SUBJECT

Special Courses in Cognitive Psychology

lecture

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

4

Semester 2

Spring semester

Aim of the course:

The aim of the course is to give a deeper insight into the current topics of cognitive psychology and to provide an introduction of the lab work in the department. Students are to choose one of the following courses:

1. Numeric cognition and its development
2. Categorization and category learning
3. Space, time, and the brain
4. Attentional processes

The chosen course presents the latest theoretical approaches and experimental results of the specific field in the form of a colloquium. All of the available research topics are related to the current research in cognitive science and neuroscience. During the semester students can acquire the most important method of the giving field, and they can join in the research of that research group.

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

• specific theoretical and methodological knowledge in an important field of cognitive psychology

attitude:

• acquisition of a deep and analytic approach

skills:

• theoretical mastery, ability to form a relevant research question

Content of the course

Topics of the course

The specific list of the topics is provided by the instructor at the beginning of the semester.

Learning activities, learning methods

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

The form of the course is a lecture so students have an exam in the exam period.

The specific requirements, and the form of the activity during the semester is given by the specific instructor in the specified course description.

mode of evaluation: exam

criteria of evaluation:

Compulsory reading list

see the course description of the chosen course

Recommended reading list

see the course description of the chosen course