PY2CBP (Cognitive and Biological Psychology) - Spring

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Module aims and purpose

This module explores core contemporary topics in biopsychology and cognition, including perception and neuroscience. Each topic will be covered from a biological, to cognitive, to behavioural perspective. This module also acknowledges the historical developments in these perspectives ¹. As part of this module, students will conduct and write-up a research project designed to link with one of the topics covered.

The aims of this module are for students to gain an understanding and critical appreciation of theory and research into how we sense and perceive the world, and different aspects of thinking and higher-level cognition ². This module aims for students to integrate information from different perspectives (biological and cognitive)²;³ and to understand their links with behaviour. Importantly, this module aims for students to be able to critically evaluate and compare experiments and theories on the topics covered. In addition, using knowledge acquired in the module, students will conduct a quantitative research project to investigate a particular hypothesis.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Describe and critically evaluate research on core topics in perception and cognition ²;⁴
2. Use knowledge of biopsychology and neuroscience to evaluate research and theories ³
3. Review relevant literature to develop accurate hypotheses for a quantitative research project⁵
4. Analyse data from the quantitative research project and present the project in a report format⁵

Summative assessment

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Footnotes

1. Conceptual and historical issues in psychology ↩

2. Cognitive Psychology ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Biological Psychology ↩ ↩²

4. Individual Differences ↩

5. Research Methods ↩ ↩²