INFO 3140

Computational Psychology

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools for thinking about cognitive information processing, including statistical learning from experience and the use of patterns distilled from past experience in guiding future actions. They learn to apply these tools to gain understanding of perception, memory, motor control, language, action planning, problem solving, decision making, reasoning, intelligence, and creativity.Applications of the newly acquired computational cognitive science concepts and tools to ecological issues - in particular, the accelerating climate catastrophe - are discussed in this course on a regular basis.

Prerequisites one course each in psychology and statistics, or permission of instructor.

Distribution Requirements (KCM-AG), (ETM-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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