PSY 230 students (Fall 2009-2010)
According to Drexel University, this course “[i]ntroduces basic principles of the science of learning [and] [e]mphasizes I. P. Pavlov’s classical conditioning, B. F. Skinner’s operant conditioning, and applications to counseling and therapy.” (Undergraduate course descriptions). This description, of course, represents only a portion of the topics covered in an introductory Learning course. For example, is learning different than memory? What is the neurobiological basis of learning and memory? Does emotion ‘get in the way’ of learning or facilitate it? Is language ‘learned’ or ‘acquired’? What exactly is cognitive psychology and cognitive science in relation to a Learning course? Is a rat a good model of human behavior?
Before we start the term, please introduce yourself and what interests you about this course.
Hey guys! I am Christy Lane, your TA for Psychology of Learning. I am a first year student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program here at Drexel. I study forensic psychology and am interested in treatment development for youth in the juvenile justice system. Specifically related to this course, I am very interested in how the theories that we will learn about here can be applied in the real world. I also want to stress that I am here to help out in any way that I can. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me about any questions that you may have. I look forward to working with you this term!
-Christy Lane, PSY-230
Hi. My name is Yi-Ming Law and I am a junior nutrition major. My interests lie in developmental psychology. As a nutrition major, I hope to learn the best methods to educate future clients/patients of various age ranges about the importance of proper nutrition. Basically, the application of the learning process will help a great deal in the future of dietetics.
- Yi-Ming Law Psy 230
Hi! My name is Caitlin Deussing. I’m a Senior this year, and I have a few different interests in psychology. These interests include Developmental Psychology and Industrial Psychology. I am looking forward to seeing how this course relates to my interests in these topics within psychology.
Caitlin Deussing PSY 230
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My name is Spenser Brossman, and I’m a senior this year. I’m a dual major in math and psychology, although math is my first/’main’ major, for what it’s worth. I’m hoping to actually graduate with both this year, which would just be super.
My main interest (and honestly, the reason I got into psychology/added it as a major) is ‘abnormal’ psychology, i.e., anything that is out of the ordinary. This may include diseases of the mind (e.g., varied perceptions of time or space) or simply reviewing the cases of individuals who many would consider to be ‘off their rocker’.
Going along with that, I’m definitely on the cognitive side of the psychology spectrum. Although I respect the opinions (usually), I find behaviorism to be a simply outdated form of logic. Now, that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to learn their opinions… nothing could be farther from the truth.
See, unlike current politics (which is, for what it’s worth, terrible), I believe that we as psychologists can learn much from the ideas we don’t necessarily agree with. This country was founded on compromise, so I feel as if most ‘truths’ are found somewhere in-between opposing opinions.
Due to this, I would most assuredly want to learn from a non-cognitive perspective in this course, simply so I can see both sides, and truly understand what we think of learning. It’s very easy to form opinions based on one set of data, but it can become tricky based on two sets of quality data. That will surely be the most interesting part of this course.
(Okily-dokily)
Spenser Brossman, PSY 230.
Hi! My name is Monica Singh and I am also a senior psychology major. My interests lie in neuropsychology and cognitive psychology. I am extremely interested in memory and its role in CNS and neurodegenerative disorders. I am excited to see where this class will take me!
Monica Singh
PSY 230
My name is Lindsay Conn. I am a senior psychology major. Overall my favorite area of psychology is developmental. I would love to go to graduate school for school psychology. I am interested in this class because I am interested in memory and learning and how it is related to developmental psychology.
Lindsay Conn PSY 364
Hi, my name is Edward Baransky. I am a senior in the psychology major. I am interested in becoming a Foreign Service Officer and believe that a degree in psychology will beneficial because of the cognitive and statistical aspects of diplomacy.
Edward Baransky PSY 230
Hi I’m Lindsay Haston & I am a sophomore psychology major.I have always been very interested in speech pathology and speech therapy so I think that Psychology of Learning will help me understand more of the field. I work with people who have had strokes and major brain injuries who often need to be taught to speak again and I feel this class will be helpful to learn more about what they are going through.
Lindsay Haston PSY 230
Hi, I’m Allison Parker. I’m a senior psychology major. I intern at CHOP’s Center for Autism Research and I’m very interested in Autism symptom presentation and epidemiology. I’m sure that the mechanisms of learning and memory will relate to my interests in many ways.
Allison Parker PSY 230
Hello,
My name is Anwar Patterson. I’m a junior, dual majoring in Psychology and Behavioral Health Counseling. My particular interest in this current course is exploring the differences between learning and general memory.
Anwar D. Patterson PSY 230
Hi! My name is ShawnMarie Reilly and I am a pre-junior Psychology major. My interests lie in abnormal psychology. I feel the material learned in this class will be helpful in understanding why different treatments used to treat patients are or are not successful.
