Unit name | Cognitive Psychology |
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Unit code | PSYC20002 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2C (weeks 13 - 18) |
Unit director | Professor. Nick Scott-Samuel |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Psychological Science |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit develops your knowledge of how humans and other biological systems behave on the basis of information from the environment (perception) and from past experience (memory).
The aims of this unit are to build on Year 1 Cognitive Psychology and the theories of memory and perception (particularly vision) drawing on evidence from behavioural experiments and neuroscience. It is structured around a number of key themes, taking an information-processing view of how photons arriving at the retina are turned into biologically relevant information.
On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:
Lectures, revision session, and seminars (presenting at one of the seminars).
One 1600-word essay (20%); one oral presentation (20%) and one 2-hour written exam (60%).
Essential: None
Recommended: