation, Factors affecting motivation, Biological explanation (basic instincts that drive us), What drives us to eat and drink, Maslow's theory of motivation, James Lange and...