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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
-In class assignment 2
4
22 Oct
Attention II
Attention as a Mental Resource The Stroop Effect Inattentional Blindness Salience (own name effect)
-In class assignment 3
5
29 Oct
Thinking and Reasoning I
Short term and long term memory Mental Representations
-In class assignment 4
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
-In class assignment 6
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
-In class assignment 7
11
10 Dec
Language II
Language acquisition Language development
-In class assignment 8
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
-In class assignment 10
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.