Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Sachiko Kinoshita
Lecturer
Kim Curby
Lecturer
Bill Thompson
Lecturer
Ann Carrigan
Lecturer
Greg Savage
Tutor
Bill Thompson
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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 PSYU1102 or PSYX1102)) or ((PSYU1101 or PSYX1101) and (PSYU1102 or PSYX1102) and (STAT1103 or STAX1103)) 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:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Assignment | 15% | No | 1/4/2021 |
Research Participation | 5% | No | throughout semester (last date to participate 3/6/2021) |
Mid-session examination | 20% | No | 29/3/2021 (online) |
Final Examination | 60% | No | university examination period |
Assessment Type 1: Qualitative analysis task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: 1/4/2021
Weighting: 15%
Four short-answer questions of between 50 and 300 words each, based on a set journal article.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 3 hours
Due: throughout semester (last date to participate 3/6/2021)
Weighting: 5%
Students are required to participate in two and half hours of cognition research available online. This is accessed via the Research participation pool system.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 29/3/2021 (online)
Weighting: 20%
Mid-session online multiple choice exam assessing unit content.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: university examination period
Weighting: 60%
Final examination held within the University’s formal exam period, in accordance with relevant requirements.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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Lectures are held weekly starting on Session Week 1. All lectures are prerecorded and will be accessed via Echo360 via the iLearn unit homepage.
Practicals (= tutorials) are fortnightly, starting on Session Week 2, and accessed via the iLearn unit homepage.
You will need access to the internet for accessing the iLearn unit homepage for the following, and you should familiarize yourself with iLearn:
Textbook: (Either edition is acceptable. E-book versions are also available)
Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2020). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook. 8th Edition, Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2015). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook. 7th Edition, Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
For up-to-date scheduling, refer to the iLearn unit homepage
Week |
Week beginning |
Lecture Mon 2-4 |
Practical |
2021 prac schedule |
1 |
22-Feb |
Intro & Research methods |
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2 |
1-Mar |
Working memory |
Practical 1 |
Phonological Similarity (Working memory) |
3 |
8-Mar |
Attention |
Practical 1 Repeat |
Phonological Similarity |
4 |
15-Mar |
Visual attention and object recognition (KC) |
Practical 2 |
Stroop (Attention) |
5 |
22 Mar |
Episodic memory |
Practical 2 Repeat |
Stroop |
6 |
29 Mar |
Online MID SEMESTER TEST Assignment due 1/4/2021 |
Practical 3 |
Levels of Processing (Episodic memory) |
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5-16 April |
Midsemester break |
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7 |
19-Apr |
Semantic memory |
Practical 3 Repeat |
Levels of Processing |
8 |
26-Apr |
Language Production (WT) |
Practical 4 |
Change Detection (Visual attention) |
9 |
3-May |
Word recognition & reading |
Practical 4 Repeat |
Change Detection |
10 |
10-May |
Decision making and judgment (Ann Carrigan) |
Practical 5 |
Exam essay writing |
11 |
17-May |
Concepts and categories |
Practical 5 Repeat |
Exam essay writing |
12 |
24-May |
Cognitive Neuropsychology (GS) |
Practical 6 |
Lexical Decision (Semantic memory/Word Recognition) |
13 |
31-May |
Revision |
Practical 6 repeat |
Lexical Decision |
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Unit information based on version 2021.03 of the Handbook