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Discover how your mind acquires, processes, and stores new information in this captivating course about the process of learning.

Syllabus

  • 01: Myths about Learning
  • 02: Why No Single Learning Theory Works
  • 03: Learning as Information Processing
  • 04: Creating Representations
  • 05: Categories, Rules, and Scripts
  • 06: What Babies Know
  • 07: Learning Your Native Tongue
  • 08: Learning a Second Language
  • 09: Learning How to Move
  • 10: Learning Our Way Around
  • 11: Learning to Tell Stories
  • 12: Learning Approaches in Math and Science
  • 13: Learning as Theory Testing
  • 14: Integrating Different Domains of Learning
  • 15: Cognitive Constraints on Learning
  • 16: Choosing Learning Strategies
  • 17: Source Knowledge and Learning
  • 18: The Role of Emotion in Learning
  • 19: Cultivating a Desire to Learn
  • 20: Intelligence and Learning
  • 21: Are Learning Styles Real?
  • 22: Different People, Different Interests
  • 23: Learning across the Lifespan
  • 24: Making the Most of How We Learn
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Monisha Pasupathi

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