Cognitive psychology

Izabella building, Room 206

Thursday, 17.30-19.00

See the slides on a previous CogPsy course page.

Course Outline

(Order of lectures may change)

• • History of cognitive science

  • Methods in cognitive science

  • Perception

  • Attention

  • Short and long term memory

  • Semantic memory

  • Psycholinguistics

  • Problem solving

  • Reasoning and decision making

Textbook

Michael W. Eysenck and Mark T. Keane (2005): Cognitive Psychology: a student's handbook (Fifth edition). Psychology Press.

Download Attention chapter of the sixth edition.

Exam

There will be two essay exams at the halfway and at the end of the semester (Nov 10 and Dec 15) worth 33% and 66% of the grade, respectively. First exam will cover the following chapters of the textbook: Chapter 1, Part I (Perception and attention) and Part IV (Thinking and reasoning). Second exam will cover the whole book.