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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Sachiko Kinoshita
Contact via (02) 9850 8004 or email
AHH Level 3 south 3.803
Mon 8-9; Fri 8-9
Lecturer
Kim Curby
Lecturer
Bill Thompson
Lecturer
Greg Savage
Lecturer
Stephanie Howarth
Tutor
Tamara Paulin
Tutor
Jessica Reeve
Tutor
Aydin Anic
Tutor
Matthew McAlister
Tutor
Elyssa Hannan
Tutor
Daniel Guilbert
adminsitration
Alissa Beath
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(PSYC104 or PSYU1104 or PSYX104 or PSYX1104) and (PSYC105 or PSYU1105 or PSYX105 or PSYX1105) or ((Cogs100 or COGS1000) and (COGS101 or COGS1010))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces major topics of cognition including mechanisms of visual and auditory attention, varieties of short and long term memory, language processes such as reading and written word recognition, and storage and retrieval of knowledge of concepts and reasoning. We cannot attend to everything that impinges on the senses so we select and attend only to part of the available input. Selected information must be encoded, used, stored and retrieved. Although the main focus of the unit is on normal adult cognition, we will also examine disorders of cognition including acquired dyslexias and various forms of memory impairments. You will learn to approach research findings critically, and in the practical classes you will gain hands-on experience of classic cognitive phenomena.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Last Day to Enrol: Tue, 10 March 2020
Census Date: Sat, 21 March 2020
Last Day to Withdraw Without Academic Penalty (with Financial Penalty): Tue, 28 April 2020
Application for Re-mark: Applications must be lodged at the Faculty of Human Sciences Student Centre (Student Centre) or sent via email (psy_off@mq.edu.au) not later than seven (7) calendar days in Session 3 or fourteen (14) calendar days in Sessions 1 & 2 after marked assignments have been returned to students. Copies of the form are also available at the Student Centre. Electronic copies of the form may also be requested via email.
Last Day for Grade Appeal: Tue, 11 August 2020
Formal Exam Period: 11 - 28 June 2020
Final Supplementary Exam: 9 (Thu) to 10 (Fri) July 2020. Student office will email the details (time, date & venue) to students not later than Friday, 3 July 2020.
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Tutorial attendance is not monitored in this unit, and it is the student's responsibility to make up missed tutorials (by attending an alternative class).
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Lectures and practicals (= tutorials)
Lectures are held weekly starting on Session week 1 on Mondays 9-11 am in 27WW Lotus Theatre, and are live streamed. Lecture recordings are available via Echo360/iLearn.
You will need access to the internet, for accessing the iLearn PSYU2246 unit homepage, lecture recordings (Echo360), online submission of the assignment, and the online midsemester test (held 9-11 April 6 2020). Please refer to the iLearn PSYU2246 unit homepage for updates.
Practicals (= tutorials) are 1 hour duration and held fortnightly starting on Session week 2 (yearly week 10) or Session week 3 (yearly week 11), depending on the class number.
Practical classes are held in the faculty PC labs 12SW (C5C) Room 316
Textbook
Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2015). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook. 7th Edition, Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
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Week |
Week beginning |
Lecture Mon 9-11 |
Practical |
2020 prac schedule |
1 |
24-Feb |
Intro & Research methods |
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2 |
2-Mar |
Working memory |
Practical 1 |
Phonological Similarity (Working memory) |
3 |
13-Mar |
Attention |
Practical 1 Repeat |
Phonological Similarity |
4 |
16-Mar |
Visual attention (KC) ASSIGNMENT DUE |
Practical 2 |
Stroop (Attention) |
5 |
23-Mar |
Episodic memory |
Practical 2 Repeat |
Stroop |
6 |
30-Mar |
Semantic Memory |
Practical 3 |
Levels of Processing (Episodic memory) |
7 |
6-Apr |
MID SEMESTER TEST ONLINE during lecture time |
Practical 3 Repeat |
Levels of Processing |
recess |
13-Apr |
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recess |
20-Apr |
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8 |
27-Apr |
Language Production (WT) |
Practical 4 |
Change Detection (Visual attention) |
9 |
4-May |
Word recognition & reading |
Practical 4 Repeat |
Change Detection |
10 |
11-May |
Concepts & Categories |
Practical 5 |
Exam essay writing |
11 |
18-May |
Thinking & Reasoning (SH) |
Practical 5 Repeat |
Exam essay writing |
12 |
25-May |
Cognitive Neuropsychology (GS) |
Practical 6 |
Lexical Decision (Semantic memory/Word Recognition) |
13 |
1-Jun |
Revision |
Practical 6 repeat |
Lexical Decision |
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