PN3038
Cognition
2024-2025
10
5
SCQF level 9
1
Academic year(s): 2024-2025
SCOTCAT credits : 10
ECTS credits : 5
Level : SCQF level 9
Semester: 1
Availability restrictions: Available to General Degree students with permission of the Psychology Honours Adviser
Planned timetable:
The aim of this module is to develop an understanding of human cognitive processes. Topic areas covered include, for example, attention, memory, reasoning, and decision making. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the skill of critical evaluation of evidence and theory. Lectures will be accompanied by seminars in which the link between experimental paradigms, empirical data, and theory will be critically discussed.
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass PN2002
Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour lecture per week (weeks 7 - 11) and 3 x 1-hour seminar spread over weeks 7 - 11.
As used by St Andrews: 1.5-hour Written Examination = 100%
Re-assessment: Written Examination = 100%
Module coordinator: Dr T Otto
Module teaching staff: Dr T Otto