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Major Overview for Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

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Overview for Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms and processes of learning and thinking, and associated information encoding, decoding, processing and transmitting systems. Includes instruction in theories of cognition and intelligence; studies of cognitive processes such as memory, sensation, perception, pattern recognition, problem solving, and conceptual thinking; cybernetics; psycholinguistics; and the study of biological and social communications mechanisms and processes.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

Top 6 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Brown University
Providence, RI
18
(1.2%)
Most Selective$47,132
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
13
(0.8%)
Highly Selective$45,556
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
10
(1.7%)
Highly Selective$46,620
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
6
(1.6%)
Most Selective$46,580
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
5
(0.1%)
Highly Selective$18,428
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
4
(0.2%)
Most Selective$47,753
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.