General psychology (classes)

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Course ID:	WF-ZPS-PO1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	General psychology (classes)
Name in Polish:	Ćwiczenia z psychologii ogólnej
Organizational unit:	Institute of Psychology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla drugiego roku
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	PS_W03, PS_W09, PS_U04
Short description:	The objective of the course is to broaden and cmplement knowledge concerning cognitive psychology that is being taught during lectures on this subject. During the classes it is planned to present the major empirical works leading to the formulation and verification of leading theories of this discipline of psychology. Main techniques and tools used by cognitive psychologists are going to be presented.
Full description:	Program content 1. The philosophical context of research conducted by cognitive psychologists. Turing test. John Searle's "Chinese Room" argument. 2. Techniques of scaling in psychophysics. 3. Perceptual illusions.Cross-cultural differences in picture perception (J. Deręgowski's research). Depth perception in pictures. 4. E. Gibson studies on perceptual development. Pattern recognition theories - Michael Posner's research (prototype approach). Mental rotation. 5. Methods of studying attention (D2 Test, Mackworth Clock test, Continous Performance Test). 6. Controlled and automatic processing - Schneider and Shiffrin studies. 7. Psycholinguistics and its research methods. Semantic differential. Cloze test. 8. Research on problem solving - verbal protocols analysis. 9. Lewicki's research on concepts learning. Models of semantic networks. The effect of typicallity (E. Rosch). Tversky's research on the relation of similarity. 10. Classic research on memory and learning. Learning curves. 11. Experimental procedure of memory research - main phases. 12. Sensory memory - backward masking procedure. Sperling research using partial reports. 13. Methods of short-term memory span assessment. Suffix effect. 14. Assossment of executive function and working memory capacity. 15. Memory tests batteries in clinical practice. 16. Summary and credit of the classes.
Bibliography:	Chlewiński Z. (red.) (2007). Psychologia poznawcza w trzech ostatnich dekadach XX wieku. Gdańsk: Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne. Hock R.R. (2003). 40 prac badawczych, które zmieniły oblicze psychologii. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne. Journals: Przegląd Psychologiczny Studia Psychologiczne
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Learning outcomes: the formation of an empirical approach to psychology; understanding of research assumptions and objectives of research procedures; knowledge of the discipline - cognitive psychology
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Credit based on the criteria given by the teacher.

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