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Kar

Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar

Szervezet

PPK Pszichológiai Intézet

Kód

PSYB19-211

Cím

Cognitive Psychology 1.

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

Meghirdetve

2024/25/1, 2024/25/2

ECTS

6

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Aim of the course Aim of the course: The main objective of the course is to give an overview on the theoretical frames of cognitive psychology, with it’s basic concepts. As cognitive processes serve as basics for all human behavior, also it’s problems influence wellbeing and social relations, especially important to deliver a comprehensive overview for students. Learning outcome, competences knowledge: Basic concepts of cognitive psychology Theories of perception, memory and thinking, including current research trends and their outputs Relations of cognitive mechanisms and their malfunctioning attitude: Ability to understand and ask questions in relation to the functioning of mind, Utilisation of knowledge in scientific communication, presentation skills: Skills af applying main methods Skills of identifying a nd segmenting basic psychological mechanisms

Tantárgy tartalma

Content of the course Topics of the course 13-14 weeks, 2x2 hours weekly fo each following topic set: Introduction – sensation, psychophysics, perception, mental representations Perception and attention; selective attention visual perception Hearing: auditory attention and speech perception Learning: basic concepts, implicit learning Motor behavior, spatial orientation, sensomotor integration Cognitive control: automatic and controlled attentional processes, central executive, working memory. Consciousness and control processes Memory systems: theories and models Knowledge, remembering and forgetting Episodic and autobiographical memories Concepts, categorization Psycholinguistics Language and thought Social cognition and theory of mind Learning activities, learning methods Lectures and interactive discussions

Számonkérés és értékelés

Evaluation of outcomes Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: requirements Reliable basic knowledge in the domain of cognitive psychology mode of evaluation: written exam criteria of evaluation: Knowledge on basic concepts and the skill of utilizing the theoretical modells and basic methods  of cognitive psychology adequately

Irodalomjegyzék

Reading list Compulsory reading list Atkinson and Hilgard (2014): Introduction to Psychology.Cahpetrs--- 15th Edition, UK The content of lectures

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