Cognitive Psychology

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1006146BNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Experimental and Applied Psychology

Educational team

Natacha Deroost (course titular)
Mahyar Firouzi
Helen Tobback

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals

Course Content

This course will be taught in DUTCH.

The courses of Cognitive Psychology covers the basic functions and processes of human cognition. Examples of covered topics are perception, attention, short and long term memory, and language (see Canvas). Laboratory exercises will cover classical experiments in cognitive psychology, e.g. lexical decision, subliminal priming and mental rotation (see Canvas). Students learn how to write a scientific report in group according to APA regulations and will apply basic quantitative analyses (t-tests) to experimental data.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Foundations of Cognitive Psychology, Gobet, F., Chassy, P., & Bilalic, M., McGraw-Hill, 9780077119089, 2011
Digital course material (Required) : Cursusmateriaal Canvas, Deroost, N., Tobback, H., & Firouzi, M., Canvas

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student has insight in the basic functions of human cognition
The student understands the relation between scientific research and theory in the field of human cognition
The student gains insight in the scientific approach applied in cognitive psychology
The student is able to analyse experimental data with basic quantative analyses (t-tests)
The student knows how to write a simple scientific report according to APA regulations
The student can constructively collaborate with group members

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
PRAC Teamwork determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam multiple choice with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Note: Written exam multiple choice (with higher pass mark)

Within the PRAC Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Group report + peer assessment with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Note: Group report with peer assessment

Additional info regarding evaluation

Both the exam and group report are mandatory. If no marks are obtained for either the exam or the group report, this will be scored as an absence (AFW) for the entire course.

The exam consists of a written multiple-choice exam that will be graded by positive scoring with Higher Pass Mark. For specific information regarding the group assignment, please consult Canvas. The use of generative AI is permitted to a limited extent in this assignment. Consult Canvas for more info.

Transfer of separate marks on the exam or group report to the second examination period or next academic year is automatic when the score is at least 10/20. Students cannot renounce separate marks on either exam or group report.

Separate marks on the exam or group report will not be rounded up.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context