PSY 160SK: SPEC TOPICS PSYCH

University of California, Santa Barbara

Since Psychologists reopened the ?black box? of the mind in the early 1960s , mental state and mental faculty terms have proliferated. They routinely a re used to motivate experiments and explain findings. However, a careful an alysis of these terms is hard to find. We thus run the risk of populating t he mind with entities that fail to adequately represent its workings. In th is course we take aim at several key constructs found in contemporary Psych ology ? e.g., mind, self, memory, consciousness ? and subject them to empir ical and logical analysis. The result is that many of our favorite terms ar e found to be in need of serious and sustained conceptual analysis.

Average GPA: 2.96

Grade distribution records: 940 students across 13 terms.

Grade distribution

GradeStudentsPercent
A+626.6%
A13614.5%
A-13314.1%
B+12813.6%
B12913.7%
B-919.7%
C+667.0%
C717.6%
C-454.8%
D+343.6%
D222.3%
D-70.7%
F161.7%

Based on 940 student grade records across 13 terms and 1 professor.

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