PSY243 Cognitive Psychology (10 credits)

Year Running: 2015/2016

Credit level: F5

Pre-requisites		PSY101 PSY106 PSY108 PSY110
		PSY101, PSY103, PSY104, PSY106, PSY108, PSY110 and PSY159
Pre-requisites for		PSY305 PSY319 PSY351 (when the module is running)
Co-requisites		PSY259
Additional Information		Limited to Psychology students. Human Communication students may also take this unit by special arrangement.

Description

The module covers experiments from the core areas of experimental cognitive psychology, including such areas as perception, learning, memory, thinking, language, consciousness and cognitive neuropsychology. The emphasis of the module is in understanding how psychological theories are created and tested by experiments on behaviour. The course will focus on biases and confounds that are common when using experimental evidence from behaviour to construct psychological theories.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	90.0
Lecture	10.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	100 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2024-25.