PSY3051 · Perception and cognitive psychology

Overview

The first half of this unit encompasses the acquisition, organisation, and retrieval of knowledge and aims to cover cognitive psychology more generally. It includes emphasis on contemporary research techniques, cognitive architecture, attentional processes, models of learning and memory, mental imagery, language and higher-order thinking. The second half covers sensory processes involved in vision, audition and speech perception. Coding mechanisms common to different modalities are emphasised to help you understand general mechanisms of sensory coding and perceptual processing.

Areas of study: Psychology Psychological science

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Apply the practical and theoretical skills underlying major methods for conducting cognitive and perceptual psychological research;
2. Describe how theoretical principles of cognitive psychology can be applied to explain empirical findings within perception and cognition;
3. Evaluate historical and current theory on basic perceptual and cognitive processes;
4. Appraise the contribution of cognitive research paradigms and methods to understanding of broader issues in contemporary society;
5. Communicate current ideas about perception and cognition to different audiences.

Workload

Two lectures of one hour each per week. Two hours of tutorials ten times per semester. One hour unit induction tutorial in week 1. Eight hours background reading/preparation for seminars, tutorials and assessment tasks per week.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.