Cognitive Psychology-I (Theory)

Paper Code:

24PSY121

Credits:

Contact Hours:

60.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

This course will enable the students to develop a foundational understanding of cognitive psychology, including its historical development, key concepts, and practical applications.

Course Outcomes:

COURSE

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24PSY121

Cognitive Psychology-I

(Theory)

CO1: Interpret and appraise the historical development and subsequent approaches to cognitive psychology.

CO2: Appreciate the complexity of attention as a cognitive process and its applications.

CO3: Reflect on the importance of perceptual processes and applications in real world.

CO4: Judge the impact of memory systems and structures as proposed within the cognitive psychology perspectives.

CO5: Evaluate the concept of emotions and its influence on other cognitive processes.

CO6: Contribute effectively in course-specific interactions

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion,

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, application based questions, Seminar presentation

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation

12.00

Unit I:

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

History of Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Renaissance, Current Status: Computer Model and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Approaches: Information Processing, Ecological, Connectionist and Evolution Perspective

12.00

Unit II:

Attention

Processing Capacity and Selective Attention, Model of Selective Attention, Capacity Models of Attention, Source of dual task, Interference, Divided Attention. Automaticity and Effect of Practice. Neurological Basis of Attention.

12.00

Unit III:

Perceptual Processes

Theories of Perception, Perceptual Learning and Development, Signal Detection Theory, Mental Images: Properties and Representation

12.00

Unit IV:

Memory and Forgetting

Sensory, Short Term and Long-Term Memory, Working Memory, Semantic and Episodic, Eyewitness, Implicit vs Explicit; Models of Semantic Knowledge, The Procedural – Declarative Distinction; Theories of forgetting, Mnemonics.

12.00

Unit V:

Emotion and Cognition

Dimensional Approaches, Theoretical Approaches; Mood and Memory, Emotional Learning, Emotion and Declarative Memory, Emotion and Attention & Perception.

Essential Readings:

· Galotti, K.M. (2014). Cognitive Psychology In and Outside Laboratory. Greater Noida: Sage Publications India.

· Hunt R. and Ellis H. (2007). Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology (7th Ed.) Delhi: Tata McGraw.

· Riegler G.B. and Riegler B.R. (2008). Cognitive Psychology – Applying the Science of the Mind. New Delhi: Pearson India Education.

· Smith, E.E. and Kosslyn, S.M. (2007). Cognitive Psychology – Mind and Brain. New Delhi: Prentice Hall India.

Solso R.L., Maclin O.H., Maclin M.K. (2014). Cognitive Psychology (8^Th Ed). Noida: Pearson India Education

Suggested Readings

Ackerman, R., & Thompson, V. A. (2017). Meta-reasoning: Monitoring and control of thinking and reasoning. Trends in cognitive sciences, 21(8), 607-617.
Duncan, J. (2010). How Intelligence Happens. Yale University Press. EISBN: 978-0-30016-873-0. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1npjpk
Hirst, W., & Manier, D. (2008). Towards a psychology of collective memory. Memory, 16(3), 183-200.
Jung, C. G. (2012). Notes of the Seminar on Analytical Psychology Given in 1925. Princeton University Press. EISBN: 978-1-40083-983-4.

E-Resources:

· What is cognitive psychology https://www.verywellmind.com/cognitive-psychology-4157181

· Attention: Theory, Principles, Models and Applications https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10447318.2021.1874741

· Perceptual Learning https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13734387_Perceptual_Learning

handbook of Cognition and Emotion https://www.uv.mx/rmipe/files/2017/12/handbook_of_cognition_and_emotion.pdf

Academic Year:

2024-25