Psychology of Learning

Psychology of Learning focuses on applying research on learning, emotion, and motivation to positively impact influence human behavior. The course presents a study of key research and theories in the areas related to learning, with a focus on applications to promote acquisition, retention, and transfer of knowledge. Learners will explore evidence-based strategies to promote learning and analyze how individual and group characteristics can impact affect learning. This course will improve learners’ understanding of the emotional, social, and environmental factors which that shape human learning and humans' capacity for development. "Introduction to Psychology" is the prerequisite for this course.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.