Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: An Experimental Science
This course focused on the scientific study of internal mental processes. It introduced two key areas of cognitive psychology: reasoning and thinking and mental imagery. Students learned how to run an experiment, collect data, and understand the science behind memory and behaviour.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Philip Quinlan
Reader, Department of Psychology
University of York
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the mind can be studied in a scientific way using experiments
- Develop your knowledge of the psychology of reasoning and thinking
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the psychology of mental imagery
- Perform a simple experiment in cognitive psychology
Syllabus
- Psychology as an experimental science.
- How to run an experiment in psychology
- How Psychology studies memory using experiments
- Key aspects of the Psychology of thinking and reasoning
- Key aspects of the Psychology of imagination and thinking visually
Issued on 1st November 2020
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