I am also taking a physiological psychology class this semester and I am interested in seeing how these two classes correspond. By looking at the course descriptions, it seems as though some material may cross. I think that will be very helpful!
ShawnMarie Reilly PSY 230
Hi,
I’m Chelsea Biemiller, and I am currently a junior Psychology major/Philosophy minor. I hope to go to law school, and believe that the study of Psychology, while untraditional, is an excellent path to that goal. My main interests are in the study of knowledge (perfect for this course!), ethics, and theories of justice. In this class, I am especially interested in further exploring how emotion can affect memory, and the phenomenon of “repressed memories.”
Chelsea Biemiller
PSY 230
Hi! I’m Madalyn Dolan. I’m a senior Psychology major. I have a pretty wide range of interests in the psychology field, but I really enjoy neuropsychology and forensic psych. I think this class will be interesting because Dr. Ramey is awesome… but also because i think the learning vs. memory debate throughout this class will be very interesting. I like to learn about the varying view points of psychology.
Madalyn Dolan PSY 230
Hello everyone,
My name is Adia Clark and this is my Junior year here at Drexel. I was an Entertainment Management aka (dead-end) major up until mid-last year, so I am fairly new to the Psychology program. With that being said, I feel like my fortitude of student loans is better substantiated with all the interesting topics found within the Pyschology realm and frankly, at last I feel somewhat fulfilled. Bear with me. After being thrown into this lovely major, no particular subject has overtly peaked my interest. Hopefully this class will give me some insight about myself and future, as well as people in general.
Adia Clark PSY 230
Hi everyone!
I’m Ana Prelic, and currently a sophomore Psychology major. My interests lie in clinical psychology and I hope to be able to work with patients who have trouble dealing with their own diseases. Abnormal psychology is a field which I find intriguing simply because of the nature of the diseases which plague our world today, and my interests fall in this field as well. My intentions are to obtain a Ph. D. and to have a practice of my own. This course, I feel, will allow me to gain a better understanding of learning and how it affects memory, and how different types of conditioning produce different, or in some cases, same outcomes.
Ana Prelic
PSY 230
Hello~everyone!
My name is Chi Fang. You can also call me Sherry. I am the exchange student from Taiwan, and this is my first time to take classes in America, it really shocked me! I am a senior psychology major and interested in clinic psychology and cognitive psychology. About this course,I am wondering to know how does it works when people learn and memory something. Also,I believe I can go deep into the knowledge of learning.
-Chi Fang, PSY230
Hello everyone,
My name is Erum Zaidi and I am currently a senior majoring in Psychology. Having taken time off from college this past year, I have returned to complete my degree. After graduating, I plan to pursue a career that incorporates public health with international medicine. Within psychology, my interests lie in cognitive psychology as well as neuropsychology. I look forward to gaining further insight into learning and memory as it relates to cognition.
Erum Zaidi Psy230
Hey everyone!
My name is Bryant Deinhardt, i’m in my fourth year at Drexel, I am a member of the wrestling team here. My interests are in the research side of psychology. Although i’m very interested in learning more about memory and its conditioning.
See you in class,
Bryant
psy 230/364
Hi! My name is Antonio Vetrano, or A.J., and I’m a senior psychology major. I plan to go to med school and thought that psychology would be useful in understanding and dealing with patients better. Neuropsychology and sports psychology are my two favorite areas in the field and I am excited for learning psychology because I’m sure there will be a lot of neuro psych involved.
Antonio Vetrano PSY 230 TR 8am
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My name is Melissa and I am in my last term at Drexel. I am interested in Neuropsychology and I am a research assistant at Thomas Jefferson. I am excited to get past Skinner and Pavlov in this course.
Melissa Kruszewski PSY 230
Hi, My name is Lori Gessner. I am a junior psych major with a minor in business admin. I am very interested in child and developmental psychology. The early years of life are the most influential years of a persons life. I hope to gain a better understanding of learning and memory, so I can apply it to my interest in children.
Lori Gessner PSY 230
Hello, my name is Brenda Alleyne. I am a senior psychology major. My interest is mainly family counseling. I would like to get a Masters in Education.
Brenda Alleyne PSY 230
Well, hello…
My name is Danielle Pierre. I am currently a Junior here at Drexel. I’m a Psychology major, on co-op, so I’m excited about this new portion of my education. I’m interested in Social Psychology and recently have been moving towards Industrial/Organization (we shall see). I chose this course because I would like to understand more about how one learns.
Danielle Pierre
Psy 230
Hello! I’m sorry I’m late but Drexel had me removed from all internet services because of a virus on my computer, and didn’t tell me. But, anyways, I’m a Psychology major and a Criminal Justice minor. I hope to maybe become a Forensic Psychologist. I took this class because it is a requirement but I am also interested in the processes in which we take in information and retain it. So I know this class will be very interesting.
Chidinma Ahukanna
PSY 230