2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PSYC2509 Advanced Cognitive Psychology
20 creditsClass Size: 245
Module manager: Dr Richard Wilkie
Email: r.m.wilkie@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
Pre-requisite qualifications
Successful completion of Year 1 of:BSc Psychology or MPsyc, BSc Advanced Psychology (and its International and Industrial variants)
This module is mutually exclusive with
| PSYC3409 | Intercalated Programme: Advanced Cognitive Psychology |
Module replaces
PSYC2501 and PSYC2502This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
This module aims to provide in depth coverage of key concepts in advanced cognitive psychology.The module will be taught by a team of experts in this field. Students will continue to develop their knowledge of this discipline with particular emphasis on the research expertise of the module team. The course will run as two parallel themes: i) Perception & Action; and ii) Memory & Language.Perception & Action aims to introduce students to the psychology perception and action, including illustrative experimental examples. By the end of the course students should be able to appreciate how we perceive a three-dimensional world, how we interact with that world and how humans develop these skills. Students will also be able to show a critical understanding of how eye movements impact upon perception and how they help us interact with the world, how cognitive capacity limits our ability to consciously perceive, hold in mind, and act upon the visual world. Students should also understand the theoretical contribution of the ecological approach to perception and action, and be able to contrast this with computational approaches.
Memory & Language aims to provide an exploration of key theory, research, and application in the psychology of memory and language. By the end of the module students should be able to describe how research has shed light on how we remember events and facts about ourselves and the world around us, and how we learn, perceive, comprehend, and produce language. Students will be able to show a critical understanding of the different forms of process and representation underlying memory and language, and how this is captured by cognitive theory and linked to brain structure (as evidenced by neuropsychology and neuroscience).
Learning outcomes
Perception & Action: By the end of the course students should be able to appreciate how we perceive a three-dimensional world and how we interact with that world. Students will also be able to show a critical understanding of how eye movements impact upon perception and how they help us interact with the world, how cognitive capacity limits our ability to consciously perceive, hold in mind, and act upon the visual world. Students should also understand the theoretical contribution of the ecological approach to perception and action, and be able to contrast this with other approaches.
Memory & Language: By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of classic and recent work in memory and language;
- show critical understanding of work on structure, function, and brain-basis in each of these areas;
- describe and evaluate key models and research methods in memory and language;
- reflect on the theoretical and practical implications of the issues covered;
- discuss how memory and language processes may interact.
The knowledge outcomes will be assessed in an end of module MCQ exam and with a coursework essay.
Skills outcomes
Successful completion of the module will encourage the development of skills in the critical analysis of relevant published research, and in the literature search.
Syllabus
Perception & Action Syllabus: Perception vs. Action; Monocular and binocular cues to seeing in depth; the role of eye-movements in sampling visual information; the role of eye-movements for controlling the hand; Gibson's ecological approach to vision, including notions of optic flow (for driving) and tau (for catching); the role of eye-movements for driving and catching, the development of perception and action, Neurodevelopmental disorders in Perception & Action, attentional mechanisms in perception linked to eye-movements, attentional blink, visual short-term memory, psychological refractory period.
Memory & Language: Theoretical approaches to Memory, Working Memory, Episodic and semantic memory, Implicit memory, Autobiographical memory, Learning, Remembering & Forgetting, Reading development, Reading Processes, Speech Perception, Speech Production, Language Learning and Language Acquisition in Bilinguals
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 2 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.50 | 30.00 |
| Tutorial | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Private study hours | 169.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 31.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
4 hours preparation for each lecture: 80 hrsPreparing and writing coursework: 45 hrs
Preparation for mid-module MCQs: 10 hrs
Preparation for tutorial and end of semester MCQ exam: 34 hrs
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
A mid-module MCQ test will provide feedback to the student as to whether their preparation and understanding of the topic areas has been sufficient.This module will be taught in weeks 1-5 of semester 1.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 2000 words | 40.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 1 hr | 30.00 |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 1 hr | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 04/07/2016
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