This unit examines how people and animals learn, and how their behaviours change as a result of the process. The lectures cover some of the more important principles with a strong emphasis on applications to everyday life. These applications include: the principles underlying behaviour and motivation (stimulus control, reinforcement, punishment and extinction); goal setting; motor skill acquisition; decision making; risk taking; social learning; and avoidance behaviours. The practical component of the unit allows students to apply these principles to their own behaviour in a self-regulation program conducted throughout the semester, and to gain first-hand experience with the basic... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Julia Irwin
Prerequisites: 6cp at 200 level including PSY236(P)
