Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2015-2016 (archived)
Module PSYC40715: Advanced Cognition
Department: Psychology
PSYC40715: Advanced Cognition
| Type | Tied | Level | 4 | Credits | 15 | Availability | Not available in 2015/16 | Module Cap |
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| Tied to | C8K109 |
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Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None
Aims
- To provide students with advanced in-depth knowledge of the current theoretical issues in the field of cognition
- To provide students with advanced in-depth knowledge of historical and philosophical issues within the field of cognition
Content
- The module uses seminars to examine current research issues in a range of areas within the field of cognition
- These current issues may include topics in the field of memory, attention, emotion processing amongst others
- Students will be presented with a choice of classic papers from the field and workshops will support students to carry out in-depth reviews of two of these papers and place them in the context of modern theory
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Detailed understanding of specific research questions in the field of cognition
- Acquisition of knowledge about the history, background and development of research within the field of cognition
- Detailed understanding of 'classic' experiments in cognition
- Understanding the relevance of 'classic' studies to modern research
Subject-specific Skills:
- Developing the ability to incorporate a response to peer review into written material
Key Skills:
- Good written communication skills
- Developing the ability to learn independently within broad guidelines
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Seven weekly seminars in Michaelmas term (from week 4 onwards) will support in-depth learning about specific research questions in the field of cognition
- Seminars will involve both small group teaching and student-led discussion, which will assist students to learn independently and develop their oral communication skills
- The formative essay on material arising from the seminars will assess students' written communication skills as well as their in-depth knowledge of these research issues
- Workshops in the Epiphany term will support the students' learning of classic studies in cognition and will support students' oral communication skills.
- Students' understanding of classic experiements will be formatively assessed through a poster presentation of the work
- There will be formatively assessed peer review of the posters
- This peer review will be responded to in the summative assignment which will be a write-up of the literature review of the classic studies
- The written exam will also assess students' written communication skills and their ability to learn independently
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Seminars | 7 | weekly in MIchaelmas term only | 3 hours | 21 | ■ |
| Workshops | 5 | fortnightly in Epiphany term only | 3 hours | 15 | ■ |
| Preparation and reading | 114 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: written assignment | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| essay | 3000 words | 100% | |
| Component: unseen exam | Component Weighting: 50% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| exam | 1 hour | 100% | |
Formative Assessment:
2000 word essay on seminars in term 1 Poster presentation in Epiphany term Peer review of others' posters (two peer reviews of 200 words)
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University