Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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This course provides an introduction to Cognitive Psychology and its foundations. This course explores cognitive processes including perception attention memory language and thought and the interaction of all these. The course will give you an overview of past and current research and theory in cognitive psychology a basic understanding of the empirical methods used and an understanding of how knowledge of these processes has been applied to realworld problems and to improve the quality of life. This course mainly focuses on the operations of the mind which are the topic matter of Cognitive Psychology are so ubiquitous that they are difficult to address and even notice.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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At the end of the course you should be able to develop an insight about followings
- How the scientific method works within the context of cognitive psychology.
- The usage of many theoretical concepts like attention memory imagery is rooted in everyday language metaphors and folk psychology but how their meaning then is further defined clarified and often changed by empirical investigations and the development of scientific theories.
- To know the wellestablished cognitive theories about attention memory perception and language development.
- Discuss current empirical research relevant to theories of cognition.
- Appreciate the logic of research design and the interpretation of findings as they relate to relevant theories of cognition.
- Discuss how research and theory in cognitive psychology have been applied to realworld problems.
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Course Calendar
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Week 01
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2
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THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPROACH
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3
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COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
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Week 02
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4
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COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (CONTINUED)
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5
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INFORMATION PROCESSING IN VISUAL CELLS
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6
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VISUAL SENSORY MEMORY EXPERIMENTS (CONTINUED)
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Week 03
Week 04
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12
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AUTOMATICITY (continued)
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Week 05
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13
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AUTOMATICITY ( JUDGING FREQUENCY )
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Week 06
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17
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GESTALT THEORY OF PERCEPTION
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18
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GESTALT THEORY OF PERCEPTION ( CONTINUED)
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Week 07
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20
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ATTENTION & PATTERN RECOGNITION
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Week 08
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22
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EFFECTS OF SENTENCE CONTEXT
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23
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SHORT TERM WORKING MEMORY
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24
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SHORT TERM WORKING MEMORY (CONTINUED)
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Week 09
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25
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WORKING MEMORY: AN ACTIVATION MODEL
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27
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THE NATURE OF FORGETTING
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Week 10
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28
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ATKINSON & SHIFFRIN MODEL
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Week 11
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31
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INTERFERENCE (CONTINUED)
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32
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RECALL VERSUS RECOGNITION
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33
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LONG TERM MEMORY (FORGOTTEN MEMORIES)
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Week 12
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34
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REPRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE
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Week 13
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37
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SCHEMA THEORY (CONTINUED)
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38
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PSYCHOLOGICAL REALITY OF SCRIPTS
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39
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APPLICATIONS FOR STUDYING
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Week 14
Week 15
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45
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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND REVISION
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