Cognitive Psychology - II

Paper Code: 
PSY 221
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO46: Knowledge regarding higher order cognitive processes.

CO47: Understanding of cognitive functioning involved in language, creativity, decision making & problem solving through different perspectives.

CO48: Appreciate the complexity of cognitive processes underlying people's behaviour from a life span perspective.

CO49: Appreciate research and theories of cognition from diverse fields of study, including neuroscience, neuropsychology, evolutionary psychology, and behavioural economics.

CO50: Apply research in cognitive psychology to everyday events and challenges.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Language

Structure of Language, Field of Linguistics, Syntactic Formalisms, Relation bit Language and Thought, Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Language and Neurology, Lexical-Decision task, Comprehension, Top-down, Bottom up, Model of Text Comprehension. 

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Creativity and Human Intelligence

Creative Process, Creativity and Functional Fixedness, Investment Theory, Adaptive Function of creativity, Judging creativity. Creativity and Insight. Human Intelligence – Problem of definition, Cognitive theories – Information processing, General Knowledge and reasoning and Problem solving. Cognitive Neuroscience support. Artificial Intelligence.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Thinking

Concept Formation, Logic, Reasoning-Deductive & Inductive, Judgments: Based on memory, Similarity, Estimates. Decision Making: Nature, Decision Tree, Approaches: Expected Utility and Prospect Theory. Decision Making in the Real World.  

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Problem Solving

Gestalt Psychology and Problem Solving, Representation of the Problem, Types of Problem (Well defined vs ill defined, routine vs non-routine); Problem Space Theory, Approaches to Problem Solving.  

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Cognition Across Lifespan

Cognitive Development, Neural Development, Development of Cognitive Abilities. Cognition and Ageing.

 

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 (8Th Ed). Noida: Pearson India Education.

 

References: 

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

  • ResearchGate
  • JSTOR
  • Proquest
  • Shodhganga
  • Delnet
  • Google Scholar
  • National Digital Library (NPTEL)
  • Academia

Journals

  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Psychological Bulletin
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Psychological Sciences
  • Memory

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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