PSYC416-13W (C) Whole Year 2013

Cognitive Psychology

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 September 2013

Description

The objectives of this course are to extend the knowledge of cognitive psychology and its content, theory and methods by discussing recent developments, by close study of classic work, and by considering the application of cognitive psychology to topical community issues.

PSYC416 aims to provide advanced knowledge in a variety of selected areas in Cognitive Psychology. The emphasis is on recent work and includes contributions from cognitive neuroscience.

PSYC208 Cognition and PSYC333 Biological Psychology or similar undergraduate
courses are recommended as preparation.

Learning Outcomes

  • Student who have successfully passed this course should be able to:
  • Demonstrate familiarity with the major contemporary concepts, theoretical perspectives, and  empirical findings in Cognitive Psychology.
  • Undertake critical analysis of advanced content in Cognitive Psychology.
  • Critically appraise the design, data analysis, and the validity of conclusions drawn from empirical  investigations in Cognitive Psychology.
  • Display enhanced writing skills and be able to apply these skills in the production of essays and/or research proposals.
  • Construct PowerPoint displays and use them in the presentation of informative, critical, and engaging oral presentations.
  • Apply critical and creative thinking, sceptical inquiry, and rigorous scientific approaches to issues relating to mental processes.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ewald Neumann

Lecturer

Paul Russell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Three Seminar Presentations 25% Students work in groups to present coordinated presentations.
Three Essays 75% Three essays worth 25% each


Students will receive feedback on a draft of at least one of their essays before submitting the final version for grading. There are no tests and no final examination.

Textbooks / Resources

There is no set text as we prefer instead to work from recent original research and review papers.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,695.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Psychology .

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