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PSYC307 Cognitive Psychology

10 cp
Prerequisites PSYC202 Social Psychology and PSYC205 Learning and Perception
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week of lectures and tutorials and 2 hours per week in laboratory for twelve weeks or equivalent.

This unit presents the field of cognitive psychology focussing primarily on memory and cognitive processes in adults. It provides an overview of traditional models and approaches to cognition and memory, and examines contemporary approaches and implications for cognitive functioning including neurocognition. The statistics component of the unit will focus on using computerised data analysis and the application of statistical techniques in more advanced research designs, eg multivariate designs. There will also be a laboratory program, which will focus on selected theoretical issues from the unit content.

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