psy210 - Applied Cognitive Psychology (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

Enrolment in Master's programme Neurocognitive Psychology.

Goals of the module:
The module aims to provide an overview of theories of (Neuro)Cognitive Psychology with potential for application. It will cover core concepts of cognitive psychology, their neuronal basis, basic knowledge of neuroimaging and data analysis techniques. Special emphasis will be put on research aiming at complex real-world settings and translation of basic science in to practice. Examples of successful transfers will be analyzed. Parts 1 (lecture) and 2 (seminar) will run in parallel. The lecture provides the theoretical basis. In the seminar the material is consolidated by examples from the literature will be presented and critically analyzed and discussed
Competencies:
Specific: On completion of this module students should have a repertoire of cognitive psychology concepts relevant for real world situations, be able to transfer the learned theoretical concepts into practical contexts and evaluate potential issues arising in the process of translation. General: Presentation as well as critical evaluation and discussion of scientific literature, application of research methods, transfer of scientific paradigms (concepts and methods) to real-world situations.

Part 1: (Neuro)Cognitive Psychology in the wild I (lecture)
• Neurocognitive Psychology with emphasis in real world context
• Methodological considerations: Generalization, validity of theories and research methods
• Information uptake and representation: Sensation, perception, categorization
• Selection of information and capacity: Attention and memory enhancement and failure
• Generation and communication: Language, reading, dyslexia
• Pursuing goals: Thinking, problem solving and acting

Part 2: (Neuro)Cognitive Psychology in the wild II (seminar)
• In the accompanying seminar we will work through recent examples in the literature for topics of the lecture. The goal is to apply novel knowledge from the lecture to understand and critically discuss actual research approaches.

• Esgate, A. (2004) An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology, Psychology Press
• Sternberg, RJ and Sternberg, K. (2011) Cognitive Psychology, Wadsworth
• Ward (2010) The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology Press

The module will be offered in summer terms and should be completed within one semester. Both parts will run in parallel.

• The module will be evaluated with a written exam of 2 h duration. A bonus system will be employed.