Emner: MAPSYK317 Videregående tema i kognitiv psykologi - Høst 2018
Studienivå (studiesyklus)
Master
Undervisningsspråk
English
Undervisningssemester
Spring
Undervisningsstad
Bergen
Mål og innhald
This course highlights factors that may affect core human cognitive activities, from perception and categorization through reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making to intuition and metacognition. It focuses on culture, language, and the relation between conscious and non-conscious processes as potential factors for shaping cognition, and it takes an interdisciplinary approach to a set of important fields, ranging from our understanding of fundamental domains (such as space, time, or causality) to how we perceive, and behave in, more complex situations (such as climate change). The course will also include a discussion of the extent to which these insights are relevant for our daily lives and for potential applications.
Læringsutbyte
Knowledge
After completing the course the student is be able to:
- understand and apply topical research paradigms in the scientific field covered by the course, including:
cognitive representations and processing
influences of culture and language on human cognitionrelation between conscious and non-conscious processes
Skills
After completing the course the student should be able to:
- reflect on and discuss research problems in the scientific field covered by the course
- develop and assess research designs and methods in line with the scientific field
- present research issues related to the different sub-topics of the course to an academic audience
General competence
After completing the course the student should be able to:
- critically reflect on scientific literature on the different sub-topics of the course
- participate in research in the scientific field
- communicate research findings.
Krav til forkunnskapar
Krav til studierett
Open to students in the Master's Programme in Psychology at the University of Bergen. Also open to exchange students at the master's level as well as to students with a B.A. in psychology and related fields such as cognitive science.
Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning
The course comprises a mixture of different teaching forms, including: - general lectures on topics in the research field (7x2 hours)
- a mix of lectures and seminar-work focused on possible topics for master theses (2x2 hours)
- an interactive seminar with supervision in which students develop and work on their own research question (2x2 hours)
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
Vurderingsformer
- Assignment of a written paper (max 10 pages/4000 wors) in APA style over a period of 10 days
- An oral presentation at the end of the course (individually og in groups, depending on the number of students)
- Attending the oral presentation at the end of the course
If students have legitimate abscence at one or more parts of the assessment, the lacking part(s) of the assessment can be completed the following examination semester.
Karakterskala
Pass/Fail
Litteraturliste
Recommended literature, see Mitt UiB.
Emneevaluering
Students will evaluate the teaching in accordance with the quality assurance system of UiB.
Kontaktinformasjon
Information Centre: tel. (+47) 55 58 27 10
E-mail: studieveileder.psyfa@uib.no
Institutt
Department of Psychosocial Science.