PSYC-221 - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology - 3.00 Credits
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Course Details
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This course is an overview of cognition. The course will explore the injured brain including some causes of brain injury (e.g., stroke, trauma) and methods for assessing it (e.g., behavior, neuroimaging). The course takes a detailed look at a range of possible neurological impairments, including movement, perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, and executive functions.
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Part of the:UNIVERSITY TRANSFER Department
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Prerequisites : PSYC 121, or permission of the instructor
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Course Outline
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Instructors Qualifications:
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Relevant Master's Degree
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Office Hours:
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1.5 per week
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Contact Hours:
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45
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Student Evaluation
Procedure:
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Assignments 50 - 70%, Final 30 - 50%, Total 100 %.
Grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
demonstrate an understanding of perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving and decision making;explain how we pay attention, and have difficulty attending to several things at the same time;explain why memory is often unreliable, and why memory declines with age;demonstrate an understanding of decision making processes and problem solving activities; andexplain why some people with injuries are no longer able to perceive, attend, communicate, plan, decide, and remember in a normal way.
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Text and Materials:
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Goldstein, E. B. Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience Current edition, Toronto, ON, Thomson Wadsworth Publishing
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Other Resources:
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Transfer Credits:
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For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
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Other Information:
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Education Council approved March 26, 2014.
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