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Introduction to Perception & Cognition 1 - PSY00008C

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  • Department: Psychology
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Fiona McNab
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: C
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

The module aims to give students an introduction to the study of perception and cognition on psychology. The second half of this module’s aim is to introduce students to the psychology of hearing.

Module learning outcomes

  • Give an account of the variety of methods that have been used in the study of cognition.
  • Have an understanding of the properties of sound and how it leads to the perception of loudness, pitch, timbre and perceived location.

Module content

The first lecture in this module provides a broad introduction to the field of experimental cognitive psychology and gives a brief historical overview of the development of the discipline. Lecture 2 considers the nature of perception from a cognitive point of view. Lecture 3 provides insights into some basic facts about visual cognition. Lecture 4 rounds off the series by introducing various key things that cognitive psychologists have discovered about effective learning and memory. The second part of the module examines the processes through one of our primary senses (hearing) gain and interpret information about our world. The lectures will cover the fundamental properties of the sense of hearing: How our ears work; how we perceive the pitch of sounds; how we work out where sounds are coming from; and what goes wrong when someone loses their hearing and what we can do about it.

Indicative assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Introduction to Perception & Cognition 1		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Introduction to Perception & Cognition 1		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Marks will be released via e:vision.

Indicative reading

Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M.W., Anderson, M.C. (2015) Memory, Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Cognitive Psychology. Quinlan, P. & Dyson, B. (2008) Pearson


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