Course Outline - Cognitive Psych

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COURSE TITLE : Cognitive Psychology

COURSE CODE : 2PY260

RATIONALE FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE COURSE/MODULE IN THE PROGRAMME:

1. To provide detailed study of key concepts in cognitive psychology2. To provide opportunities to analyse specific research in cognitive psychology and carry out small

scale studies

3. To encourage effective communication of knowledge and insights in cognitive psychology usingappropriate technical language

SEMESTER AND YEAR OFFERED

Semester 2 Year 2

TOTAL STUDENT LEARNING TIME

Lecture : 18 hours (1.5 hours X 12 classes)

Tutorial/Group discussion : 12 hours (1 hour X 12 classes)

Total : 30 hours

CREDIT VALUE

Three (3)

PREREQUISITE (if any)

Completion for all Level 1 subjects

ACADEMIC STAFF

Sam Jeng Mun

B. Psychology (HONS)

M. Clinical Psychology

CONTACT

E-mail: [email protected] (Consultation based on appointment Tuesdays before/after class)

SYNOPSIS

This course is designed to enable students to build on their understanding of cognitive psychology by

applying analytical and research skills, on a small scale, to issues in cognition such as human reasoning,

attention, memory, comprehension, problem-solving, and decision making. Students also learn how to

communicate knowledge and insights in cognitive psychology using appropriate technical language.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, learners will be able to:1. Analyse various cognitive models and concepts2. Apply knowledge of cognitive psychology to analyse data from a small scale cognitive research

project

3. Communicate and explain various cognitive models in cognitive psychology terms

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS


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Students will acquire knowledge and research skills related to cognitive psychology which are applicable

settings that require them to deal or work with individuals or groups who need help in improving

attention, memory, comprehension, problem solving, reasoning and decision making skills in their daily

lives. These skills can be used in designing programmes that are affected by factors involving the mental

processes stated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK

Any Cognitive Psychology Textbook

TEACHING-LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

This course combines lectures with group tutorials

Assessment strategy

Coursework Examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TYPES

Coursework : 60% Examination : 40%

MODE OF DELIVERY

Lecture and Tutorial/Group discussion

COURSE OUTLINE

Teaching

Wk

Lectures (Tuesday 3.30 6pm) Other

1

1 Oct

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology and perception in

general

Formation of group

project (2 each group)

-In class assignment 12

8 Oct

Perception

Visual Perception Object & Face Recognition

Submission of topic &

group

-Guidelines for project

3

15 Oct

Attention I

Selective Awareness Mental concentration Conscious/ Unconscious


4

22 Oct

Attention II

Attention as a Mental Resource The Stroop Effect Inattentional Blindness Salience (own name effect)


5

29 Oct

Thinking and Reasoning I

Short term and long term memory Mental Representations


6

5 Nov

Thinking and Reasoning II

Mental models -In class assignment 5


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Encoding and retrieval strategies7

12 Nov

Learning I

Classical Conditioning Operational Conditioning

Individual Lab Report

DUE

8

19 Nov

Learning II

Observational Learning Issues in applied learning


9

26 Nov

Language I

Theory of mind Language of thought hypothesis

Presentation

10

3 Dec

Language II

Language and Thought Language and Culture

Presentation


11

10 Dec

Language II

Language acquisition Language development


1217 Dec

Intelligence, Consciousness & Comprehension and Memoryfor Test

Theory of intelligence and comprehension-In class assignment 9

24 Dec STUDY BREAK

31 Dec STUDY BREAK

13

7 Jan

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Classifying problems General strategies to solve problems


14

17 Jan

Expertise and Creativity

Expertise and reasoning Acquiring expertise Theories of creativity15 EXAM WEEK

COURSE ASSESSMENT

1. Quizzes (10%) There will be a quiz 5 minutes after the class begins. There will also be pop quizzes that

are given in the middle of the class, etc.

The questions for the quizzes are based on the previous lecture. Each quiz will have 5-7questions worth 5 marks. The best 12 quizzes will be scored out of the total quizzes

given throughout the course.

No replacement for quizzes. If students copy during quizzes, all subsequent quizzes will not be marked.

2. In-Class Assignment (15%) Several times during the course, students will be asked to write short essays (less than 1

page) in response to questions or problems posed by lectures.

Depending on the lecture, students can choose to submit individually or in a group ofnot more than 2.


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Students are required to submit their assignment in the following classes. These assignments are designed to be brief and are expected to be completed within 10

to 15 minutes.

3. Project (25%)

Students are required to plan a research proposal on any Cognitive Psychology topic in agroup of not more than 2 students.

Students are then required to submit individual lab reports. The topic of the research proposal and the group names must be e-mailed to the

lecturer latest by 8th

October 2013, 6pm. The lecturer will approve the students topic

via e-mail. Then, students can proceed with the preliminary literature review.

Students can choose to propose experimental or non-experimental research. Guidelines of writing the research proposal will be provided in Week 2.

4. Presentation (15%) Students are required to present the similar research proposal in a group. The estimated timing for group presentation is 15 to 20 minutes including Q and A

session.

Students will be assessed on the flow of the presentation, literature review, design ofthe study and relevancy of the topic to the course.

Plagiarism note

All students must use the APA citation style

Plagiarism is defined as any unacknowledged use of ideas and materials produced by someone other

than the writer him/herself

The following rules apply:

1. Any information taken from any source must be cited.2. If you copy the words (more than 3 words in the same sequence) from the source, this is called a

direct quotation. Quotation marks must be used and this must be cited.

3. If you re-write or summarize the information in your own words, this is called paraphrase. Noquotation marks are necessary, but the source must be cited.

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