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Cognitive Psychology 2PY260

RATIONALE FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE COURSE/MODULE IN THE PROGRAMME: 1. To provide detailed study of key concepts in cognitive psychology 2. 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 using appropriate technical language SEMESTER AND YEAR OFFERED Semester 2 Year 2 TOTAL STUDENT LEARNING TIME Lecture : Tutorial/Group discussion : Total : 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 concepts 2. 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

18 hours (1.5 hours X 12 classes) 12 hours (1 hour X 12 classes) 30 hours

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

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 Lectures (Tuesday 3.30 6pm) Wk 1 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology and perception in 1 Oct general 2 8 Oct 3 15 Oct Perception Visual Perception Object & Face Recognition Attention I Selective Awareness Mental concentration Conscious/ Unconscious Attention II Attention as a Mental Resource The Stroop Effect Inattentional Blindness Salience (own name effect) Thinking and Reasoning I Short term and long term memory Mental Representations Thinking and Reasoning II Mental models

Other Formation of group project (2 each group) -In class assignment 1 Submission of topic & group -Guidelines for project -In class assignment 2

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5 29 Oct 6 5 Nov

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Encoding and retrieval strategies Learning I Classical Conditioning Operational Conditioning Learning II Observational Learning Issues in applied learning Language I Theory of mind Language of thought hypothesis Language II Language and Thought Language and Culture Language II Language acquisition Language development Intelligence, Consciousness & Comprehension and Memory for Test Theory of intelligence and comprehension STUDY BREAK STUDY BREAK Problem Solving & Decision Making Classifying problems General strategies to solve problems Expertise and Creativity Expertise and reasoning Acquiring expertise Theories of creativity EXAM WEEK

Individual Lab Report DUE -In class assignment 6

Presentation

Presentation -In class assignment 7 -In class assignment 8

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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 5-7 questions 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 of not more than 2.

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 a group 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 of the 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. No quotation marks are necessary, but the source must be cited.