PS921-7-AU-CO:
Advanced Seeing and Hearing
2023/24
Psychology
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
06 November 2023
Requisites for this module
PS908
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This module will provide an advanced introduction to cognitive psychology for postgraduate students taking MSc Psychology. It will run throughout the first term.
Material covered will include visual, auditory, tactile and multisensory perception, and visual cognition, which are major areas of cognitive psychology, as defined by the British Psychological Society.
The aims of this module are:
- To examine at an advanced level different methods and techniques used in the scientific study of visual and auditory perception and visual cognition.
- To provide at an advanced level a significant body of detailed knowledge about the processes involved in auditory, visual and multisensory perception and visual cognition.
- To provide at an advanced level a broad theoretical background to important contemporary issues in the scientific study of cognition.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Answer advanced factual questions about the processes involved in perception and cognition.
- Compare and contrast at an advanced level different theories, methods and techniques used in the scientific study of cognitive processes.
Lectures and classes start on the hour. Please arrive promptly to avoid disrupting the class. For the 2-hour classes there will be a short break halfway through the class.
Materials for both lectures and classes will be provided through the Moodle platform. Please ask questions during class or using the Moodle forum for this course if there is anything that is unclear.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture per week.
- Three seminars.
Postgraduate students need not attend the second-year undergraduate laboratory class associated with the Seeing and Hearing module, but you are welcome to do so, if your timetable permits.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Research Proposal |
|
100% |
| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 120 minutes during January
|
| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Tom Foulsham, email: foulsham@essex.ac.uk.
Loes van Dam, Tom Foulsham, Keith May
E-mail: foulsham@essex.ac.uk
No
No
No
Dr John Patrick Rae
Roehampton University
Reader in Psychology
Available via Moodle
Of 10 hours, 8 (80%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
2 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Psychology
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