PS4085
Topics in Social Cognition: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives
2023-2024
15
7
SCQF level 10
1
Academic year(s): 2023-2024
SCOTCAT credits : 15
ECTS credits : 7
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: 1
Availability restrictions: Available only to undergraduate students in the second year of the Honours Programme. Also available to postgraduate students on MSc Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology: the Origins of Mind
Planned timetable:
The last few decades have witnessed a surge of research on social cognition, both in humans and in an increasingly wide range of non-human animal species. This module goes into depth about a current hot topic in social cognition (e.g. joint attention and joint action, or social learning and culture), surveying the principal discoveries, and integrating research on humans and field and captive studies of animals, using both observational and experimental methods.
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass PS2001 and pass PS2002
Weekly contact: 2-hour seminars plus office hour.
Scheduled learning hours: 20
Guided independent study hours: 130
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%
Re-assessment: Coursework=100%, Re-assessment applies to failed components only
Module coordinator: Professor M J Carpenter
Module teaching staff: Prof M Carpenter & Prof J Call
Module coordinator email mc213@st-andrews.ac.uk