CLPY655 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior (3 cr.)

The focus of this course is on learning, memory, thought processes and decision-making as well as affect, mood, and emotion. The course reviews theories and research in psychological science such as relevant constructs that impact human behavior through distinct and integrative pathways. Relevance to health service psychology is highlighted. Cognitive and affective aspects of behavior are further discussed in relation to Catholic assumptions and beliefs of human nature.

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:

1. Articulate key aspects of cognition, such as sensation and perception, attention, learning, memory, language, decision-making, and executive functioning.
2. Illustrate key aspects of emotion, such as differentiation of emotion, affect, mood and temperament, and mechanisms of emotional regulation.
3. Evaluate major theories in the psychological study of cognition and emotion.
4. Appraise clinical implications based on cognitive and affective bases of behavior
5. .Analyze cognitive and affective aspects of human behavior in relation to Catholic anthropology.