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Class number:
3046
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Title: Psychology of Attention |
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Department: Psychology |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Laboratory |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.25 |
| Enrollment limited to 16 |
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Current enrollment: 5 |
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Available seats: 11 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: F: 1:30PM-4:10PM, CCAN - 121 |
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Instructor(s): Grubb, Michael |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 293. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements |
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Note: Concurrent enrollment in the lecture is required for this course. |
Course Description:
More than 100 years ago, William James famously declared, "Everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought." And while James' conception of attention resonates with a colloquial understanding of the term that's still in use today, empirical treatment of attention in the psychological and neuroscientific literature suggests that consensus on what attention is and what attention does has not yet been reached. Using primary sources, scholarly reviews, and popular science pieces, we will work toward a more nuanced understanding of what attention is and delve deeply into what it means to selectively focus the mind in a world full of distraction. With support from an NSF-funded research grant, this course contains an experiential laboratory component in which students will gain first-hand experience with behavioral methods used to study attention. |