PSY5022 - Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Psychology

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

(1) demonstrate knowledge of a range of both classic and current research in cognitive and developmental psychology;
(2) assess the strengths and weaknesses of various methodological and theoretical approaches within the above areas of psychology;
(3) demonstrate a critical awareness of issues in the above areas.

Content:

Cognitive Psychology eg: Language, learning and memory. Visual and auditory perception. Attention. Thinking, reasoning, problem solving and decision making. Issues of representation and process. Cognition is presented as an active process with many interrelated and interdependant components. A variety of methods and approaches are considered (eg case study, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and comparative) to provide a broad perspective.

Developmental Psychology: Research Methods for Developmental Psychology. Perceptual, motor and cognitive development during infancy. General theories of the nature and nurture of psychological attributes. Development of general representational abilities, including language, drawing and number. Nature of cognitive change in the school years. Comparative analysis of constructivist, socio-cultural, and information processing theories of development. Development of self and identity. Gender socialisation. Emotional development.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lecture
Contact hours 20
Number of groups 1

~Seminars/Tutorials
Contact hours 6
Number of groups 8

Workshops
Contact hours 14
Number of groups 8

Assessment:

001 Unseen paper 1 x 2 hours (Cognitive) (end of sem 1) 50%
002 Unseen Paper 1 x 2 hours (Developmental) (end of sem 2) 50%


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