Overview

PSYC 355 introduces students to research and theory in human cognition. Topics covered include an historical review of developments that led to the emergence of cognitive psychology, an overview of perception and attention, a review of basic memory research, practical aspects of memory, and semantic memory, and a survey of the major research issues in psycholinguistics (language comprehension and language production) and thinking (problem solving and decision making).

Outline

Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 355, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 per cent on the examination. If a student receives a grade below 50 per cent, the examination grade will be the course grade. Students who do not pass the final examination with a grade of 50 per cent may write a supplemental examination. Students must achieve a grade of at least 75 per cent on each unit quiz before moving on to the next unit. Students may take a unit quiz twice. The weighting of assignments is as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Matlin, M. W. (2002). Cognition (5th ed). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Other materials

The course materials include a student manual, a study guide and an assignment manual.