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Class number:
3390
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Title: Executive Functioning |
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Department: Psychology |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 16 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 3 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: WF: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LSC - 134 |
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Instructor(s): Ferreira, Kelly |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 255 |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements |
Course Description:
This course will examine the cognitive processes that make up executive functioning, which enables us to plan, focus, remember, and multi-task. We will discuss the physiology and brain functioning that is required in the use of these skills, as well as the development of these skills throughout childhood and adolescence. There are three specific processes that make up executive functioning, which include working memory, mental/cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation/inhibitory control, that will be examined throughout the course in depth. We will examine specific tasks used to measure each of these processes and discuss the relationships between these cognitive skills to other areas, such as learning, achievement, substance use, and clinical diagnoses. |