PSY-30099 - Key Readings in Cognitive Psychology
Coordinator: Richard Stephens Room: DH1.75 Tel: +44 1782 7 33600
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Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733736

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

This module is an advanced course in Cognitive Psychology. It introduces key articles in the field and develops the students' ability to evaluate and appreciate these important theoretical and empirical research accounts. The key readings presented throughout the course are reviewed and presented alongside related research, subsequent developments and applications in the literature.

Aims
Building upon module PSY-20045 Biological and Cognitive Psychology, this module aims to provide students with a detailed critical understanding of a range of key, influential readings in cognitive psychology and to equip them with the ability to critical evaluate journal articles themselves.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-30099/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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answer questions relating to key readings in cognitive psychology: 1

Study hours

Taught class time - 2 hours per week over 10 weeks
Asynchronous study - set readings with questions - 10 hours
Prep for class - 10 hours
6 hours to complete continuous assessment tests and 14 hours to prepare
Essay research (reading of research papers and revision of lecture material) - 60 hours
Essay writing - 30 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Multiple Choice Questions - Knowledge weighted 20%
Continuous Assessment
Students will sit a continuous assessment of 10 item MCQs on three occasions (10 items each) checking understanding of lecture content. These will be delivered via the KLE. The best two out of the three tests will count towards the module mark.

2: Essay weighted 80%
Essay
Students write a 2500 word essay regarding one of the three topics introduced in the module; one from 3 questions to be answered.