PSYC UN2220

I learned the effects that stress has on memory and cognition in general as well as the function of memory in everyday activities such as learning and what learning looks like on a psychological level.

manageable- 3 quizzes, 1 midterm, 1 final, 10-page final paper, weekly thought question responses

Covered wide variety of topic in regards to memory and metacognitions: study tips, attention, amnesia, heuristics, trauma, and more, usually looking at specific scientific studies to explain phenomena

This course covers many different fields of psychology, and given that it spans so many areas, I can imagine it's pretty difficult to condense and select material to present in lectures. Professor Finn does a decent job at this. The textbook is a bit dense, but reading it does help tie things together. Attending class is important, since the quizzes and exams are largely based on lectures. The questions on the exams require good conceptual understanding of the material. Memorizing information isn't enough to do well.

I learned the concepts of memory, theory of mind, and stress, and how they relate to each other.

Primarily stress and memory focused psychology.

Basics of cognition and stress! How to study better and study smarter, methods to deal with stress, various experiments on the mind and cognition, how the brain is quite prone to fallacy

I learned a lot about learning, memory, and some about stress and its relationship to memory and learning.

Deeper understanding of what memory is and how various cognition processes form/affect the memories.

The basics about Memory, Stress, Cognition, PTSD, Learning, etc. Honestly, there was so much material, I don't remember much because nothing went into too much detail.