Cognition
Overview
- Credit value: 15 credits at Level 5
- Convenor: Professor Eddy Davelaar
- Assessment: a two-hour examination (100%)
Module description
This module introduces research into high-level cognitive functions. It takes a historical perspective and identifies theoretical and methodological issues in the field of cognition. The module starts with a historical overview of cognitive psychology and then continues onto psychological concepts and research into learning, memory, reasoning, problem solving and decision making.
Indicative module content
- Historical Perspectives
- Learning
- Memory
- Reasoning
- Problem Solving
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Neuroscience of Learning, Memory and Cognition
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- identify the main theoretical approaches to the cognitive functions covered in the module
- specify the main theories and concepts covered in each of the lecture topics and the phenomena on which they are based
- critically evaluate (with reference to empirical considerations) the main theories covered in each of the lecture topics
- provide examples of empirical techniques used in research on cognition.