General psychology - cognitive processes WF-ZPS-PO-1
(Lectures)
Evaluation: The final exam is scheduled at the end of summer semester. Attendance is recommended but not mandatory. Students are invited to make use of e-learning.
Topics
1. Introduction: beginnings of cognitive psychology as a separate approach in psychology. Cognitive psychology as a discipline of cognitive science.
2. Fundamental issues and methods used in cognitive psychology. Relations between cognitive psychology and philosphy of mind. Psychophysics.
3. Theories of perception. "Top-bottom" approach.
4. Theories of perception:"Bottom-up" approach. "Ecological" theory by J. J. Gibson
5. Recognition-by-components: Biederman's theory of human image understanding.Computational model of visual perception.
6-7. Attention
8. Cognitive control:
9. Imagery debate.
10. Perceptual categorization.
11. Concepts: Classic, probablistic and exemplar aproaches.
12. Concepts: Comprehensive theories.
13. Language: Chomsky and generative grammar.
14. Word and sentence comprehension. Thought and language.
15. Resume.
(Classes)
Attendance is mandatory, a student may miss two classes. Students will be evaluated via two in-class tests, The tests will cover class materials and textbooks.
Topics
1. Philosophical context of research in cognitive psychology.
2. Scaling in psychophysics.
3. Perceptual illusions. Culture and perception (Deregowski's research). E. Gibson's research on children's perception of "visual cliff".
4. Pattern recognition.Mental rotations.
5. Assessment of attention. Schneider and Shiffrin's research on automatic and controlled processes.
6. Concepts: classic approach. Lewicki's research on concept acquisition. Semantic networks.
7. Concepts: Eleanor Rosch and typicality effect. Relation of similarity (Tversky).Concepts as naive theories.
8. Research methods in psycholinguistics. Semantic differential.
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Knowledge - a student knows the main approaches and paradigms in cognitive psychology; a student is able to conduct a deatailed analysis of cognitive processes and he/she interprets research results from various theoretical perspectives.
Abilities - a student is able to choose appropriate technics to study cognitive processes; he/she reads and interprete empirical texts from scientific journals; he/she is capable to search and make selection among sources, which are helpful in enhancing knowledge and abilities.
Skills - a student comprehends the need of empirical research which are reliable and according to the methodological rules; he/she takes a critical approach to speculations which are empirically untested as well as he/she realises the limitations of research in cognitive psychology.
ECTS:
lecture attendance: 8
classes attendance: 8
preparation to classes and readings: 30
learning to an exam: 90
learning to a class test: 14
Sum: 150
ECTS points: 5
Bibliography
Obligatory readings:
Maruszewski T. Psychologia poznania. Umysł i świat. Gdańsk: GWP, 2011. (Rozdziały: 2,3, 7, 9).
Additional readings
Chlewiński Z. (red.): Psychologia poznawcza w trzech ostatnich dekadach XX wieku. Gdańsk: GWP, 2007 (wybrane teksty)
Francuz P. (red.): Obrazy w umyśle. Studia nad percepcją i wyobraźnią. Warszawa: SCHOLAR, 2007.
Gut A. O relacji między myślą a językiem. Lublin, KUL JPII, 2009.
Kahneman D. Pułapki myślenia. Poznań: Media Rodzina, 2012.
Nęcka E., Orzechowski J., Szymura B.: Psychologia poznawcza. Warszawa: PWN i ACADEMICA, 2006.
Kurcz I.: Psychologia języka i komunikacji. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe „Scholar”, 2000.
Sternberg RJ.: Psychologia poznawcza. Warszawa: WSiP, 2001.
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