PSYC13016 - Cognitive Psychology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit focuses on cognitive psychology, which is the study of how the mind works. At the end of the unit, you will have a broad understanding of how people attend to and perceive items in our world, how we remember short term and long term information, how we use language and how we make decisions. You will be able to communicate your perspective on the key debates and controversies in cognitive psychology based on your examination of historical and cutting-edge research. You will explore some of the key research findings in the area through planning, executing and writing up a research study.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

96 credit points.



Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2023

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Term 3 - 2023 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4.4 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 42.86% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
"I appreciated that Chris kept his housekeeping and other chat to the forum boards and outside of the lectures, as it allowed me to quickly work through the weekly content."
Recommendation
Maintain the effective use of online discussion forums for unit housekeeping and student interaction.
Action Taken
The discussion forums were used for unit housekeeping and student interaction.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
"The bite sized lectures were informative and made it easy to learn the unit content."
Recommendation
Retain the prerecorded short lecture format.
Action Taken
The short lecture format was retained.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
"I felt that the recordings could be updated."
Recommendation
The short prerecorded talks are updated regularly as required. They will be reviewed and updated before the next offering of the unit
Action Taken
All of the prerecorded talks were reviewed and updated as required.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
"The creative aspect of this unit was a nice change from the typical structure of a lot of the other undergraduate courses."
Recommendation
Retain the focus on creativity in the research assignment.
Action Taken
The focus on creativity in the research assignment was retained.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
The research focus in the main assignment provided a great learning experience.
Recommendation
Retain the research focus in the main assignment.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
Some students found the data analysis in the main assignment challenging if they hadn't taken Advanced Methods in Psychology.
Recommendation
The unit has been moved to T2 in 2022 so that students can take Advanced Methods in Psychology before this unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
The format of information in Moodle could be improved.
Recommendation
Moodle will be reviewed and updated as the new Tiles format is implemented across all psychology units.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes
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